JP6523812B2 - Gaming device and gaming system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming apparatus and a gaming system provided corresponding to a gaming machine.

  The number of gaming media paid out from the gaming machine and the number of gaming media thrown into the gaming machine as a management device for managing games in the gaming machine such as pachinko machines and slot machines installed in stores such as pachinko parlors and slot shops There has been devised a management apparatus capable of outputting an output by determining that the difference number has become quantitative (for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, there has been devised a gaming apparatus capable of setting whether to execute so-called stop during a big hit or after a big hit when a so-called stop to stop the game when the balls obtained by the player reach a predetermined number. For example, Patent Document 2).

JP, 2009-101040, A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-126039

  By the way, it is considered that a game player is not limited to the case of playing a game with one gaming machine, and often plays a game while walking through a plurality of gaming machines. As disclosed in the above-mentioned patent documents, in the store which operates two kinds of operation of the quantitative system which halts the game when the balls or the balls become quantitative, and the non-quantity system which does not halt the game It is assumed that the customer plays a game across the gaming machine of the quantitative system and the gaming machine of the non-quantitative system. However, since the operation is different between the fixed amount gaming machine and the non-fixed amount gaming machine, how the owned game value acquired by the player playing the game in one gaming machine can be used in the game in the other gaming machine It is necessary to consider what to handle.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to enable setting for operating a game with a gaming machine on a quantitative basis and a non-quantitative basis, and is specified from a recording medium It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming apparatus and the like capable of appropriately restricting the use of the owned gaming value.

  The present invention takes the following means in order to solve the above problems. The reference numerals used in the description of the embodiments for carrying out the invention described later and the drawings are added for reference, but the constituent elements of the present invention are not limited to those with the reference numerals.

The invention according to means 1 is
A gaming apparatus (card unit 3, 1100, etc.) provided corresponding to a gaming machine (pachinko machine 2, enclosed system pachinko machine 2 ', slot machine 1000, gaming point system slot machine 1000', etc.),
Recording medium (gaming card (member's card, visitor card) capable of specifying the owned game value (the number of owned owned media, the prepaid balance, the owned game score, etc.) which is the owned game value owned by the player playing the game in the gaming machine Reception means (card insertion slot 309, card R / W 327, etc.) for
Processing to make the owned game value specified from the recording medium received by the reception means usable in the game machine (ball lending process, ball dispensing process, ball counting process, ball combining process, ball dividing process, ball dividing process, ball dividing process, ball dividing process, ball dividing process) Game enabling processing means (processing unit 310 etc.) that executes sharing processing etc.);
A plurality of settings including a first setting (quantitative setting) for operating a game with a gaming machine in a quantitative system and a second setting (non-quantitative setting) for operating a game with a gaming machine in a non-quantitive system Setting means (such as the setting unit 310a) capable of setting any of the settings of
Restricting means (card use restricting part 310b etc.) for restricting the use of the owned game value specified from the recording medium;
Equipped with
The limiting means is
When the setting by the setting means is the first setting, the use of the owned game value acquired by the other game device specified from the recording medium is restricted (the membership card use restriction process of FIG. 19). G9, G19, J9 of the visitor card use restriction process of FIG. 20, J19, L5 etc. of the card use process of FIG. 21),
In the case where the setting by the setting means is the second setting, the owned game value acquired by the other game apparatus in which the setting by the setting means specified from the recording medium is the second setting Do not restrict the use (L7 etc of the card use process in Figure 21),
It is a game device characterized by.
According to this, even in the case where the player moves the platform in the store where there are two types of gaming machines, the gaming machine operated by the quantitative system and the gaming machine operated by the non-quantitative system, It is possible to provide a game apparatus capable of appropriately restricting the use of the owned game value specified from the recording medium.

The invention according to means 2 is
The gaming apparatus described in the means 1;
Yu technique medium (game ball, the game medals, etc.) provided corresponding to the gaming machine performing a game with,
The owned game value includes the number of owned game media (the number of stored balls, the number of balls held, etc.) which is the number of game media owned by the player.
It further comprises counting means (counting payout unit 380, etc.) for counting the number of owned game media.
The restriction means is a gaming apparatus characterized in that the use of the number of owned game media counted by the counting means can be restricted.
According to this, in the gaming device of the first setting, it is possible not to use the number of owned gaming media counted by another gaming device.

The invention according to means 3 is
It is a game apparatus described in means 1 or 2;
The information processing apparatus further includes notification means (display unit 355, sound output unit 350, light emitting unit, etc.) for executing predetermined notification (notification that restriction will be made, notification of restriction items, etc.) when restriction by the restriction means is made. It is a game device characterized by.
According to this, it is possible to notify the player that the use of the owned game value is restricted.

The invention according to means 4 is
It is a game apparatus described in any one of the means 1-3,
When the setting by the setting means is the first setting, the restriction means acquires the setting by the setting means specified from the recording medium by another game apparatus as the first setting. To limit the use of the owned game value (G9 of the membership card use restriction process of FIG. 19, J9 of the visitor card use restriction process of FIG. 20, L5 of the membership card use process of FIG. 20, etc.) It is an apparatus.
According to this, it is possible to restrict the use of the owned game value acquired by the player in the other gaming apparatus whose setting is the first setting in the gaming apparatus whose setting is the first setting.

The invention according to means 5 is
It is a game apparatus described in any one of the means 1-4, and
When the setting by the setting means is the second setting, the restriction means acquires the setting by the setting means specified from the recording medium by another game apparatus as the first setting. To limit the use of the owned game value (G29 of the membership card use restriction process of FIG. 19, J29 of the visitor card use restriction process of FIG. 20, L5 of the membership card use process of FIG. 20, etc.) It is an apparatus.
According to this, it is possible to restrict the use of the owned game value acquired by the player in the other gaming apparatus whose setting is the first setting in the gaming apparatus whose setting is the second setting.

The invention according to means 6 is
It is a game apparatus described in any one of the means 1-5,
When the setting by the setting means is the first setting, the restriction means acquires the setting by the setting means specified from the recording medium by another game apparatus whose second setting is the setting. To limit the use of the owned game value (G19 of the membership card use restriction process of FIG. 19, J19 of the visitor card use restriction process of FIG. 20, L5 of the membership card use process of FIG. 20, etc.) It is an apparatus.
According to this, it is possible to restrict the use of the possessed gaming value acquired by the player in the other gaming apparatus whose setting is the second setting, in the gaming apparatus whose setting is the first setting.

The invention according to means 7 is
It is the game apparatus described in means 5 or 6, and
The owned game value includes the number of owned game media (the number of stored balls, the number of balls held, etc.) which is the number of game media owned by the player and the owned value (prepaid balance, card) which is the valuable value owned by the player. Including the balance etc),
The restriction means restricts the use of the number of owned game media (limit items of the card use limit setting table 683 in FIG. 17), but does not restrict the use of the owned valuable value (for card use limit setting in FIG. 17). This is a gaming apparatus characterized in that the table 683 and the permission item of the card use restriction setting data 6916 included in the setting data 691 of FIG. 9).
According to this, it is possible to prevent the player from being inconvenient that the owned value can not be used.

The invention according to means 8 is
It is a game apparatus described in any one of the means 1-7,
The restriction means does not restrict use of the possessed gaming value specified from the recording medium used in the own device (setting “match” of the card use restriction setting table 683 of FIG. 7) for game It is an apparatus.
According to this, it is possible to prevent the player's inconvenience that the owned gaming value specified from the recording medium can not be used when the player temporarily leaves the seat.

In this case, in the gaming apparatus described in the means 8,
The owned game value includes the number of owned game media (the number of stored balls, the number of balls held, etc.) which is the number of game media owned by the player.
It further comprises counting means (counting payout unit 380, etc.) for counting the number of owned game media.
The gaming apparatus is characterized in that the limiting means does not restrict the use of the number of owned game media counted by the counting means of the own device (setting "coincidence" of the card use restriction setting table 683 of FIG. 7). May be configured.
According to this, it is possible to prevent the player's inconvenience that the counted number of owned game media can not be used when the player temporarily leaves the seat.

The invention according to means 9 is
It is a game apparatus described in any one of the means 1-8,
The setting device performs the setting based on the setting information distributed from a distribution device (such as a hall computer 6) capable of distributing setting information (setting data 691 or the like). It is.
According to this, the setting can be easily and appropriately performed based on the setting information distributed from the arranging apparatus.

The invention according to means 10 is
A gaming apparatus (card unit 3, 1100 etc.) provided corresponding to a gaming machine (pachinko machine 2, enclosed system pachinko machine 2 ', slot machine 1000, gaming point system slot machine 1000' etc.), and the aforementioned gaming apparatus A gaming system (a first gaming system 1A to a third gaming system 1C etc.) including a management device (hall computer 6, ball management computer 8, medal management computer 16 etc.) communicably connected to the ,
Recording medium (gaming card (member's card, visitor card) capable of specifying the owned game value (the number of owned owned media, the prepaid balance, the owned game score, etc.) which is the owned game value owned by the player playing the game in the gaming machine Reception means (card insertion slot 309, card R / W 327, etc.) for
Game enabling processing means (processing unit 310) that executes processing (such as ball lending processing, ball payout processing, etc.) to make the owned game value specified from the recording medium received by the receiving means usable by the gaming machine Etc) and
A plurality of settings including a first setting (quantitative setting) for operating a game with a gaming machine in a quantitative system and a second setting (non-quantitative setting) for operating a game with a gaming machine in a non-quantitive system Setting means (such as the setting unit 310a) capable of setting any of the settings of
Restricting means (card use restricting part 310b etc.) for restricting the use of the owned game value specified from the recording medium;
Equipped with
The limiting means is
When the setting by the setting means is the first setting, the use of the owned game value acquired by the other game device specified from the recording medium is restricted (the membership card use restriction process of FIG. 19). G9, G19, J9 of the visitor card use restriction process of FIG. 20, J19, L5 etc. of the card use process of FIG. 21),
In the case where the setting by the setting means is the second setting, the owned game value acquired by the other game apparatus in which the setting by the setting means specified from the recording medium is the second setting Do not restrict the use (L7 etc of the card use process in Figure 21),
It is a gaming system characterized by
According to this, even in the case where the player moves the platform in the store where there are two types of gaming machines, the gaming machine operated by the quantitative system and the gaming machine operated by the non-quantitative system, It is possible to provide a gaming system capable of appropriately restricting the use of the owned gaming value specified from the recording medium.

It is a figure showing an example of system composition of the 1st game system. It is a figure showing an example of the flow of the signal in the 1st game system, and information. It is a figure showing an example of the appearance composition of a pachinko machine and a card unit. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of a card unit. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of a hall | hole computer. It is a figure which shows an example of a table configuration of a display content setting table. It is a figure which shows an example of a table structure of the table for card use restriction setting. It is a figure which shows an example of the table configuration of a unit setting table. It is a figure which shows an example of a data configuration of setting data. It is explanatory drawing of the principle of a restriction | limiting. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of a ball management computer. It is a figure which shows an example of a data structure of member card management data. It is a figure which shows an example of a data structure of visitor card management data. It is a figure which shows an example of a data structure of unit management data. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of a prize exchange POS terminal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of management processing. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a card unit process. It is a flow chart which shows an example of a flow of card use restriction processing. It is a flow chart which shows an example of a flow of member card use restriction processing. It is a flow chart which shows an example of a flow of visitor card use restriction processing. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of card use processing. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a prize exchange process. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part of a card unit. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part of a card unit. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part of a prize exchange POS terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part of a prize exchange POS terminal. It is a figure which shows another example of member card management data. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of 2nd card unit processing. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a reset process. It is a figure showing an example of system composition of the 2nd game system. It is a figure showing an example of system composition of the 3rd game system. It is a figure showing an example of system composition of the 3rd game system. It is a figure which shows another example of the table for card usage restriction setting.

  Hereinafter, an example of a suitable embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. However, embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are not limited to the embodiments described below.

[1. First embodiment]
[1-1. Gaming system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a first gaming system 1A in the first embodiment.
The first gaming system 1A includes a plurality of pachinko machines 2 which are a type of gaming machines installed on a gaming island (not shown), and gaming devices, information display devices, recording media provided corresponding to the respective pachinko machines 2 A card unit 3 which is a type of processing device and lending device, a call lamp device 5 which is a type of gaming device and information display device provided corresponding to each pachinko machine 2, and a type of management device and distribution device A hall computer 6, a ball management computer 8 which is a kind of management apparatus and distribution apparatus, and a prize exchange POS terminal 9 which is a kind of prize exchange apparatus are provided.

  The pachinko machine 2 in the present embodiment is playable using a game ball (pachinko ball) which is a type of game medium, and a plurality of types of identification information (for example, special symbols) capable of identifying each are variably displayed and displayed A specific game which is advantageous for the player when the variable display means (for example, a special symbol display) for deriving and displaying the result is obtained and the display result derived and displayed on the variable display means becomes a specific display result (for example, big hit symbol) It is a gaming machine controlled to a state (for example, a big hit gaming state).

  A card unit 3 is installed in a one-to-one correspondence with the pachinko machine 2 at a side position on a predetermined side of the pachinko machine 2 and is a visitor issued to a visitor player who is not registered as a member in the game arcade It is configured to be able to receive a gaming card, which is a recording medium including a card and a membership card issued to a member player who has been registered as a member in the gaming field, and the owned game value specified from the accepted gaming card Execute the process for making the pachinko machine 2 usable.

  Specifically, the card unit 3 lends out a game ball, which is a game medium used for playing a game on the pachinko machine 2, based on the prepaid balance which is a possessed valuable value specified from the game card, A process of paying out a game ball, which is a game medium used for playing a game on the pachinko machine 2, based on the number of stored balls and the number of balls possessed, which is the number of owned game media specified from the card; Execute various processing such as counting processing.

  In the present embodiment, the game value includes the number of game media and the remaining amount. The owned game value includes the number of balls corresponding to the membership card and the number of balls corresponding to the visitor card. The balance includes the prepaid balance and the card balance.

  In a store to which the first gaming system 1A is applied, two types of pachinko machines 2 are installed: a pachinko machine 2 operated by a quantitative system and a pachinko machine 2 operated by a non-quantitative system. The card unit 3 has a fixed amount setting (corresponding to a first setting) for operating the game with the pachinko machine 2 in a quantitative system, and a non-quantity setting for operating the game with the pachinko machine 2 in a non-quantitative system It is configured to be able to perform two types of setting (corresponding to the second setting).

  The quantitative system means that the game is restricted when the quantitative determination index value based on the possessed gaming value acquired by the player playing the game reaches the quantitative upper limit value. In this case, the operation of limiting the game means an operation of resetting the state even if the game state is a definite change state or a short time state, and stopping it. In the present embodiment, the owned game value is described as the number of owned game media, which is the number of game media owned by the player, such as the number of local count balls, the number of stored balls, and the number of balls held.

  In the determination of the fixed quantity, it is counted by the count payout unit 380 provided in the card unit 3 provided corresponding to one pachinko machine 2 and is the number of local count balls which is the number of balls internally stored by the card unit 3. The number of balls obtained by adding the number of stored balls on the day, which is the number of stored balls on the day managed by the ball management computer 8, in association with the unit ID of the card unit 3 is the number of balls for quantitative determination, and the number of balls for quantitative determination is It is determined whether the quantitative upper limit ball number has been reached. In the case of a visitor card, the number of balls obtained by adding the number of balls corresponding to the unit ID of the card unit 3 to the number of local count balls is taken as the number of balls for quantitative determination.

  The non-quantification system means that the game is not restricted even when the quantitative determination index value based on the possessed gaming value acquired by the player playing the game reaches the quantitative upper limit value.

  The quantitative setting means that the processing for enabling the game with the pachinko machine 2 operated in a quantitative system is set to be executable. In addition, non-quantitative setting means setting so that processing for enabling the game with the pachinko machine 2 operated in a non-quantitative manner can be performed in a state in which the card unit 3 can be operated.

  Since there are two types of pachinko machines 2 in the store, the pachinko machine 2 operated in a quantitative system and the pachinko machine 2 operated in a non-quantitative system, (1) quantitative system → quantitative system (2) It is assumed that the player moves the platform in four patterns of quantitative control → non-quantitative control, (3) non-quantitative control → quantitative control, and (4) non-quantitative control → non-quantitative control. The card unit 3 restricts the use of the gaming card possessed by the player in accordance with the setting (quantity setting / non-quantity setting) of the own device.

  In this embodiment, as items that can be performed by the player using the gaming card, lending of gaming balls by consumption of prepaid balance (including charging and depositing), and the number of owned gaming media Payout of balls by spending (playing out balls), counting the number of balls earned by a player by playing a game with pachinko machine 2 (counting balls), number of owned gaming media associated with a plurality of gaming cards (Total number of balls), division of the number of owned game media (ball division) associated with one game card, sharing of the number of owned game media with other players (ball sharing), and the like. It is described as being

  In order to restrict the use of the gaming card, (A) return the gaming card inserted in the card unit 3, (B) accept the gaming card inserted in the card unit 3, but accept the accepted game Restricting the use of the card.

  In addition, in the restriction of (B) described above, (a) restriction of all items that can be performed by the player using the gaming card, and (b) performing by using the gaming card of the player Restrictions on some of the possible items, (c) restriction on all uses of the number of owned gaming media identified from the accepted gaming card, and (d) number of owned gaming media identified from the gaming card The restriction of the use of the number of game media possessed by a part of.

  Moreover, as a method for realizing the restriction of the use of the above-mentioned game card, (1) a method of specifying the number of owned game media from the game card and restricting the use, and (2) a game owned from the game card There is a method of limiting use without specifying the number of media.

  (1) refers to the number of balls managed in association with the received membership card to the ball management computer 8 or without reading the number of balls recorded in the received visitor card, the gaming card Is to limit the use of the game card by the type of fixed / unfixed amount of the card unit 3 used.

  In the case of (2), the number of stored balls managed in association with the received member card is inquired to the ball management computer 8, or the number of balls stored in the received visitor card is read, It is to specify the number of game media and to limit the use of the game card based on the specified number of owned game media.

  From the point of view of processing, the restriction on the use of the game card described above is (1) not to execute the main process (main routine) relating to the use of the game card itself (2) main process (main routine) It can be realized by not executing the process (subroutine) corresponding to the restricted item among them, (3) executing only the process (subroutine) corresponding to the non-restricted item among the main processes (main routine), etc. .

  The restriction on the use of the game card may include the restriction on the use of the game card in the future. Specifically, for example, the RAM or the like of the storage unit 320 of the card unit 3 restricts the player from updating the remaining amount data by depositing money, or is counted by the counting and paying out unit 380 by the game. Limiting the update of the local count ball data may be used as a limit on the use of the gaming card in the present embodiment.

  The hall computer 6 centrally manages the game information of each pachinko machine 2 installed in the store, and also manages the card unit 3 provided corresponding to each pachinko machine 2, setting of each card unit 3, The setting information related to the output is generated, and the generated setting information is distributed to each card unit 3. Therefore, the hall computer 6 can also be said to be a distribution device that distributes setting information.

  The ball management computer 8 performs management of information of member players, storage of balls associated with a membership card, management of balls stored in a visitor card possessed by a visitor player, and the like.

  The prize exchange POS terminal 9 is installed in a prize exchange counter of a store, receives a gaming card, and receives a special prize according to the number of balls stored and the number of balls identified from the accepted gaming card to the special prize dispensing device 14 Execute a prize exchange process for paying out.

  Each pachinko machine 2 is configured to be individually identifiable by the machine number, and pachinko machine 2, card unit 3 and call lamp device 5 are connected to hall computer 6 and ball management computer 8 via table terminal 10 ing. In addition, in this figure, the pachinko machine 2 installed in the game island is illustrated as four units for simplification.

[1-2. Signal and Information Flow]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of signals and information between the devices of the first gaming system 1A. In addition, in this figure, illustration is abbreviate | omitted about the base terminal 10 for simplification of description.

  The pachinko machine signal from the pachinko machine 2 is a card unit 3, a call lamp, and a pachinko machine signal including a big hit signal, a certain variation medium signal, a mid-time signal, a strike signal, a prize ball signal, a start signal, a pachinko machine fraud signal and a pachinko machine malfunction signal. It is outputted to the device 5 and the hall computer 6.

The jackpot signal is a signal that is output when controlled to the jackpot gaming state.
The indeterminate signal is a signal that is output when controlled to the indeterminate state, which is a high probability state.
The time saving signal is a signal which is output when it is controlled to be in the high base state.
The driving signal is a pulse signal of a predetermined width which is brought into an output state each time a predetermined number of balls (for example, 10 balls) are counted by the out-ball counter.
The start signal is a pulse signal of a predetermined width that is output when the display result of the special view variable display unit is derived and displayed.
The prize ball signal is a pulse signal of a predetermined width which is brought into an output state each time a predetermined number of balls (for example, 10 balls) are paid out.

The pachinko machine fraud signal is a type of error signal in the pachinko machine 2 and is a signal that is output when the pachinko machine 2 suffers some fraud.
The pachinko machine abnormality signal is a kind of error signal in the pachinko machine 2, and is a signal that is output when any abnormality occurs in the pachinko machine 2.
These signals will be described later.

  The card unit 3 outputs a unit signal including a card insertion / discharge signal, a deposit signal, a consumption signal, a ball number signal, a ball payout signal, a unit fraud signal and a unit malfunction signal to the hall computer 6 and the call lamp device 5 Be done.

The card insertion signal is a signal that is output when a gaming card is received, and a signal including a reception ID such as a card ID or a member ID recorded on the accepted gaming card is output.
The card ejection signal is a signal that is output when the accepted gaming card is ejected.
The deposit signal is a signal that is output when the player deposits money. The deposit signal can be a signal output in units of a specific amount of money (for example, 100 yen).
The consumption signal is a signal that is output when the balance is consumed. The consumption signal can also be a signal output in units of a specific amount of money (for example, 100 yen).
The possession ball number signal is a signal indicating the number of possession balls of the player. The number of owned balls includes the number of counting balls counted by the counting and dispensing unit 380, the number of balls stored in association with the membership card, and the number of balls stored in association with the visitor card.
The ball payout signal is a signal that is output when the gaming ball is paid out to the pachinko machine 2, and a signal including the fact that the gaming ball has been paid out and the number of balls of the paid gaming ball is output.

The unit fraud signal is a kind of error signal in the card unit 3 and is a signal that is output when the card unit 3 is fraudulent.
The unit abnormality signal is a type of error signal in the card unit 3 and is a signal that is output when any abnormality occurs in the card unit 3.
These signals will be described later.

  The hole computer 6 outputs setting data 691 for the card unit 3 to set the fixed amount / non-fixed amount to the card unit 3.

  From the card unit 3, an authentication request signal for requesting authentication of the game card inserted in the own device is output to the ball management computer 8. The authentication request signal includes a unit ID which is an ID of the own device, and a card ID (member card: member card ID, visitor card: visitor card ID) recorded in the gaming card.

  The ball management computer 8 executes an authentication process in accordance with an authentication request signal output from the card unit 3 and transmits an authentication signal to the card unit 3. The authentication signal includes an authentication result (OK / NG). When the authentication result is OK, card management data 865 associated with the card ID included in the authentication request signal is output to the card unit 3.

  From the prize exchange POS terminal 9, a card management data request signal for requesting the card management data 865 is output to the ball management computer 8. The ball management computer 8 outputs the card management data 865 to the prize exchange POS terminal 9 based on the card management data request signal outputted from the prize exchange POS terminal 9.

  Further, a unit management data request signal for requesting unit management data 867 is output from the prize exchange POS terminal 9 to the ball management computer 8. The ball management computer 8 outputs unit management data 687 to the prize exchange POS terminal 9 based on the unit management data request signal outputted from the prize exchange POS terminal 9.

[1-3. Configuration of Pachinko Machine and Card Unit]
FIG. 3 is a front view showing an appearance configuration of the pachinko machine 2 and the card unit 3.
The pachinko machine 2 is provided with a glass door frame 22 formed in a frame shape, and the lower surface of the glass door frame 22 is provided with a hitting supply tray 23. The operation unit 14 is provided at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the bat supply tray 23. The lower portion of the bat supply tray (upper tray) 23 is a lower tray 24 for storing gaming balls overflowing from the bat supply tray 23, A hit control handle (hereinafter referred to as a hit control knob) 25 for emitting a hit is provided.

  At the back of the glass door frame 22, a game board 26 is detachably mounted. Further, on the front of the game board 26, a game area 27 is provided. In the lower area on the right side of the game area 27, a special view variable display unit 28 is provided in which a plurality of types of identification information called "special symbols" are variably displayed.

  In addition, in the central portion of the game area 27, a plurality of types of identification information called "production symbols" are variably displayed and a presentation variable display portion 29 on which a presentation image is displayed, and a plurality of kinds of "normal symbols". A variable display device 30 in which identification information is variably displayed is provided. Further, the game board 26 is provided with a plurality of winning openings 44, a passing gate 31, a starting winning opening 34, and a variable winning ball device 36, and a hit ball not winning in the lower part of the gaming area 27 An out port 46 is formed to recover the

  When a hit ball is won in each of these winning openings (that is, an awarding condition is satisfied), a winning ball corresponding to each winning opening is paid out by a ball cutting device not shown, and the ball cutting device is paid A prize ball signal (one pulse per ten balls) corresponding to the number of prize balls (number of awarded balls) is output to the outside, whereby the number of prize balls is notified to the outside.

  In addition, the number of hit balls collected in each winning opening and the number of hit balls collected in the out port 46 are counted by an out ball counter (not shown) provided corresponding to the pachinko machine 2 and the counted hits The number of impacted balls is notified to the outside by outputting the impacting signal (one pulse per 10 balls) corresponding to the number of embedded balls to the outside.

  A batted ball fired by a hammer (not shown) which is swung by the operation of the bat operating knob 25 passes through the bat rail into the game area 27 and then flows down the game area 27. At this time, the game balls that have not reached the game area 27 because the firing force is too weak are circulated to the lower tray 24 through the circulation path (not shown).

  In addition, when the ball hit into the game area 27 passes through the passage gate 31, the normal symbols stop-displayed on the variable display device 30 start variable.

  When the display result after the variable display operation of the variable display device 30 becomes a predetermined special display result (for example, ○), the movable piece 35 provided in the start winning opening 34 opens for a predetermined time, and the starting winning opening 34 is opened (opened), and it is possible to win a game ball on the start winning opening 34. That is, after the normal start condition that the passage gate 31 passes is satisfied, the normal start condition which allows start of the variable display of the normal symbol (for example, the variable display of the normal symbol is not executed and the movable piece 35 is controlled to open When the variable display of the normal symbol is executed based on the establishment of the symbol) and the special display result predetermined as the display result is derived and displayed, it is possible to win the game ball to the start winning opening 34 (The start condition relating to the variable display of the special symbol can be satisfied).

  In addition, when the game ball wins in the start winning opening 34, a special symbol starts variable display (variation display) in the special view variable display unit 28, and effect display is started in the effect variable display unit 29. After that, when the special symbol in the special view variable display unit 28 is stopped and the stop display result becomes a predetermined specific display mode (for example, a big hit symbol), the left in the effect variable display unit 29, During, the variable display of the production design on the right also stops. Then, the display mode of the effect symbol is also set to a predetermined specific display mode (for example, 777), whereby a specific gaming state (big hit gaming state) occurs and a big hit signal is output. The occurrence of the big hit is notified to the outside.

  In addition, when the special symbol in special figure variable indicatory department 28 stops, the start signal of specified pulse width is output, that variable indication (variation indication) of the special symbol in special figure variable indicatory department 28 was executed outside Will be notified. That is, after the start condition of winning the game ball to the start winning opening 34 is satisfied, the start condition which allows the start of the variable display of the special symbol (for example, the variable display of the special symbol is not executed. In the big hit game state which is advantageous for the player when the variable display of the special symbol is executed based on the fact that it is not controlled even in the state and the big hit symbol predetermined as the display result is derived and displayed It is controlled.

  Thus, when the big hit game state occurs, the opening and closing plate 40 provided in the variable winning ball device 36 is opened, the big winning opening is opened (becomes open state), the winning of the gaming ball to the big winning opening Is possible. When the game ball wins in the special winning opening, more winning balls are awarded than in the case where the game balls win in the other winning openings. Then, after the opening / closing plate 40 provided in the variable winning ball device 36 is opened and the big winning opening is opened (after being opened), a lapse of a predetermined period (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number of gaming balls If any one of the (for example, 10) winning conditions is established, the opening / closing plate 40 is closed, the large winning opening is closed (closed state), and it is impossible to win the gaming ball to the large winning opening It becomes.

  When the batted ball entering the big winning opening of the variable winning ball device 36 in the open state wins in the specific winning area (V pocket) and is detected by the V count switch (not shown), the open state of that time It waits for the end of the control and carries out repeated continuous control to control from the closed state to the open state. The upper limit number of the repetition continuation control is set to, for example, 15 times.

  In addition, variable winning a prize ball device 36 which is not provided with specific winning a prize territory (V pocket) from open state (big prize winning opening) from closed state (state where big winning a prize opening is closed) only fixed frequency (for example 15 times) Control may be executed to control to the state in which (1) is open). This open state is ended when the earlier one of the predetermined period (for example, 30 seconds) elapses or the predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls is satisfied. The number of times of execution of the repeated continuation control for controlling the variable winning prize ball device 36 from the closed state to the open state is, for example, set to be different depending on the type of plural specific gaming states (big hit gaming states). The number of times of execution of continuous control may be 15 rounds of big hit, and the number of times of execution of repetitive continuous control may be called 2 rounds of big hit. That is, in the big hit gaming state, repeated continuation control of the number of times according to the type of the big hit gaming state is executed, and it becomes possible to win the game ball to the big winning opening, which is advantageous for the player. It becomes a period.

  Even when a hit ball is won in the special winning opening (ie, the awarding condition is satisfied), a prize ball corresponding to the prize is paid out by the ball cutting device not shown and the ball cutting device is paid out. A prize ball signal (one pulse per ten balls) corresponding to the number of prize balls (number of awarded balls) is output to the outside, whereby the number of prize balls is notified to the outside.

  As described above, when the display result of the special view variable display unit and the display result of the production symbol of the effect variable display unit are stopped and displayed by the combination of the predetermined big hit symbols, the big hit gaming state occurs, but these big hit symbols A reach condition may occur in the condition before it is stopped and displayed.

  When the special symbol variably displayed on the special view variable display portion 28 and the effect variable display portion 29 and the effect pattern are stopped and displayed in combination of the symbols corresponding to the predetermined probability variation symbol types, the above-mentioned repeated continuation control After the end of the "big hit gaming state", the probability fluctuation state in which the probability of becoming a big hit will be a higher probability state than the normal gaming state (low probability state) is to become a normal state. It distinguishes it from a big hit and calls it "a definite change big hit", and the occurrence of the random change state is notified to the outside by the signal being made a definite change output state during a probability change state after the completion of the big change.

  That is, in the probability fluctuation state, the proportion controlled to the big hit gaming state is higher than the normal gaming state, which is an advantageous period advantageous to the player. For example, a period from the end of the big hit gaming state relating to the probability variation big hit to the control to the big hit gaming state pertaining to the next big hit is controlled to the probability variation state. In addition, before being controlled to the big hit gaming state pertaining to the next big hit after the big hit gaming state pertaining to the probability variation big hit, variable display that does not become a specific display result for a predetermined number of times (for example, 100 times) is executed The probability fluctuation state may end based on what has been done (it may be a so-called ST machine).

  In addition, when the special symbol variably displayed on the special view variable display unit 28 and the effect variable display unit 29 and the effect pattern are stopped and displayed by a combination of symbols other than the predetermined probability variation symbol, the above-mentioned "continuous hit control" The special symbol and effect in the special view variable display unit 28 until the variable display reaches the predetermined number of times in the special view variable display unit 28 and the effect variable display unit 29 after the end of It is designed to be short timed (special symbol time reduction control is executed) when the variable display time (variation time) of the effect symbol in the variable display unit 29 is shortened than the normal gaming state (non-short time state) During the time saving state, the occurrence of the time saving state is notified to the outside by setting the time saving signal to the output state.

  When the special symbol time reduction control is executed, the start condition is likely to be established, and the frequency at which the variable display of the special symbol is executed is increased to be easily controlled to the big hit gaming state. Become. Further, in the time saving state, normal symbol time reduction control may be executed in which the variable display time (variation time) of the normal symbol is shorter than the normal gaming state (non-short time state). When the normal symbol time control is executed, the normal start condition is easily established and the frequency at which the normal symbol is variably displayed is increased (the frequency at which the special display result is derived and displayed is also increased). Since the frequency of control is also increased, it is an advantageous period for the player. Further, in the time saving state, normal symbol probability change control may be executed to increase the ratio of the display result of the normal symbol to the special display result more than the normal gaming state (non-short time state).

  When normal symbol probability change control is executed, the frequency with which the special display result is derived and displayed increases and the frequency with which the movable piece 35 is controlled to open also increases, which is an advantageous period advantageous for the player. Further, in the short time state, the open extension control may be executed to extend the period during which the movable piece 35 is subjected to the release control or to increase the number of times of release. When the open extension control is executed, the winning frequency to the start winning hole 34 is increased, which is an advantageous period for the player. In the short time state, one or more of the special symbol time short control, the normal symbol time short control, the normal symbol probability change control, and the open extension control may be executed.

  The time saving state is, for example, a predetermined number of times (for example, 50 times) predetermined after a big hit gaming state related to a big hit (a big hit that is not a definite big hit) ends before being controlled to a big hit gaming state related to the next big hit. Is terminated based on the execution of the variable display which does not result in the specific display result of. In this embodiment, except when controlled to the latent probability change state described later, the probability change change state is accompanied by a time saving state. Thus, in this embodiment, a period controlled to at least one of the jackpot gaming state, the probability fluctuation state, and the time saving state is an advantageous period.

  The pachinko machine 2 of the present embodiment is mounted with an information output board (not shown) for outputting these signals to the outside, and the information output board and an external device are connected via a signal cable (not shown). From the information output board, an external output signal consisting of a big hit signal, a signal during positive variation, a time signal, a start signal, and a prize ball signal is output to an external device through a signal cable. Besides these signals, out balls are counted by an out ball counter (not shown), and each time the count value of the out balls reaches a predetermined number of balls (for example, 10 balls), a predetermined pulse width is implanted. A signal is output from the out ball counter to an external device.

  The jackpot signal is a signal indicating that a jackpot has occurred, and also a signal indicating that the jackpot gaming state is being controlled. During a period in which the big hit gaming state is controlled, the big hit signal is turned on, and in a period when the big hit gaming state is not controlled, the big hit signal is turned off. As a result, it is possible to specify that a big hit has occurred in the external device connected to the pachinko machine 2 and that the big hit gaming state is being controlled.

  The probability variation medium signal is a signal indicating that the rate of occurrence of a big hit is controlled to a probability variation state (high probability state) higher than the normal state (low probability state). Control is performed to turn on the in-probability signal during a period in which the in-probability state is controlled and to turn off the in-probability signal in a period in which the in-probability state is not controlled. As a result, it is possible to specify that the external device connected to the pachinko machine 2 is controlled to be in the positive variation state. In addition, when it is controlled to the definite change state with the end of the big hit game state, it becomes possible to specify that the definite change big hit occurred with these game devices. In addition, when the jackpot is not controlled to the definite change state with the end of the big hit game state, it is possible to specify that a big hit has occurred with these gaming devices. As a result, on the gaming apparatus side, it is possible to count the number of occurrences of the big hit and the breakdown of the probability variation big hit and the normal big hit.

  The time saving signal is a signal indicating that the time saving state (high base state) is controlled to shorten the variable display time of the variable display device. Control is performed such that the time-shortening signal is in the ON state while the time-shortening state is controlled, and the time-shortening signal is in the OFF state during the time-saving state. As a result, it is possible to specify that the time-saving state is controlled in the gaming apparatus connected to the pachinko machine 2 such as the call lamp device 5 and the hall computer 6.

  In addition, when the control is changed to the definite change state with the end of the big hit game state but is not controlled to the short time state, it is possible to specify that the latent probability change occurrence of the latent probability has occurred with these gaming devices. Here, the latent probability variation hit is a big hit that the opening pattern of the big winning opening is a big hit common to the small hit, and is controlled to a high probability state after the end of the big hit gaming state. The small hit is a control mode in which the game state does not change after the opening control of the big winning opening, although the big winning opening opens with a specific opening pattern (for example, 0.5 seconds of opening twice). Say. Therefore, it is difficult for the player to identify whether a small hit or a latent probability variation big hit has occurred only by opening the big winning opening with a specific opening pattern. On the other hand, in the gaming apparatus connected to the pachinko machine 2, it is possible to identify that the player is in a latent certainty state that is difficult to grasp, based on the fact that the player is not in the short time state despite the definite change state.

  The pachinko machine 2 outputs a pachinko machine fraud signal. The game control board (also referred to as a main control board) of the pachinko machine 2 has, for example, a high frequency signal detection function, a magnetic detection function, and a vibration detection function as a function of detecting a player's fraud. For the high frequency signal detection function, for example, a technique as disclosed in JP-A-2002-239169 can be applied.

  More specifically, when the switches provided in the first start winning opening and the second starting winning opening and the special winning opening are high-frequency oscillation type through-type proximity switches, signal monitoring circuits connected to the respective switches. When an abnormal high frequency signal is detected in any of the signal monitoring circuits, a pachinko machine fraud signal indicating the possibility of fraud is externally output through the external output board. Similarly, when anomalous magnetism is detected by the magnetic detection function, and when anomalous vibration is detected by the vibration detection function, a pachinko machine fraud signal is externally output through the external output board.

  Also, if the number of winnings to each winning opening in a predetermined period exceeds the reference value (for example, if the number of winnings to the first start winning opening is 10 or more within 10 seconds), or in the big hit gaming state Even if there is no prize winning on the special winning opening in a predetermined period (for example, 29 seconds which is the longest opening time in one round) despite the presence, there is an abnormality such as a malfunction or a ball jam via the external output board. A pachinko machine abnormality signal that suggests a possibility is output to the outside.

  In the pachinko machine 2 of this embodiment, control is performed by counting a predetermined number of prize balls based on the prize ball signal output based on winning from the game control board that controls the game in the pachinko machine 2 There is provided a prize ball control board (not shown) for performing control of counting and lending out the game balls of 125 balls which is the payout unit based on the number of balls possessed by the player counted by the card unit 3 while performing. , It is possible to carry out lending of gaming balls of a multiple of 125 balls which is the payout unit.

  The pachinko machine illustrated in the present embodiment is a variable display means (for example, special figure variable display means) for deriving and displaying a display result after starting variable display of a plurality of types of identification information (for example, special symbols and effect symbols) capable of identifying each. In the specific gaming state (big hit gaming state) which is advantageous for the player when the display portion 28 and the effect variable display portion 29) are provided and the predetermined display result (big hit symbol) determined in advance is displayed on the variable display means. It is an example of a gaming machine which controls and controls the gaming state to a high probability state in which the probability that the display result of the variable display means becomes the specific display result is improved than the normal state or the normal state after control.

In addition, the pachinko machine illustrated in the present embodiment is a variable display device (e.g. When the display result of the variable display of the identification information in the figure variable display portion 28 or the effect variable display portion 29) becomes a predetermined specific display result, the first gaming state (open state) and the game advantageous to the player The variable winning means (a special variable winning ball device that switches the big winning opening to the open state or the closed state) that can be changed to any state with the second gaming state (closed state) which is disadvantageous to the player is changed to the first state A gaming machine,
First gaming state control means for controlling a first gaming state (for example, a big hit gaming state in which opening for a maximum of 30 seconds is performed 15 times) performing a predetermined number of times of changing the variable winning means into a first state for a predetermined period;
A second gaming state (for example, opening a maximum of 0.5 seconds twice) changing the variable winning means to the first state at least one of a period shorter than the predetermined period and a number smaller than the predetermined number of times After executing a state (a big hit gaming state accompanying a latent probability variation big hit), the gaming state is controlled to a high probability state in which the probability that the display result of the variable display becomes the specific display result is higher than the normal state Game state control means,
After executing a third gaming state (for example, a small hit gaming state in which an opening of up to 0.5 seconds is executed twice) in which the variable winning means is changed in the same manner as the second gaming state Third gaming state control means for controlling the gaming state before changing to the state;
Whether or not to control to the first gaming state, whether to control to the second gaming state, and whether to control to the third gaming state are determined prior to the derivation of the display result of the variable display Predetermining means to
It is an example of a gaming machine including presentation state control means for controlling to a specific presentation state in which the same presentation aspect is obtained after being controlled to the second gaming state and after being controlled to the third gaming state.

  In such a gaming machine, the opening pattern of the big winning opening is common and the presentation mode is also common when the latent probability big hit is generated and when the small hit is generated, so that the player gets the latent probability big hit It is difficult to know whether it occurred or a small hit occurred.

Moreover, the pachinko machine illustrated to this embodiment is:
The player plays a game by firing the game medium into the game area,
A variable winning device (movable piece 35) provided in the gaming area and capable of changing between a disadvantageous state (closed state) in which the gaming medium is difficult to win or unable to win, and an advantageous state (opened state) in which the gaming medium is easy to win. (So-called electric tulips)),
Based on the fact that the game media has passed through the normal start area (pass gate 31) provided in the game area, a plurality of types of normal identification information (normal symbols) that can identify each can be variably displayed, Normal identification information variable display control means for performing control of deriving and displaying the display result of the display on the normal identification information variable display device (variable display device 30);
A variable that performs control to change the variable winning device to an advantageous state based on the display result derived and displayed on the normal identification information variable display device becoming a predetermined display result (the lighting state of the LED indicating a hit) Winning device control means,
Based on the establishment of a predetermined condition (for example, the end of a big hit type with a high base state (for example, a big hit type other than a latent probability change big hit type with a high base state)) It is an example of a gaming machine including high base state control means for controlling the variable winning device to a high base state in which the variable winning device has an advantageous state from a base state (normal state: low base state).

  In such a gaming machine, for example, when a latent probability variation hit occurs in the low base state, the high probability low base state is reached after the big hit gaming state ends, and when the small hit occurs the low after the small hit gaming state ends Since the probability low base state, if the player is controlled to the low base state after the end of the opening control of the big winning opening, whether latent probability variation jackpot occurred (is it controlled to the high probability low base state) or It is difficult to know whether a small hit has occurred (is it controlled to a low probability low base state).

  Note that the output paths of the symbol determination signal, the big hit signal, the short time middle and late signals, and the positive and negative during signal are not limited to those shown in this embodiment. Any of these signals may be output from the main control board. For example, the main control board is connected with variable display means (for example, a special symbol display) for deriving and displaying a display result after starting variable display of a plurality of types of identification information (for example, special symbols) capable of identifying each. When the specific display result (big hit symbol) predetermined in the variable display means is derived and displayed, the variable display means is controlled to a specific gaming state (big hit gaming state) which is advantageous for the player. Then, after the specific gaming state ends, the gaming state is controlled to the high probability state in which the probability that the display result of the variable display means becomes the specific display result is improved than the normal state or the normal state. Then, the main control board outputs a symbol determination signal each time the variable display is performed by the variable display means, and outputs a big hit signal when being controlled to the specific gaming state, and is controlled to the high probability state In the case where the high base state is controlled, the time change signal is output.

  In such a gaming machine, for example, when a latent probability variation occurrence occurs in a low probability low base condition, the signal is a positive signal during the big hit gaming condition end (after the big winning opening is opened twice at the longest 0.5 seconds) When the small hit is generated in the low probability low base state, the small hit game state is on after the small hit gaming state is over (after the big winning opening is opened twice in 0.5 seconds at maximum). The signal is OFF, and the time signal is OFF. Therefore, in an external device to which a signal is input, it is possible to determine whether or not the latent probability change state (probable change signal ON, time reduction signal OFF) based on the positive change signal and the time reduction signal.

  On the front of the card unit 3, there are a multi-functional lamp 301 which can be informed of the condition of the card unit 3 by a full color LED and lit in a plurality of colors, and a bill insertion slot 302 for inserting bills. , A payout button 311 for accepting a counting payout operation for dispensing the counted number of balls, a card insertion slot 309 for inserting a membership card or a visitor card, and the front side of the apparatus from the front side of the apparatus The formed display unit 355 is provided.

  The display unit 355 has a liquid crystal display 313 in which a touch panel 314 is integrally formed, and is configured to be able to input each display item displayed on the liquid crystal display 313 by touching the touch panel 314 with a finger. In addition, the display unit 355 is provided with an IR light receiving unit 315 which receives an infrared signal from a setting remote controller possessed by a staff in the game arcade, converts it into an electric signal, and outputs it.

  A card slot 309 provided on the front of the card unit 3 is connected to a card slot 392 of a card reader / writer 327 built in at a position corresponding to the card slot 309. The visitor card and the membership card can be inserted into the card slot 392.

  Here, the visitor card and the membership card execute nonvolatile memory for storing various data, rewrite and read out of the recorded information, and control to implement non-contact communication with an external reader / writer device. An IC card having an IC chip having a unit and a card is used. A card ID capable of identifying each card is stored in advance in a non-rewritable manner in each of the visitor card and the membership card. Then, while the type is made distinguishable from the card ID, various data such as prepaid balance data capable of specifying the prepaid balance and a distribution flag capable of specifying the presence or absence of distribution are stored.

  The member card is issued to the member player who has performed member registration in the game arcade, and the member ID given to the member is stored in a non-rewritable manner. In addition, as described later, the member player using the member card can use the balls acquired and counted once for the next day or later to use the balls for the game again or for the exchange of prizes. However, the number of stored balls, which is the number of game balls for which the balls have been stored, is not directly recorded in the member card, and the number of stored balls is the ball management computer 8 as described later. The member card ID and the member ID are stored in association with each other so as to be specified from the member card ID and the member ID.

  Further, the number of balls held based on the counted number of balls counted by the player who holds the member card is not directly recorded in the member card, and the number of balls is also recorded with the member card ID as described later. It is specified from the member card ID and the member ID by being stored in association with the member ID, and the number of balls is only for that day in each card unit 3 in the game arcade It can be used and can be used for prize exchange at the prize exchange POS terminal 9.

  In addition, the visitor card is purchased and issued by a card issuing / payment machine (not shown) installed in the game arcade, and is issued also by the card unit 3. In the visitor card, the number of balls possessed and the date are stored based on the counted number of balls counted by the player who owns the visitor card, and the number of balls in each game hall is recorded only on that day. The card unit 3 can be used for playing a game, and the prize exchange POS terminal 9 can be used for prize exchange.

  In the present embodiment, although the player performs various operations on the card unit 3 by the operation on the touch panel 314, for example, the display unit 355 displays menu buttons and table data for selecting a menu. Operations such as a replay data button for executing a replay game using the membership card ID recorded in the membership card and the number of balls specified by the membership ID when a membership card is received; A button may be provided.

  In addition, switches corresponding to a liquid crystal display 313 and operation buttons described later are provided in the display unit 355, and these are connected to a display control board 329 provided at a position in the device corresponding to the display unit 355. Thus, display control of the liquid crystal display 313, input position detection by the touch panel 314, and the like are performed by the display control board 329.

  The upper position in the card unit 3 is continuously connected to the bill insertion slot 302. The bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 302 is taken in and identification of its authenticity and bill type is carried out. The bill identification unit 302a for outputting to the control unit 300 described later provided in the unit is provided. In the bill identification unit 302a, each bill (one thousand yen, five thousand yen, two thousand yen, one thousand yen notes) The reception of) is made possible.

  In addition, a control unit 300 for controlling the operation of the card unit 3 is provided at a substantially central position of the card unit 3 so as to facilitate connection with each part constituting the card unit 3, as described later, The control unit 300 controls various operations of the card unit 3.

  The card unit 3 and the pachinko machine 2 are configured to be able to send and receive lending-related signals associated with the lending of a plurality of gaming balls predetermined as payout units. The lending-related signals include a lending request signal for causing the pachinko machine 2 to lend a gaming ball from the card unit 3, a lending terminal completion signal or a pedestal READY signal output from the pachinko machine 2, a unit READY signal, and a unit A signal such as a terminal lending request completion confirmation signal is included. In addition, from the pachinko machine 2 from the game signal such as the big hit signal, the indeterminate signal, the time signal during the short time, the prize ball signal, the start signal, etc., and the hit ball counter (not shown) provided correspondingly It is configured to be able to receive the output striking ball signal.

  The card unit 3 outputs a unit fraud signal. The card unit 3 has, for example, an illegal radio wave detection function, a vibration detection function, and a discrimination function of a forged card or a counterfeit bill as a function of detecting a player's fraud, and detects illegal radio waves or vibrations by these functions. Alternatively, when it is determined that a forged card or a forged bill is used, the unit fraud signal is externally output through the external output board.

  Further, the card unit 3 outputs a unit abnormality signal. The card unit 3 has an insertion / ejection failure detection function for gaming cards and a counting payout failure detection function by the counting payout unit 380 as a function for detecting an abnormality, and these functions cause an insertion / ejection failure for gaming cards. A unit malfunction signal is externally output through an external output board when it is detected or when a count dispensing failure is detected by the count dispensing unit 380.

  In the present specification, a visitor card and a membership card, which are recording media possessed by a player, will be generically referred to as a "game card". The visitor card and the membership card are gaming cards having a prepaid function in which the prepaid balance and the card balance are recorded.

  The prepaid balance is an integral part of the quotient calculated by the formula of "card balance / unit amount", and the card balance is the balance in yen units recorded on the gaming card. For example, the unit amount can be 100 yen, and when the card remaining amount is 10000 yen, the prepaid remaining amount is 100. Hereinafter, the prepaid balance and the card balance will be collectively referred to as the “remaining amount”.

  The remaining amount may be directly recorded on the gaming card, or may be managed by a management device such as the ball management computer 8 without being recorded on the gaming card. In the case of recording the remaining amount on the gaming card, the card unit 3 may identify the remaining amount owned by the player by reading the remaining amount from the received gaming card. Further, when the remaining amount is not recorded in the gaming card, the card unit 3 outputs the received card ID and membership ID of the gaming card to the management device, and the management device associates the card ID and the membership ID. The remaining amount owned by the player may be specified by acquiring the remaining amount data.

  The card unit 3 stores the remaining amount identified as described above in the storage unit 320 as prepaid remaining amount data or card remaining amount data. Further, while accepting a gaming card, the card unit 3 updates the data of the remaining amount by the consumption of the remaining amount for the game and the addition of the remaining amount due to payment. Then, in the operation of recording the remaining amount on the gaming card, the card unit 3 causes the gaming card to record the remaining amount when the gaming card is returned. In addition, in the operation of managing the remaining amount by the management device, data of the remaining amount is output to the management device when or after the game card is returned.

  In the present embodiment, the term “remaining amount” will be described as meaning the remaining amount associated with the game card. In other words, it means the remaining amount directly recorded on the game card by deposit, and the remaining amount managed by the upper management device in association with the card ID and member ID of the game card by deposit.

  Further, in the present specification, the ball acquired by the player in the game with the pachinko machine, which is deposited in the hall, is referred to as a "reservoir". Also, the number of balls deposited in the hall is referred to as "the number of balls". The number of stored balls is managed by the management device. In principle, the number of stored balls can not be recorded on the membership card, and the number of stored balls managed by the management device is transmitted to the recording medium processing device in response to the recording medium processing device receiving the member card. . Also, the ball that the player has won on the current business day is referred to as "the day's stored ball", and the ball obtained and saved by the member player prior to the current business day is referred to as the "past ball". In addition, although it is against principle, you may make it record the number of balls in a membership card.

  The number of stored balls obtained by the player on the day is determined as the number of stored balls saved by the player on the day according to the establishment of the predetermined condition, and is managed as the number of past balls from the next business day. The predetermined condition can be defined as, for example, that closing processing is performed after the end of the business of the store on the day. In the closing process, it is determined that the time has reached a predetermined closing time (for example, midnight, midnight, or 2 o'clock), that the manager of the store has performed an operation to execute the closing process, or the store is closed. The power supply of the management apparatus is temporarily cut off, and the power supply of the management apparatus is turned on for the next business day's business. By executing this closing process, the number of stored balls on the day is added to the number of stored balls in the past and reset, and is managed as the past stored balls after the next business day.

  Further, in the present specification, the number of gaming balls owned by the player as a result of the player playing a game with the pachinko machine is referred to as “ball-bearing”. In addition, the number of balls recorded in the visitor card is referred to as the “number of balls possessed” in order to distinguish it from the day's storage associated with the membership card.

  Further, in the present specification, a pachinko ball that can be shot by the pachinko machine 2 and which is generated in exchange for dropping the balance, balls, and balls is referred to as a "game ball".

  Further, in the present specification, the pachinko machine 2 provided corresponding to the card unit 3 is referred to as “corresponding pachinko machine”, and the card unit 3 provided corresponding to the pachinko machine 2 as “corresponding unit”. It is called.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the card unit 3.
The card unit 3 controls various units of the card unit 3 by executing control of each unit of the bill recognition unit 302 a, the card reader / writer 327, the display control board 329, and the card unit 3 by a control program. The bill identification unit 302a, the card reader / writer 327, and the display control board 329 are connected to the control unit 300 to enable transmission and reception of various data.

  The card reader / writer 327 reads and writes recorded information such as a member card inserted from the card insertion slot 309 and a (member) card ID recorded on a visitor card, a member ID (member card only), prepaid balance data, etc. I do.

  The control unit 300 is configured to include a processing unit 310, a storage unit 320, and a clock unit 335.

  The processing unit 310 is a control device and an arithmetic device configured to have an integrated circuit such as a processor such as a CPU or DSP that controls the card unit 3 in an integrated manner and an ASIC or the like. In the present embodiment, the processing unit 310 includes, as main functional units, a setting unit 310a, a card use restriction unit 310b, and a card use processing unit 310c. The functions of these functional units will be described later in the process flow.

  The storage unit 320 is a storage device configured to have a memory such as a ROM, a flash ROM, an EEPROM, and a RAM. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 320 stores a card unit processing program 321 read by the processing unit 310 and executed as card unit processing, local count ball number data 323 which is data of the local count ball number, and holes. Setting data 691 output from the computer 6 and card management data 865 output from the ball management computer 8 are stored.

  Further, the card unit processing program 321 has a setting program 321a executed as a setting process, a card use restriction program 321b executed as a card use restriction process, and a card use program 321c executed as a card use process as subroutines. Including. These processes will be described later in detail using flowcharts.

  The control unit 300 is communicably connected with a prize ball control board (not shown) provided on the corresponding pachinko machine 2 as well as the exchange of various signals accompanying the lending of gaming balls, as described above. Further, by being connected to the information output board of the pachinko machine 2 via the signal cable, various pachinko machine signals such as a big hit signal can be input.

  Further, the control unit 300 is connected to an out ball counter 16 provided at a lower position of the corresponding pachinko machine 2 so that a strike signal from the out ball counter 16 can be input. In response to the input of the strike signal from the box 16, the predetermined number according to the strike signal is added and updated to the value of the total number of strike balls in the game information table (not shown).

  Further, the control unit 300 can grasp the presence or absence of the operation on the touch panel 314. When the operation on the touch panel 314 is detected, the control unit 300 executes a process according to the operation.

  Further, as described above, the control unit 300 has a balance display provided on the operation unit of the corresponding pachinko machine 2, a lending button switch for detecting the operation of the lending button, and a member card or visitor card currently being accepted. A return button switch for detecting the operation of the return button operated at the time of returning is connected, and it is possible to detect the operation of the lending button and the operation of the return button, and perform display control of these balance indicators.

  The control unit 300 outputs various information input from the display control board 329 according to the output from the IR light receiving unit 315 according to the transmission from the remote controller, the operation of various buttons provided on the display unit 355, and the operation of the touch panel. Full color provided in the multi-function lamp connected to the control unit 300 upon receipt of money identification information by the bill identification unit 302a, card insertion information from the card reader / writer 327, storage state information of a visitor card, etc. The overall operation control is performed such as lighting control of each LED such as the LED 301a, control of the card reader / writer 327, control of the display control board 329, display control of the balance indicator, and the like.

  In addition, the control unit 300 performs card acceptance processing for determining whether or not to use the membership card or visitor card inserted in the card insertion slot 309, or lends a ball using the remaining amount specified from the gaming card being accepted. Loan processing to be performed, payment to the balance remaining on the gaming card being received according to acceptance of money, or issuance / payment processing to write and issue prepaid balance to a new gaming card, return operation by the return button Among the number of owned game media (the number of balls obtained by adding the number of stored balls and the number of balls saved to the number of local count balls) by the return process for returning member cards and visitor cards received by Execute processing such as payout processing to pay out game balls of a predetermined number of unit balls.

  Also, the control unit 300 is communicably connected to external devices such as the hall computer 6 and the ball management computer 8 connected to the local area network (LAN) via the HUB, It is possible to send and receive various data.

  Further, the display control board 329 connected to the control unit 300 includes the liquid crystal display 313 and the touch panel 314 constituting the display unit 355, switches corresponding to various operation buttons 316, the IR light receiving unit 315, and the inside of the aforementioned replay display unit. The electronic components such as the LED 320a provided in the device are connected, and the operation information of the touch panel 314, the operation information of various switches, and the information based on the output signal output from the IR light receiving unit 315 are displayed on the display control board 329. It is output to the control unit 300 via

  In the display control substrate 329 of the present embodiment, a display drive circuit (not shown) for performing display drive of the liquid crystal display 313 or a position pressed based on an output signal from the touch panel 314 is specified and specified. An input position detection circuit (not shown) for outputting input position information, a VDP (not shown) for processing a display image to be displayed on the display unit 355, a VROM for storing image data etc. used for menu display etc. Independently from VRAM (not shown) for temporarily storing display data to be displayed on display unit 355) or control unit 300, judgment and processing involved with input of various switches and touch panels based on processing programs A display control microcomputer to be implemented is mounted, and various displays are performed based on display data (page data) etc. output from the control unit 300. Surfaces, and it is capable of displaying on the liquid crystal display device 313 constituting the display unit 355.

  The card unit 3 is a game card for a visitor card provided with a prepaid function, which is a recording medium issued to a general player who has not been registered as a member, or a member player who has registered as a member in the game arcade. The membership card is accepted by the recording medium issued. The visitor card and the membership card are composed of an IC card. The card unit 3 which has received these gaming cards executes the above-mentioned ball lending processing in accordance with the remaining amount which is the owned value of the player specified from the gaming cards. Further, the above-mentioned payout processing is executed according to the number of owned game media of the player specified from the game card.

  At the front of the card unit 3, a bill insertion slot for inserting a bill, and a card insertion slot 309 for inserting a membership card or a visitor card are provided. The card reader / writer receives the membership card or visitor card inserted into the card insertion slot 309, and the information recorded in the card is read. The bill inserted into the bill insertion slot is taken in by a money discriminator (not shown) to identify its authenticity or bill type.

  In the present embodiment, the ball storage data is not directly recorded in the membership card, but is stored in association with the ID (member card ID / member ID) in the ball management computer 8 installed in the store, and the corresponding balls are stored based on the ID. It is described as being configured to be searchable. On the other hand, balls are described as being recorded directly on the visitor card.

  Note that, unlike the present embodiment, both the above-described balls and balls may be stored in the ball management computer 8 in association with the card number. In addition, the balls may be stored in the ball management computer 8 in association with the card numbers.

  Note that the timing for storing the balls in the card (member card, visitor card) or the ball management computer 8 may be the timing every time the counting button is operated and the counting process is performed, or as the timing every fixed time. It is good, and it is good also as timing to return a card.

  In addition, when the player finishes playing the game and receives a return of the card from the card unit 3, the balls stored in the card unit 3 are temporarily stored as balls in the ball management computer 8, and the player When a card is inserted again into the same or another card unit 3 on the same day as the day the card is received, only the balls for the day, which were once stored as balls, are again stored in the card unit 3, The game ball may be added within the range of the ball so that a game can be made.

  Further, a sound output control board 319 is connected to the control unit 300. The sound output control board 319 is connected to the sound output unit 350, and controls the sound output unit 350 to output various sounds according to the control of the control unit 300.

  In the lowermost position of the card unit 3, the gaming balls are counted and taken in, and the counted gaming balls are the maximum fraction, that is, the maximum value of the fraction less than the number of payout units in the corresponding pachinko machine 2 A counting and payout unit 380 is provided which stores and counts gaming balls having a fraction less than the unit. Hereinafter, the "fraction less than unit" is referred to as "fraction".

  In addition, instead of storing and paying out the game balls in the count payout unit 380 of the card unit 3, a conventionally known game ball storage and circulation device is configured on the game island, and from this game ball storage and circulation device May be paid out.

  A horizontally long box-like connecting box 340 disposed between the lower tray 24 of the pachinko machine 2 and the game board of the gaming island is connected to the counting and dispensing unit 380.

  The connection box 340 is formed on the end side of the connection box 340. The end box (not shown) having a relatively large thickness in the height direction and the thickness in the height direction are relatively small. And a connecting portion between them and a path box (not shown).

  The connection box 340 is connected to the counting and dispensing unit 380 so that the end box is located below the lower tray 24. On the upper surface of the end box, gaming balls discharged from the lower tray 24 are present. An input portion 345 in the hopper shape to be input is formed. Also, at the lower front position of the termination box, the player has an open / close shutter that can be opened and closed normally and biased to be in a closed state, and the fraction to be refunded (returned) from the counting payout unit 380 There is provided a return port 342 through which the game balls of the present invention are discharged.

  In addition, it is provided in the upper position in the path box so as to incline toward the count payout unit 380, and the two flow paths for guiding the game balls inserted into the insertion portion 345 to the count payout unit 380 under natural flow. A counting passage 343 is provided. Further, a return passage 344 is provided at a lower position of the counting passage 343 so as to be inclined toward the return opening 342 and which guides the gaming balls paid out from the counting payout unit 380 to the return opening 342 in a natural flow. .

  In addition, a counting lever 341 which enables the player to slide is provided at the upper front position of the end box 340a, and the inserting portion 345 is made to slide the counting lever 341 against the urging. The opening / closing shutter 346 provided at the entrance to the counting passage 343 is opened.

  Inside the counting and dispensing unit 380 to which the connecting box 340 is connected, there is provided an inflow path which is connected to the counting passage 343 and is inclined from the front side of the card unit 3 to the inward side of the card unit 3. At the end position of the inflow path, a counting sensor (not shown) for detecting and counting gaming balls flowing down the inflow path is provided for each flow path of each row, and counting is performed through the counting passage 343 The gaming balls having flowed into the payout unit 380 are detected by the counting sensor and counted. When counted by the counting sensor, a detection signal of a predetermined pulse is output from the counting payout unit 380 to the control unit 500 in response to the detection of one gaming ball. The control unit 500 adds one to the stored possession ball number each time the detection signal is input.

  The card unit 3 stores the number of balls counted by the counting and dispensing unit 380 in the storage unit 320 as the local counting ball number data 323. The card unit 3 transmits the unit ID, the card ID and the local count ball number data 323 to the ball management computer 8 when the gaming card is returned. If the gaming card being received is a visitor card, the local count ball number stored in the local count ball number data 323 is recorded on the visitor card as the ball count.

  The ball management computer 8 updates the local count ball number by adding it to the number of stored balls / number of balls on the day based on the unit ID, the card ID and the local count ball number data 323 transmitted from the card unit 3.

  Specifically, when the type of card ID is a member card ID, the ball management computer 8 sets the number of balls stored on the day of the ball management data of the member card management data 8651 (FIG. 12) corresponding to the member card ID. The local count ball number identified from the local count ball number data 323 is added and updated. Specifically, referring to the unit management data 867 (FIG. 14), if the type of setting of the unit ID is "quantitative", the day corresponding to the unit ID of the game history included in the fixed amount storage management data Update by adding the number of local count balls to the number of fixed storage balls. In addition, when the type of setting of the unit ID is “non-quantitative”, the number of local count balls is added to the non-quantitative pool number on the current day included in the non-quantitative pool management data to update.

  Further, when the card ID type is a visitor card ID, the ball management computer 8 is local to the number of balls in the ball management data of the visitor card management data 8653 (FIG. 13) corresponding to the visitor card ID. The local count ball number specified from the count ball number data 323 is added and updated. Specifically, referring to the unit management data 867 (FIG. 14), when the type of setting of the unit ID is “quantitative”, it corresponds to the unit ID of the game history included in the quantitative ball management data Update by adding the number of local count balls to the number of fixed balls. Further, when the type of setting of the unit ID is “non-quantitative”, the number of non-quantitative balls in non-quantitative ball management data is updated by adding the number of local count balls.

  By doing this, the card unit 3 can return the gaming card so that it can specify that it is the number of balls acquired by the gaming device of the quantitative setting if the setting of the own device is the quantitative setting. If the setting of the own device is non-quantitative setting, it is possible to return the gaming card so that it can be specified that the number of balls has been acquired by the non-quantitatively-set gaming device. The return of the game card in this case corresponds to the cancellation of the acceptance of the recording medium.

[1-4. Functional configuration of hall computer]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the hall computer 6.
The hall computer 6 includes a processing unit 610, an input unit 620, a display unit 625, a sound output unit 630, a clock unit 635, a first communication unit 640, a second communication unit 650, a ROM 670, and a hard disk 680. And a RAM 690, which are connected to one another via a bus.

  The processing unit 610 is configured to have an integrated circuit such as a processor such as a CPU or DSP or an ASIC that comprehensively controls each unit of the hall computer 6 in accordance with various programs such as a system program stored in the ROM 670. It is an apparatus and an arithmetic unit. In the present embodiment, the processing unit 610 includes, as main functional units, a setting data generation unit 611, a game counting unit 613, and a sales counting unit 615.

  The input unit 620 is an input unit configured to have, for example, a keyboard and a mouse, and outputs a signal (operation signal) of the pressed key or button to the processing unit 610. By the operation input from the input unit 620, an instruction operation such as editing of data of various databases stored in the hard disk 680 is performed.

  The display unit 625 is a display device that performs various displays based on the display control signal output from the processing unit 610, and includes an LCD or the like. On the display unit 625, the contents of data of various databases stored in the hard disk 680 are displayed.

  The sound output unit 630 is a sound output device such as a speaker that performs various sound outputs based on the sound output control signal output from the processing unit 610. From the sound output unit 630, for example, when a warning is issued or an abnormality occurs, a warning sound or the like for notifying the administrator of this is output.

  The clock unit 635 is an internal clock provided in the hall computer 6, and is configured to have, for example, a crystal oscillator including a crystal oscillator and an oscillation circuit. The time measured by the clock unit 635 (including the date) is output to the processing unit 610.

  The first communication unit 640 is a communication device for performing communication with the pachinko machine 2 and includes, for example, a wired communication module for performing communication via a wired cable. The first communication unit 640 receives the pachinko machine signal output from each pachinko machine 2.

  The second communication unit 650 is a communication device for performing communication with the card unit 3 and includes, for example, a wired communication module for performing communication via a wired cable. The second communication unit 650 receives a unit signal output from each card unit 3. In addition, the second communication unit 650 transmits the setting data 691 to each card unit 3 according to the control of the processing unit 610. As shown in FIG. 9, the setting data 691 is used to perform setting of quantitative / non-quantitative setting in the card unit 3, display setting in the card unit 3, setting of usage restriction of the gaming card in the card unit 3, etc. It is data.

  The ROM 670 is a read-only nonvolatile storage device, and stores various programs such as a system program of the hall computer 6. In the present embodiment, the ROM 670 stores a management program 671 read by the processing unit 610 and executed as management processing. The management program 671 includes a setting data generation program 671a, which is executed as setting data generation processing, as a subroutine. These processes will be described later in detail using flowcharts.

  The hall computer 6 may be configured not to include the ROM 670 as a storage device. In this case, for example, the various programs described above may be stored in the hard disk 680.

  The hard disk 680 is a readable / writable non-volatile external storage device, and stores various data related to the display setting of the card unit 3 and various databases related to the game played by the pachinko machine 2. Specifically, a display content setting table 681, a display mode setting table 682, a card use restriction setting table 683, a unit setting table 684, a game aggregation database 688, and a sales aggregation database 689 are stored. Ru.

The display content setting table 681 is a table related to the setting of the display content of the card unit 3, and an example of the table configuration is shown in FIG.
A pachinko machine ID, a model name, and a display screen are defined in the display content setting table 681 in association with each other.

The pachinko machine ID is a number (ID) for uniquely identifying each pachinko machine 2 and is individually assigned to each pachinko machine 2.
The model name is the model name of the pachinko machine 2 of the pachinko machine ID.
The display type is a display screen to be displayed on the card unit 3 provided corresponding to the pachinko machine 2 of the pachinko machine ID.

  Specifically, the model name of the pachinko machine 2 whose pachinko machine ID is P1 to P20 is "pachinko XXX". Then, as display screens to be displayed on the card unit 3, (1) menu screen, (2) stand data screen, (3) slump graph screen, (4) absence screen, (5) total ball screen, (6) ball Split screen, (7) Service screen, (8) Floor guide screen, (9) CM screen, (10) Ball lending screen, (11) Ball dispensing screen, (12) Ball conversion screen, (13) Card return A screen, (14) Screen under counting, is defined.

The menu screen is a screen for the player to make a menu selection, and is a default screen set as a default.
The table data screen is a screen for the player to browse the table data of the corresponding pachinko machine 2.
The slump graph screen is a screen for the player to browse the slump graph of the corresponding pachinko machine 2.
The leaving screen is a screen for performing a stand lock when the player leaves the seat.

  The platform lock controls the return of the gaming card when the platform locking operation is performed in a state where the gaming card is received, thereby preventing the gaming card from being discharged from the card slot 309. It can be realized.

  Note that, as described later, the recording medium for use in the game may not be a game card, but may be a mobile phone such as a smartphone possessed by the player, or a player terminal such as a tablet terminal or PDA. . In this case, an IC reader may be provided in the card unit 3 and, for example, the fact that a smart phone compatible with the IC is deceived by the IC reader may be used as the reception of the recording medium. Then, while the platform lock screen is displayed, the card unit 3 may be locked by restricting the same smart phone as the accepted smart phone to the IC reader, thereby restricting the game played by another player.

The ball addition screen is a screen for the player to perform ball addition.
The ball division screen is a screen for the player to divide the ball.
The service screen is a screen for the player to select a service.
The floor guide screen is a screen for the player to confirm the store floor guide.
The CM screen is a screen on which CMs of game machines and game machine manufacturers and stores are displayed.

The ball lending screen is a screen for notifying the player that ball lending is being performed, which is displayed when ball lending is performed to the player.
The ball payout in-progress screen is a screen for informing the player that the ball payout is being performed, which is displayed when the player performs a ball payout.
The ball conversion screen is a screen for the player to convert balls.
The card return screen is a screen for notifying the player that the game card has been returned.
The counting screen is a screen for notifying the player that the counting payout unit 380 is counting.

  In the display mode setting table 682, a display mode for determining at which position, color, or size the display item to be displayed on each display screen defined in the display content setting table 681 is defined. There is.

The card use restriction setting table 683 is a setting table for the card unit 3 to restrict card use, and an example of the table configuration is shown in FIG.
The card use restriction setting table 683 stores card types, settings, and controls in association with one another.

  The card type is a type of gaming card, and two types of "member card" and "visitor card" are defined.

  The setting is the setting (quantitative / non-quantitative) of the card unit 3, and the setting of the card unit 3 of the "moving source" when the player moves the platform and the moving destination when the player moves the platform The setting of the card unit 3 is set. Further, “match (unit ID)” is defined as the case where the unit IDs of the card unit 3 of the movement source and the card unit 3 of the movement destination coincide.

  The control is the contents related to the control executed by the card unit 3, and includes the conditions for performing the control, and the restriction items and the permission items which are the items to be controlled. In the present embodiment, the use of the membership card includes “ball lending”, “ball payout”, “ball totalization”, “ball division”, “ball sharing”, and “ball counting”.

The ball lending is the lending of gaming balls by consuming the remaining amount associated with the membership card, and the ball counting is the counting of gaming balls by the counting payout unit 380. The ball payout, the ball combination, the ball division, and the ball sharing are respectively the payout, sum, division, and sharing of the balls (the balls stored on the day and the past balls) associated with the membership card. Further, the case where the use of all membership cards is restricted means that the execution of the process corresponding to all the items described above is restricted. Conversely, when all use of the membership card is permitted, it means that execution of the process corresponding to all the items described above is permitted.
The same is true for visitor cards.

  In the present embodiment, not only the storage balls but also the use of the past storage balls are limited. This is because there is a possibility that the quantitative determination can not be correctly performed if the use of the past stored balls is permitted, and the inherent significance of the quantitative system is torn down.

  In addition, although different from the present embodiment, it is also possible to restrict only the use of the balls on the day without restricting the use of the past balls.

This will be described specifically.
(1) Card type "membership card"
(1-1) Moving source "quantification", moving destination "quantification"
In the control field, "-(none)" is defined as the condition. And "card return" is defined as a restriction item, and "-(none)" is defined as a permission item. This means that the movement from the card unit 3 for quantitative setting to the card unit 3 for quantitative setting restricts all use of the membership card in the destination card unit 3 and returns the card without accepting the membership card.

  This is because the management on the store side becomes complicated, so that the ball acquired by the player with the pachinko machine 2 operated by the quantitative system is used for the game with another pachinko machine 2 operated by the quantitative system To prevent

(1-2) Moving source "not determined", moving destination "determined"
In the control field, "no remaining amount" and "remaining amount" are defined as conditions. In "no remaining amount", "card return" is defined as a restriction item, and "-(none)" is defined as a permission item. This is because when there is no remaining amount in the membership card when moving from the card unit 3 of non-quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of quantitative setting, all use of the membership card is restricted in the card unit 3 of the moving destination, It means returning without accepting the card. In addition, “ball withdrawal, ball addition, ball division, ball sharing” is defined as “remaining amount present”, and “ball lending (remaining consumption), ball counting” is defined as permission items. This is because, when there is a remaining amount in the membership card in the movement from the card unit 3 of non-quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of quantitative setting, the ball is paid out of the use of the membership card in the card unit 3 of the moving destination, Ball summation, ball division and ball sharing are limited, but it means that ball lending and ball counting by consuming the remaining amount is permitted.

  This is because the management on the management side becomes complicated, so the ball acquired by the player with the pachinko machine 2 operated by the non-quantity system is used for playing with the other pachinko machine 2 operated with the quantitative system To prevent that. On the other hand, the quantitative system is recommended to play the game by consuming the remaining amount, and it is severe for the player to be unable to play the game despite the remaining amount, so the remaining amount is consumed. I have decided to allow it.

(1-3) Moving source "quantification", moving destination "non-quantification"
In the control field, "no remaining amount" and "remaining amount" are defined as conditions. In "no remaining amount", "card return" is defined as a restriction item, and "-(none)" is defined as a permission item. This is because when there is no remaining amount in the membership card in the movement from the card unit 3 of quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of non-quantitative setting, all use of the membership card is restricted in the card unit 3 of moving destination, It means returning without accepting the card. In addition, “ball withdrawal, ball addition, ball division, ball sharing” is defined as “remaining amount present”, and “ball lending (remaining consumption), ball counting” is defined as permission items. This is because, when there is a remaining amount in the membership card in the movement from the fixed-setting card unit 3 to the non-fixed-setting card unit 3, the balls are paid out of the use of the membership card in the moved card unit 3. Ball summation, ball division and ball sharing are limited, but it means that ball lending and ball counting by consuming the remaining amount is permitted.

  Also in this case, since the management on the management side becomes complicated, the ball acquired by the player with the pachinko machine 2 operated by the quantitative system is used for the game with another pachinko machine 2 operated by the non-quantitative system. In order to prevent On the other hand, the quantitative system is recommended to play the game by consuming the remaining amount, and it is severe for the player to be unable to play the game despite the remaining amount, so the remaining amount is consumed. I have decided to allow it.

(1-4) Moving source "not determined", moving destination "not determined"
In the control field, "-(none)" is defined as the condition. And "-(none)" is defined as a restriction item, and "all permission" is defined as a permission item. This means that in the movement from the non-quantitative setting card unit 3 to the non-quantitative setting card unit 3, all use of the membership card is permitted in the destination card unit 3. However, the types of balls that can be targets of ball payout, ball addition, ball division, and ball sharing in this case are the number of non-quantitative storage balls associated with the membership card.

  This is because the non-quantity system is intended not only for the game by consuming the remaining amount but also for the game using the balls, so the player has won the ball acquired by the pachinko machine 2 operated in the non-quantity system, This is to allow the game to be used for playing with other pachinko machines 2 operated in a non-quantitative system.

(1-5) Match (unit ID)
In the control field, "-(none)" is defined as the condition. And "-(none)" is defined as a restriction item, and "all permission" is defined as a permission item. This means that when the card unit 3 of the movement source and the unit ID of the card unit 3 of the movement destination coincide, all use of the membership card is permitted in the card unit 3 of the movement destination. However, the types of balls that can be targets for ball withdrawal, ball addition, ball division, and ball sharing in this case are the number of balls corresponding to the setting (quantity / non-quantity) of the card unit 3 of the unit ID. .

  The source card unit 3 in this case is mainly intended for the immediately preceding card unit 3. That is, when the card unit 3 in which the gaming card was used last time and the unit ID of the card unit 3 used this time match, all authorization is made. This is because it is inconvenient for the player that the member card can not be used when returning when the player temporarily leaves the seat due to a toilet, a meal or the like.

(2) Card type "visitor card"
The control of the visitor card is substantially the same as the control of the membership card described above. However, the conditions in the control field are partially different, and the condition corresponding to "no remaining amount" of the membership card is "no remaining amount (with balls)". This is because the visitor card in which the remaining amount and balls are no longer present is collected by the card unit 3, and therefore, the visitor card can not be used if at least one of the remaining amount and the balls is not present. .

  In the present embodiment, when all the use of the gaming card is restricted, the gaming card is described as being returned, but instead of this, the gaming card is accepted but the accepted game It is also possible to limit the execution of the process corresponding to each of the above items using the memory card.

  In addition, the card unit 3 of the movement source determined by the setting of the above-mentioned card use restriction setting table 684 is not only the card unit 3 in which the gaming card was used immediately before, but the gaming card is used two or more ago The concept also includes the card unit 3 that has been The setting of the card unit 3 in which the gaming card is used can be determined by acquiring the card management data from the ball management computer 8 as the authentication process when the card unit 3 receives the gaming card. .

  When the membership card is inserted, the card unit 3 refers to the membership card management data 8651 of FIG. 12 acquired from the ball management computer 8, and the number of fixed amount storage balls exists on the day regardless of the unit ID of the game history. For example, the unit of movement source is determined to be "quantitative". In this case, even if there is a non-quantitative storage number on the day, the unit of the movement source is determined to be "quantitative" as giving priority to the quantitative storage number on the day. In addition, although there is no fixed number of stored balls on the day, if there is a non-fixed number of stored balls on that day, the unit of the moving source is determined to be "not determined".

  Further, when a visitor card is inserted, the visitor card management data 8653 of FIG. 13 acquired from the ball management computer 8 is referred to, and there is a fixed number of balls available regardless of the unit ID of the game history. The unit of movement source is determined to be “quantitative”. In this case, even if there is a non-quantity fixed number of balls, the unit of movement source is determined to be "quantified" as giving priority to the number of fixed number of balls. In addition, although there is no fixed number of fixed balls, when there is a non-fixed number of balls, it is determined that the moving source unit is "non-fixed".

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the moving source unit is described as preferentially determined as “quantitative”, but instead of this, the moving source unit is prioritized as “non-quantitative”. It is also possible to make a decision.

  In addition, for the setting "match (unit ID)", the card unit 3 of the movement source is not limited to the card unit 3 in which the gaming card was used immediately before, but the card unit 3 in which the gaming card was used two or more ago May be included. For example, when a gaming card is used in the order of unit IDs “U1 → U2 → U1”, the unit ID of the first “U1” card unit 3 and the third “U1” card unit 3 May match, the ball used and counted in the first "U1" card unit 3 may be enabled to be used in the third "U3" card unit 3.

The unit setting table 684 is a table related to the setting of each card unit 3, and an example of the data configuration is shown in FIG.
The unit setting table 684 stores unit IDs, settings, a quantitative upper limit ball number, and a corresponding pachinko machine ID in association with one another.

The unit ID is identification information for uniquely identifying each card unit 3.
The setting is the setting of the card unit 3 of the unit ID, and includes the type (quantitative / non-quantitative) and the quantitative upper limit ball number when the type is quantitative. If the type is non-quantitative, the upper limit number of quantitation balls is "-(none)".
The corresponding pachinko machine ID is identification information for uniquely identifying the pachinko machine 2 provided corresponding to the card unit 3 of the unit ID.

  The game aggregation database 688 is a database in which aggregation data related to the game in the pachinko machine 2 is stored.

  The sales aggregation database 689 is a database in which aggregation data related to sales in the pachinko machine 2 installed in a store is stored. The sales tabulation database 689 stores sales tabulation data obtained by tabulating information on the sales of the store. For example, the number of divisions (number of machine divisions and number of prizes), payout rate, customer retention rate, sales balls, prize balls, Data such as a premium amount and a ball gross profit are aggregated and stored by the sales aggregation unit 615.

  The RAM 690 is a readable / writable volatile memory, and in this embodiment, setting data 691 which is data for setting of each card unit 3 generated by the setting data generation unit 611 is stored. The RAM 690 is backed up by a battery (not shown). Even when the power is shut off, the stored data is retained for a predetermined period.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of the data configuration of the setting data 691. As shown in FIG.
The setting data 691 includes a unit ID 6911 which is an ID of the card unit 3, a corresponding pachinko machine ID 6912 which is an ID of the corresponding pachinko machine 2, a setting 6913 of the card unit 3 and a setting of the display contents of the card unit 3 Display content setting data 6914 which is data, display mode setting data 6915 which is setting data of the display mode of the card unit 3, and card use restriction setting data 6916 which is the setting data of card use restriction of the card unit 3 included.

  The unit ID 6911 and the corresponding pachinko machine ID 6912 are determined based on the correspondence between the pachinko machine 2 and the card unit 3 defined in the unit setting table 684.

  The setting 6913 stores the type of setting of the card unit 3. As the type, either “quantitative” indicating quantitative setting or “non-quantitative” indicating non-quantitative setting is stored. In addition, for the card unit 3 whose type is “quantitative”, the quantitative upper limit ball number, which is the upper limit value to the above-described quantitative determination ball number, is stored.

  The display content setting data 6914 is setting data of display content to be applied to the card unit 3 of the unit ID. The display content setting data 6914 is generated based on the display content defined in the display content setting table 681.

  The display mode setting data 6915 is setting data of a display mode to be applied to the card unit 3 of the unit ID. The display mode setting data 6915 is generated based on the display mode defined in the display mode setting table 682.

  The card use restriction setting data 6916 is setting data of the card use restriction applied to the card unit 3 of the unit ID, and is generated based on the card use restriction item defined in the card use restriction setting table 683.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the principle of the card usage restriction in the present embodiment.
The first game island consisting of the pachinko machines 2 of "A1" to "A10" operated by the quantitative system and the pachinko machine 2 of "B1" to "B10" operated by the non-quantitative system 2 Think of the game island. Also, in this case, it is assumed that a member player plays a game using a member card.

  When the player moves from “A1” to “A2”, as shown in the card use restriction setting table 683 of FIG. 7, it is a movement from the card unit 3 of quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of quantitative setting. , Use of membership card is totally restricted.

  When the player moves from “B1” to “A1”, as shown in the card use restriction setting table 683 of FIG. 7, it is a movement from the card unit 3 of non-quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of quantitative setting. Therefore, among the use of the membership card, ball payout, ball counting, ball totaling, ball division and ball sharing are limited, but ball lending by consuming the prepaid balance is permitted.

  When the player moves from "A1" to "B3", as shown in the card use restriction setting table 683 of FIG. 7, it is a movement from the card unit 3 of fixed amount setting to the card unit 3 of non-fixed amount setting. For this reason, although summarization, division and sharing of balls are restricted among the use of membership cards, ball lending by consuming ball withdrawal, ball counting and prepaid balance is permitted.

  When the player moves from “B1” to “B2”, as shown in the card use restriction setting table 683 of FIG. 7, the movement from the non-quantity setting card unit 3 to the non-quantity setting card unit 3 is performed. Because of this, the use of membership cards is not restricted.

  When the player temporarily suspends the game at "A3" and leaves the seat and returns to "A3", as shown in the card use restriction setting table 683 of FIG. Because of this, the use of membership cards is not restricted.

  When the player temporarily suspends the game at "B4" and leaves the seat and returns to "B4", as shown on the card use restriction setting table 683 of FIG. Because of this, the use of membership cards is not restricted.

[1-5. Functional configuration of ball management computer]
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the ball management computer 8. As shown in FIG.
The ball management computer 8 includes a processing unit 810, an input unit 820, a display unit 830, a communication unit 840, a clock unit 850, and a storage unit 860.

  The processing unit 810 is a control device and an arithmetic device that controls each part of the ball management computer 8 in accordance with various programs such as a system program stored in the storage unit 860, and is a processor such as a CPU or DSP or ASIC Comprising an integrated circuit of

  The input unit 820 is an input unit configured to have, for example, a keyboard and a mouse, and outputs a signal (operation signal) of a pressed key or button to the processing unit 810.

  The display unit 830 is a display device that performs various displays based on the display control signal output from the processing unit 810, and includes an LCD or the like. In the display unit 830, the contents of data of various databases stored in the storage unit 860 are displayed.

  The communication unit 840 is a communication device for performing communication with the card unit 3 and includes, for example, a wired communication module for performing communication via a wired cable. The communication unit 840 receives card information from the card unit 3.

  The clock unit 850 is an internal clock provided in the ball management computer 8 and is configured to have, for example, a crystal oscillator including a crystal oscillator and an oscillation circuit. The clocked time (including date) of the clock unit 850 is output to the processing unit 810 as needed.

  The storage unit 860 stores a ball management program 861 executed as a ball management process by the processing unit 810, member management data 863, card management data 865, and unit management data 867.

  The member management data 863 is management data of a member player, and personal information of the member player is stored. Specifically, for example, a member ID for uniquely identifying a member player, a member card ID which is an ID of a member card assigned to the member player, a personal identification number set by the member player, and the like The name of the member player, the age of the member player, the date of birth of the member, etc. are stored.

  The card management data 865 is management data of a gaming card possessed by the player, and includes member card management data 8651 and visitor card management data 8652.

FIG. 12 is a view showing an example of the data configuration of membership card management data 8651. As shown in FIG.
The member card management data 8651 is data managed for each member card, and a member card ID given to a member card possessed by a member player, a member ID given to the member player, and fixed amount ball management This includes data and non-quantitative storage management data.

  In the fixed amount storage ball management data, “fixed amount” is stored as a setting, and the game history and the fixed amount storage ball number are stored in association with each other for each lending rate of the game balls. In the game history, the history of the unit ID of the card unit 3 in which the member card is used is stored. In addition, as the fixed number of stored balls, the number of currently stored fixed number of balls and the number of previously stored fixed number of balls are stored. From the history of the unit ID of the gaming history, external devices such as the card unit 3, the hall computer 6, the ball management computer 8, and the prize exchange POS terminal 9 can specify the history of use of the member card.

  Further, in the non-quantitative storage management data, "non-quantitative" is stored as a setting, and the number of non-quantitative storages is stored for each lending rate of the game balls. The non-quantity storage ball number includes the non-quantity storage ball number on the day and the past non-quantity storage ball number.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the fixed number storage ball number and the non-fixed number ball storage number are stored in different areas of the memory. Further, in the present embodiment, the quantitative storage number is stored for each unit, and the non-quantity storage number is stored together.

  In addition, the above data including the history of use of the specified membership card, the number of fixed amount storage balls, the number of non-fixed amount storage balls, etc. is displayed on the display unit of each external device, etc. Can be checked and viewed.

FIG. 13 is a view showing an example of the data configuration of the visitor card management data 8653. As shown in FIG.
Visitor card management data 8653 is data managed for each visitor card, and a visitor card ID given to a visitor card possessed by a visitor player, an issue date and time which is a date and time when the visitor card was issued, and This includes ball management data and non-quantity ball management data.

  In the fixed amount ball management data, “fixed amount” is stored as a setting, and the gaming history and the fixed amount number of balls are stored in association with each other for each lending rate of the game balls. In the game history, the history of the unit ID of the card unit 3 in which the visitor card is used is stored. From the history of this unit ID, external devices such as the card unit 3, the hall computer 6, the ball management computer 8, and the prize exchange POS terminal 9 can specify the history of use of the visitor card.

  In the non-quantity fixed amount management data, "non-quantity" is stored as a setting, and the number of non-quantized held balls is stored for each lending rate of the game balls.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the fixed number of balls and the non-fixed number of balls are stored in separate areas of the memory. Further, in the present embodiment, the fixed number of balls is stored for each unit, and the non-fixed number of balls is stored together.

  In addition, the above data including the history of use of the specified visitor card, the number of fixed amount balls, the number of non-fixed amount balls, etc. is displayed on the display unit of each external device, etc. It is possible for employees to be able to confirm and view.

FIG. 14 is a view showing an example of the data configuration of unit management data 867. As shown in FIG.
The unit management data 867 stores a unit ID, a setting, a state, and a reception card ID.
The unit ID is identification information for uniquely identifying each card unit 3.
The setting is the setting of the card unit 3 of the unit ID, and includes the type (quantitative / non-quantitative) and the quantitative upper limit ball number when the type is quantitative. If the type is non-quantitative, the upper limit number of quantitation balls is "-(none)".
The state is the state of the card unit 3 of the unit ID, and "receiving" is stored when the gaming card is being received. Also, when an abnormality occurs in the card unit 3, "abnormal" is stored.
The acceptance card ID is a card ID of a gaming card that the card unit 3 of the unit ID is accepting.

[1-6. Functional configuration of premium exchange POS terminal]
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the prize exchange POS terminal 9.
The prize exchange POS terminal 9 includes a processing unit 910, an operation unit 920, a display unit 930, a first communication unit 940, a second communication unit 945, a third communication unit 950, and a fourth communication unit 955. A barcode reader 960, a specification issuing unit 970, a card reader 980, and a storage unit 990 are provided.

  The processing unit 910 is a processing device and a calculation device configured to have integrated circuits such as a processor such as a CPU or DSP and an ASIC, and as a main functional unit, a prize exchange processing unit 911 and a special prize exchange processing unit A 913, a summation unit 915, and a display processing unit 917 are included.

  The operation unit 920 is an operation device and an input device configured to have a keyboard, a mouse, a numeric keypad, and the like, and includes a touch panel 921 integrally configured with the display unit 930.

  The display unit 930 is a display device configured to have a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays various types of information in accordance with the control of the processing unit 910.

  The first communication unit 940 is a communication device for transmitting and receiving information to and from the hall computer 6, and includes, for example, a wired communication module for performing wired communication.

  The second communication unit 945 is a communication device for transmitting and receiving information to and from the ball management computer 8, and includes, for example, a wired communication module for performing wired communication. The second communication unit 945 transmits the card management data request signal and the unit management data request signal to the ball management computer 8 according to the control of the processing unit 910. The second communication unit 945 also receives card management data 865 and unit management data 867 from the ball management computer 8.

  The third communication unit 950 is a communication device for communicating with the personal identification number input device 12, and includes, for example, a wired communication module for performing wired communication. According to the control of the processing unit 910, the third communication unit 950 transmits a password input request signal requesting input of a password to perform password authentication. The third communication unit 950 also receives the input result of the password from the password input device 12.

  The personal identification number input device 12 is connected communicably to the prize exchange POS terminal 9, and is an input device for the personal identification number arranged toward the gaming guest in the prize exchange counter. For example, a ten-key pad for inputting the personal identification number And a display for displaying the input password.

  The fourth communication unit 955 is a communication device for performing communication with the special prize dispensing device 14, and includes, for example, a wired communication module for performing wired communication. The fourth communication unit 955 transmits, to the special prize dispensing device 14, a special prize dispensing signal for dispensing the special prize according to the control of the processing unit 910.

  The special prize dispensing device 14 is connected communicably to the prize exchange POS terminal 9, and dispenses the special prize onto the table of the reception counter based on the payout signal outputted from the prize exchanging POS terminal 9.

  The barcode reader 960 is a reading device that reads a barcode printed on a receipt for premium exchange under the control of the processing unit 910.

  The specification issuing unit 970 is an issuing device that issues a specification of the special prize to be paid out from the special prize dispensing device 14 according to the control of the processing unit 910.

  The card reader 980 is a reader that reads an ID recorded on a membership card or a visitor card according to the control of the processing unit 910.

  The storage unit 990 is a storage device configured to have a memory such as a ROM, a flash ROM, an EEPROM, and a RAM. In the storage unit 990, a prize exchange program 991 read by the processing unit 910 and executed as a prize exchange process, exchange unit price setting data 993, consumption tax setting data 995, card management data 865, and unit management data 867 is stored.

  Further, the prize exchange program 991 includes, as subroutines, a special prize exchange program 991a executed as a special prize exchange process, a summing program 991b executed as a summing process, and a display processing program 991c executed as a display process.

The exchange unit price setting data 993 is setting data of the exchange unit price of the number of balls and the special prize.
Consumption tax setting data 995 is consumption tax setting data.
Based on the exchange unit price setting data 993 and the consumption tax setting data 995, the number of special prize exchanges is determined.

[1-7. Processing flow]
1-7. Hall computer processing]
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of management processing executed by the processing unit 610 of the hall computer 6 in accordance with the management program 671 stored in the ROM 670.

  The processing unit 610 performs the processing of loop A for each card unit 3 (A1 to A7). The process of the loop A is, for example, a process that is first executed when the management program 671 is read and the execution is started when the power of the hall computer 6 is turned on. Note that a program may be defined so that the processing of loop A is executed at the timing of setting each card unit 3 instead of when the power is turned on.

  In loop A, the setting data generation unit 611 performs setting data generation processing for generating setting data 691 for the card unit 3 according to the setting data generation program 671a stored in the ROM 670 (A3). Specifically, using the display content setting table 681 stored in the hard disk 680, the display mode setting table 682, the card use restriction setting table 683 and the unit setting table 684, the setting of the card unit 3 described above is performed. Data 691 is generated and stored in the RAM 690 (A3a).

  Next, the processing unit 610 transmits the generated setting data 691 to the card unit 3 (A5). Then, the processing unit 610 transfers the processing to the next card unit 3.

  When the processing of loop A for all card units 3 is completed (A7), the processing unit 610 executes the processing of loop B for each pachinko machine 2 (A9 to A17). In the processing of loop B, the processing unit 610 receives a pachinko machine signal from the pachinko machine 2 (A11).

  Thereafter, the processing unit 610 determines whether or not it is time to count game data (A13). The aggregation timing may be, for example, a periodic timing (a timing at a predetermined time interval) or a timing at which the manager of the store instructs the aggregation.

  If it is determined that it is the aggregation timing (A13; Yes), the processing unit 610 aggregates the game data of the pachinko machine 2 to update the game aggregation data and stores it in the game aggregation database 688 (A15). Then, the processing unit 610 transfers the processing to the next pachinko machine 2.

  When the process of loop B is finished for all the pachinko machines 2 (A17), the processing unit 610 determines whether the process is finished (A19). For example, when an operation to turn off the power of the hall computer 6 is performed, it is determined that the process is ended. If it is determined that the process is to be continued (A19; No), the process returns to A9. If it is determined that the process ends (A19; Yes), the processing unit 610 ends the management process.

[1-7-2. Card unit processing]
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of card unit processing executed by the processing unit 310 of the card unit 3 in accordance with the card unit processing program 321 stored in the storage unit 320.

  First, the processing unit 310 executes setting processing according to the setting program 321a stored in the storage unit 320 (C1). Specifically, the setting data 691 is received from the hall computer 6 via the communication unit and stored in the storage unit 320. Then, the setting unit 310a performs setting of quantitative / non-quantitative setting of the own device according to the setting data 691.

  Next, the processing unit 310 executes a card use restriction process in accordance with the card use restriction program 321b stored in the storage unit 320 (C3). Further, the processing unit 310 executes the card use process according to the card use program 321c stored in the storage unit 320 (C5).

  Thereafter, the processing unit 310 determines whether or not counting is performed by the counting and dispensing unit 380 (C7; Yes), and when it is determined that counting is performed (C17; Yes), based on the counting result of the counting and dispensing unit 380. Then, the local count ball number data 323 of the storage unit 320 is updated (C9). Then, the processing unit 310 outputs the local count ball number data 323 to the ball management computer 8 (C11).

  Here, although it is described that the local count ball number data 323 is output to the ball management computer 8 at the timing when the local count ball number data 323 is updated, the local count ball number data 323 is returned when the gaming card is returned. It may be output to the ball management computer 8.

  Next, the processing unit 310 determines whether the setting of the own device is the quantitative setting (C13), and when it is determined that the setting is the quantitative setting (C13; Yes), executes the quantitative upper limit reaching determination process (C13) C15). Specifically, as described above, it is determined whether the number of quantitative determination balls has reached the upper limit number of quantitative balls.

  If it is determined that the quantitative upper limit has been reached (C17; Yes), the processing unit 310 executes a card use restriction process (C19). Specifically, in the subsequent games, the use of gaming cards being accepted is restricted. As a result, since the counting of the number of balls acquired by the player is regulated, the player can not acquire any more balls. The processing unit 310 also executes a card use restriction notification process (C21). Specifically, for example, it is displayed on the display unit 355 that the use of the gaming card being accepted is restricted. Note that, instead of the display on the display unit 355, the sound output unit 350 may cause the sound output unit 350 to output a message indicating that the use of the gaming card being accepted is to be restricted.

  Next, the processing unit 310 determines whether to end the process (C23). For example, when the operation of powering off the card unit 3 is performed, it is determined that the process ends. If it is determined that the process is to be continued (C23; No), the process returns to C7. If it is determined that the processing is to be ended (C23; Yes), the card unit processing is ended.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the card use restriction process.
The card use restriction unit 310b determines whether a gaming card has been inserted (E1), and if it is determined that the gaming card has been inserted (E1; Yes), the card ID recorded in the inserted gaming card Membership card: Membership card ID, Visitor card: Visitor card ID) is read out (E3).

  Next, the card use restriction unit 310b executes a card authentication process (E5). Specifically, an authentication request signal including the unit ID of the own device and the read card ID is transmitted to the ball management computer 8. When receiving the authentication request signal from the card unit 3, the processing unit 810 of the ball management computer 8 executes the authentication process.

  If the authentication result is OK, the processing unit 810 sets the status of the card unit 3 of the unit management data 867 to "under acceptance", and stores the card ID received from the card unit 3 in the acceptance card ID. The processing unit 810 also stores the unit ID of the card unit 3 in the game history data of the card management data 865. Then, the processing unit 810 transmits the authentication result (OK) and the card management data 865 to the card unit 3. If the authentication result is NG, the processing unit 810 transmits the authentication result (NG) to the card unit 3.

  If the authentication result is OK, the card use restriction unit 310b determines the card type of the inserted gaming card (E7), and if it is determined that the card type is a member card (E7; member card), The member card use restriction process is executed (E9). If it is determined that the card type is a visitor card (E7; visitor card), a visitor card use restriction process is executed (E11).

  Next, the card use restriction unit 310b determines whether or not a gaming card is being received (E13), and if it is determined that a gaming card is being received (E13; Yes), a card return operation is performed by the player. It is determined whether or not it is (E15). If it is determined that it has been made (E15; Yes), the card use restriction unit 310b cancels the restriction setting if it is made (E17), and executes a card return process of returning the gaming card to the player To do (E19). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b returns the process to E1.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of membership card use restriction processing.
The card use restriction unit 310b determines the setting of the own device set in the setting process of C1 (G1), and when it is determined that the setting is the quantitative setting (G1; quantitative setting), the member card management data 8651 is referred to. It is determined whether there is a fixed number of stored balls (at least one of the number of fixed stored balls and the number of fixed stored past balls on the day) regardless of the unit ID (G3). If it is determined that there is a fixed number of stored balls (G3; Yes), the card use restriction unit 310b determines that fixed amount → fixed amount movement (G5), and the type of card use restriction setting data 6916 included in the setting data 691 The conditions defined in the "membership card", the move source "quantity", and the move destination "quantity" are determined (G7).

  Next, the card use restriction unit 310b performs restriction setting according to the determination result of G7 (G9). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b executes a restriction notification process according to the restriction setting of G9 (G11). Specifically, the player is notified by, for example, displaying on the display unit 355 a restriction item corresponding to execution of restriction or restriction setting of G9. Then, the card use restriction unit 310b ends the membership card use restriction process.

  If it is determined that there is no fixed number of stored balls (G3; No), the card use restriction unit 310b refers to the membership card management data 8651 and determines the number of non-fixed amounts of stored balls (on the day It is determined whether or not there is at least one of the past non-quantity storage balls (G13). If it is determined that there is a non-quantity storage ball number (G13; Yes), the card use restriction unit 310b determines that there is a movement of non-quantity → quantitative (G15), and card usage restriction setting data 6916 included in the setting data 691 The conditions set in the type "membership card", the move source "non-quantity", and the move destination "quantity" are determined (G17).

  Next, the card use restriction unit 310b performs restriction setting according to the determination result of G17 (G19). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b executes the restriction notification process according to the restriction setting of G19 (G21). Specifically, the player is notified by, for example, displaying on the display unit 355 a restriction item corresponding to the effect of restriction or the restriction setting of G19. Then, the card use restriction unit 310b ends the membership card use restriction process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the setting of the own device is the non-quantitative setting (G1: non-quantitative setting), the card use restriction unit 310b refers to the membership card management data 8651 and regardless of the unit ID It is determined whether or not there is a number (at least any one of the number of stored fixed balls and the number of stored fixed balls in the past) (G23). If it is determined that there is a fixed number of stored balls (G23; Yes), the card use restriction unit 310b determines that there is movement of fixed → non-fixed (G25), and the card use restriction setting data 6916 included in the setting data 691 The conditions defined in the type "membership card", the move source "quantity", and the move destination "non-quantity" are determined (G27).

  Next, the card use restriction unit 310b performs restriction setting according to the determination result of G27 (G29). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b executes the restriction notification process according to the restriction setting of G29 (G31). Specifically, the player is notified by, for example, displaying on the display unit 355 that restriction is to be performed or a restriction item corresponding to the restriction setting of G29. Then, the card use restriction unit 310b ends the membership card use restriction process.

  If it is determined that there is no fixed number of stored balls (G23; No), the card usage restriction unit 310b determines that the movement is from non-quantity to non-quantity (G33). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b executes non-limiting notification processing (G35). Specifically, the player is notified by, for example, displaying on the display unit 355 that the use of the membership card is not restricted. Then, the card use restriction unit 310b ends the membership card use restriction process.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the visitor card usage restriction process.
The card use restriction unit 310b determines the setting of the own device set in the setting process of C1 (J1), and if it is determined that the setting is the fixed setting (J1; fixed setting), the visitor card management data 8653 is referred to Then, regardless of the unit ID, it is determined whether or not there is a fixed number of balls available (J3). If it is determined that there is a fixed number of balls available (J3; Yes), the card usage restriction unit 310b determines that the quantitative → quantitative movement (J5), and the card usage restriction setting data 6916 included in the setting data 691 The conditions defined in the type "visitor card", the source "quantity", and the destination "quantity" are determined (J7).

  Next, the card use restriction unit 310b performs restriction setting according to the determination result of J7 (J9). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b executes the restriction notification process according to the restriction setting of J9 (J11). Specifically, the player is notified by, for example, displaying on the display unit 355 that the restriction is to be executed or the restriction item corresponding to the restriction setting of J9. Then, the card use restriction unit 310b ends the membership card use restriction process.

  If it is determined that there is no fixed number of balls available (J3; No), card use limiting unit 310b refers to visitor card management data 8653 and determines whether there is a non-fixed number of balls regardless of unit ID. (J13). If it is determined that there is a non-quantity fixed ball number (J13; Yes), the card use restriction unit 310b determines that there is a movement of non-quantity → quantitative (J15), and card usage restriction setting data included in the setting data 691 The conditions defined in the type "visitor card" of 6916, the movement source "non-quantity", and the movement destination "quantity" are determined (J17).

  Next, the card use restriction unit 310b performs restriction setting according to the determination result of J17 (J19). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b executes the restriction notification process according to the restriction setting of J19 (J21). Specifically, the player is notified by, for example, displaying on the display unit 355 that the restriction is to be executed or the restriction item corresponding to the restriction setting of J19. Then, the card use restriction unit 310b ends the visitor card use restriction process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the setting of the own device is the non-quantitative setting (J1: non-quantitative setting), the card use restricting unit 310b refers to the visitor card management data 8653 and holds the quantitative value regardless of the unit ID. It is determined whether there is a ball number (J23). If it is determined that there is a fixed number of balls available (J23; Yes), the card usage restriction unit 310b determines that the quantitative → non-constant movement (J25), and the card usage restriction setting data 6916 included in the setting data 691. The conditions set in the type "visitor card", the move source "quantity", and the move destination "non-quantity" are determined (J27).

  Next, the card use restriction unit 310b performs restriction setting according to the determination result of J27 (J29). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b executes the restriction notification process according to the restriction setting of J29 (J31). Specifically, the player is notified by, for example, displaying on the display unit 355 that restriction is to be performed or a restriction item corresponding to the restriction setting of J29. Then, the card use restriction unit 310b ends the visitor card use restriction process.

  If it is determined that there is not a fixed number of balls available for determination (J23; No), the card usage restriction unit 310b determines that the movement is from non determination to non determination (J33). Then, the card use restriction unit 310b executes non-limiting notification processing (J35). Specifically, the player is notified by, for example, displaying on the display unit 355 that the use of the visitor card is not restricted. Then, the card use restriction unit 310b ends the visitor card use restriction process.

  In addition, in the above-mentioned member card use restriction processing and visitor card use restriction processing, when the ball payout, ball addition, ball division and ball sharing are restricted, the number of balls stored by the player and the number of balls are treated as zero. In the notification process, the number of stored balls and the number of held balls may be displayed as zero.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the card use process.
First, the card use processing unit 310c determines the presence or absence of restriction setting (L1). Then, if it is determined that there is a restriction setting, the card use processing unit 310c, based on the card use restriction setting data 6916 included in the setting data 691, determines the game card to which the restriction corresponding to the restriction setting is applied. The execution of the use process is started (L5). Then, the card use processing unit 310c ends the card use process.

  If it is determined that there is no restriction setting (L3; No), the card use processing unit 310c starts execution of normal use processing of the game card (L7). Then, the card use processing unit 310c ends the card use process.

[1-7-3. Processing of premium exchange POS terminal]
FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of a prize exchange process executed by the processing unit 910 of the prize exchange POS terminal 9 in accordance with the prize exchange program 991 stored in the storage unit 990.

  First, the prize exchange processing unit 911 determines whether or not the membership card has been received (N1), and if it is determined that the membership card has been received (N1; Yes), the PIN number input screen is displayed on the display of the PIN number input device 12 Let it go (N3).

  Next, the processing unit 910 carries out a PIN authentication process, and authenticates the PIN input from the ten key of the PIN input device 12 (N5). Specifically, an authentication request signal including the input personal identification number is transmitted to the ball management computer 8 to cause the ball management computer 8 to perform authentication. Then, the authentication result is acquired from the ball management computer 8.

  Next, the processing unit 910 determines the authentication result (N7), and when the authentication result is OK (N7; Yes), executes a membership card management data request process (N9). Specifically, the request signal of the membership card management data 8651 is transmitted to the ball management computer 8, and the membership card management data 8651 is obtained from the ball management computer 8 and stored in the storage unit 990.

  Further, the processing unit 910 executes unit management data request processing (N11). Specifically, a request signal of the unit management data 684 is transmitted to the ball management computer 8, and the unit management data 684 is acquired from the ball management computer 8 and stored in the storage unit 990.

  Thereafter, the processing unit 910 executes a prize exchange authentication process (N13). Specifically, the fixed number of stored balls and the non-fixed number of balls are specified based on the fixed number of balls data and the non-fixed number of balls data included in the membership card management data 8651. Also, based on the game history data included in the membership card management data 8651, the player's stand movement history is specified. Then, based on these specific results and the unit management data 867, it is determined whether the number of fixed amount storage balls and the number of non-fixed amount balls specified from the membership card is the number of balls obtained by legal game. That is, it is determined whether the quantitative storage number is acquired by the card unit 3 of the quantitative setting, and the non-quantitative storage number is legally acquired by the card unit 3 of the non-quantitative setting.

  In this manner, the prize exchange POS terminal 9 performs authentication by collating the data of the number of stored balls and the number of held balls recorded on the received gaming card with the management data acquired from the ball management computer 8, It is a case where fraudulent activity (so-called goto activity) is made in the card unit 3 of the quantitative setting for the purpose of illegal gift exchange, and it becomes possible to detect this fraudulent activity and to take appropriate action. .

  The processing unit 910 determines whether the authentication result by the prize exchange authentication process is OK (N15), and when it is determined as NG (N15; No), executes an error process (N17). Specifically, for example, the display unit 930 displays that the authentication result is NG and that the prize exchange is not possible. If it is determined that the authentication result is OK (N15; Yes), the processing unit 910 determines the type of prize exchange (N19).

  When the type of prize exchange is “individual” (N19; individual), the display processing unit 915 performs control to distinguish the number of fixed quantity storage balls and the number of non-quantity storage balls and display them on the display section 930 (N21). On the other hand, if the type of prize exchange is “total” (N19; total), the total unit 913 adds the fixed number of stored balls and the non-fixed number of balls (N23). Then, the display processing unit 915 controls the display unit 930 to display the total number of stored balls, which is the total number of stored balls (N25).

  After N21 or N25, the processing unit 910 determines an object of prize exchange (N25). If it is determined that the target of the prize exchange is the fixed number of stored balls (N25; fixed), the special prize exchange processing unit 911 executes the fixed amount of prize exchange process for exchanging special prizes based on the number of fixed stored balls. To do (N29). Specifically, control is performed so that the unit price and the number according to the fixed number of stored balls are paid out from the special prize exchange device 14.

  If it is determined that the target of the prize exchange is the non-quantitative storage number (N25; non-quantity), the special prize exchange processing unit 911 is a non-quantitative storage prize for exchanging special prizes based on the non-quantity storage number. The exchange process is executed (N31). Specifically, control is performed so that the special prize of the unit price and the number according to the non-quantity storage ball number is paid out from the special prize exchange device 14.

  In addition, if it is determined that the object of the prize exchange is the total number of stored balls (N25; total), the special prize exchange processing unit 911 performs non-quantitative storage ball exchange for exchanging special prizes based on the total number of stored balls. Execute the process (N33). Specifically, control is performed to pay out the special prize of the unit price and the number according to the total number of stored balls from the special prize exchange device 14.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in N1 that the membership card has not been received (N1; No), the processing unit 910 determines whether the visitor card has been received (N35). If it is determined that the visitor card has been received (N35; Yes), the processing unit 910 executes an exchange process using the visitor card (N37). In addition, since the exchange process using this visitor card is realizable by performing the process similar to the exchange process using the membership card of N19-N33, it abbreviate | omits description.

  After N29 to N33 or N37, the processing unit 910 determines whether to end the process (N39). For example, when an operation to turn off the power of the prize exchange POS terminal 9 is performed, it is determined that the process is ended. If it is determined that the process is to be continued (N39; No), the processing unit 910 returns the process to N1. If it is determined that the processing is to be ended (N39; Yes), the processing unit 910 ends the prize exchange processing.

[1-8. Display screen]
Next, display screens displayed on the card unit 3 and the prize exchange POS terminal 9 will be described.

(1) Display Screen of Card Unit FIGS. 23 and 24 are diagrams showing an example of a display screen displayed on the liquid crystal display 313 of the card unit 3. FIG.
In FIG. 23 (1), the player moves from the pachinko machine 2 operated by the quantitative system to the pachinko machine 2 operated by the quantitative system, and the member card is inserted into the card unit 3 of the movement destination. An example of the display screen of is shown. On this display screen, the message “The card will be returned for the movement from the measurement stand to the measurement stand” is displayed, and since it is the movement from the measurement stand to the measurement stand, the member card is returned. Is notified to the player (G11 in FIG. 19).

  In FIG. 23 (2), the player moves from the pachinko machine 2 operated by the non-quantity system to the pachinko machine 2 operated by the quantitative system, and the member card with the remaining amount in the card unit 3 of the movement destination An example of a display screen at the time of inserting is shown. On this display screen, the message “The following items will be restricted because of the movement from the non-quantitative table to the quantitative table.” And the restriction items “Belt out, Ball addition, Ball division, Ball divided, Ball under it. “Share” is displayed, and the player is informed that the ball payout, ball addition, ball division and ball sharing are limited (G21 in FIG. 19). In addition, a message “The remaining amount can be consumed.” Is displayed, and the player is informed that the ball lending and ball counting consuming the remaining amount is permitted (G21 in FIG. 19).

  In FIG. 24 (1), the player moves from the pachinko machine 2 operated by the non-quantity system to the pachinko machine 2 operated by the quantitative system, and the member card with the remaining amount in the card unit 3 of the movement destination An example of a display screen at the time of inserting is shown. On this display screen, the message “The following items will be restricted because of the movement from the non-quantitative table to the quantitative table.” And the restriction items “Belt out, Ball addition, Ball division, Ball divided, Ball under it. “Share” is displayed, and the player is informed that the ball payout, ball addition, ball division and ball sharing are restricted (G31 in FIG. 19). In addition, a message of “The remaining amount can be consumed” is displayed, and the player is informed that the ball lending and ball counting consuming the remaining amount is permitted (G31 in FIG. 19).

  In FIG. 24 (2), the player moves from the pachinko machine 2 operated by the non-quantification system to the pachinko machine 2 operated by the non-quantification system, and inserts a membership card into the card unit 3 of the movement destination. An example of a display screen in the case of having been displayed is shown. On this display screen, the message "There is no restriction because of movement from non-quantitative table to non-quantitative table" is displayed, and the player is informed that all items using the member card are permitted. (G35 in FIG. 19).

(2) Display Screen of Prize Exchange POS Terminal FIGS. 25 and 26 are diagrams showing an example of a display screen displayed on the display unit 930 of the prize exchange POS terminal 9.

  FIG. 25 (1) shows an example of the display screen when the membership card is received in the prize exchange POS terminal 9, and the date and time and the reception type are displayed at the top of the screen. In the daytime, the current date and time (year, month, day, hour, minute) is displayed, and in the reception type, a member card which is the type of the accepted gaming card and a card ID of the member card are displayed. . In the lower part of the screen, there are also displayed an individual icon for displaying the fixed number of balls and the non-fixed number of balls individually, and a combined icon for displaying the total number of stored balls of the fixed number of balls and the non-fixed number of balls. There is.

  As shown in FIG. 25 (2), when the individual icon at the lower part of the screen is tapped by the store clerk of the prize exchange counter, the display is switched to the display screen of FIG. 25 (3). On this display screen, the fixed number of stored balls and the non-fixed number of stored balls are displayed in separate frames as the number of stored balls under the date and time and the type of reception (N21 in FIG. 22). Further, at the lower part of the screen, a quantitative icon for selecting the number of quantitative storage balls and a non-quantitative icon for selecting the number of non-quantity storage balls are displayed.

  FIG. 26 (1) shows an example of a display screen displayed when the quantitative amount icon is tapped by the store clerk of the prize exchange counter in FIG. 25 (3). By tapping the quantitative icon, the display portion of the number of quantitative balls is inverted, and the handling prize, the unit price, and the number are displayed below it. In this display screen, when the exchange icon displayed in the lower part of the screen is tapped, the fixed amount storage prize exchange process is executed (N29 in FIG. 22), and the special prize exchange using the fixed number of stored balls is performed.

  FIG. 26 (2) shows an example of the display screen displayed when the non-quantitative icon is tapped by the store clerk of the prize exchange counter in FIG. 25 (3). By tapping the non-determination icon, the display portion of the non-quantity storage ball number is reversed, and the handling prize, the unit price, and the number are displayed below it. In this display screen, when the exchange icon displayed in the lower part of the screen is tapped, the non-quantitative pool prize exchange process is executed (N31 in FIG. 22), and exchange of special prizes using the number of non-quantitative storage balls is executed. Ru.

  FIG. 26 (3) shows an example of a display screen displayed when the store icon of the prize exchange counter in FIG. 25 (2) is tapped by the store clerk. By tapping the totalization icon, the total number of stored balls is displayed (N25 in FIG. 22), and the handling prize, the unit price, and the number are displayed below it. In this display screen, when the exchange icon displayed in the lower part of the screen is tapped, the totalized prize return process is executed (N33 in FIG. 22), and the special prize exchange using the total number of stored balls is executed.

[1-9. Action effect]
In the first gaming system 1A, a card unit 3 is provided corresponding to the pachinko machine 2. The card unit 3 is specified from a card insertion slot 309 for receiving a game card which is a recording medium capable of specifying the owned game value which is a game value owned by a player playing a game with the pachinko machine 2, and the received game card Processing unit 310 that executes processing for making the pachinko machine 2 usable by the pachinko machine 2, quantitative setting (first setting) for operating the game with the pachinko machine 2 in a quantitative system, and pachinko Setting unit 310a capable of setting a non-quantitative setting (second setting) for operating the game with machine 2 in a non-quantifying system, and card use for restricting the use of the possessed gaming value specified from the gaming card And a limiting unit 310b.

When the setting by the setting unit 310a is the quantitative setting, the card use restriction unit 310b restricts the use of the possessed gaming value acquired by the other gaming device specified from the gaming card, and the setting is not quantitative. In the case of the setting, the setting specified from the game card is not limited to the use of the owned game value acquired by the other game device which is the quantitative setting.
According to this, the pachinko machine 2 in which the player plays the game is changed in the store where the pachinko machine 2 operated by the quantitative system and the pachinko machine 2 operated by the non-quantitative system exist. In some cases, the use of the owned gaming value specified from the gaming card can be appropriately restricted.

In addition, the card unit 3 includes a display unit 355 that displays a restriction effect and a restriction item when restriction is made by the card use restriction unit 310b.
According to this, it is possible to make the player recognize that the use of the owned game value is restricted.

In addition, when the setting of the own device is the fixed amount setting, the card use restriction unit 310b uses the owned game value acquired by another game device whose setting specified from the game card is the fixed amount setting. Restrict.
According to this, when the setting of the own device is the fixed amount setting, it is possible to restrict the use of the owned game value acquired by the player in the other gaming device whose setting is the fixed amount setting.

In addition, when the setting of the own device is the non-quantity setting, the card use restriction unit 310b uses the possessed gaming value acquired by another gaming device in which the setting specified from the gaming card is the quantitative setting. Limit.
According to this, when the setting of the own device is the non-quantity setting, it is possible to restrict the use of the possessed gaming value acquired by the other gaming device whose setting is the quantitative setting.

In addition, when the setting of the own device is the fixed amount setting, the card use restriction unit 310b uses the owned game value acquired by another game device whose setting specified from the game card is the non-fixed amount setting. Limit.
According to this, when the setting of the own device is the fixed amount setting, it is possible to restrict the use of the owned game value acquired by the other gaming device whose setting is the non-fixed amount setting.

In addition, the owned game value includes the number of stored balls / number of balls, which is the number of game media owned by the player, and the prepaid balance, which is the valuable value owned by the player. Limit the use of balls, but not limit the use of prepaid balances.
According to this, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience that the game using the prepaid balance can not be performed by permitting consumption of the prepaid balance and permitting ball lending.

[1-10. Modified example]
[1-10-1. Storage area]
In the above embodiment, it has been described that the fixed number of balls is stored for each unit in which the membership card is used in the membership card management data 8651. However, instead of this, the fixed number of balls may be stored collectively in a single area of the memory.
The same applies to the fixed number of balls in the visitor card management data 8653.

FIG. 27 is a view showing an example of the data configuration of membership card management data 8651 in this case.
The member card management data 8651 stores a member card ID, a member ID, member game history data, fixed amount storage management data, and non-fixed amount storage management data.

  The member game history data is data relating to the game history of the member player, for example, the history of the unit ID of the card unit 3 where the member player used the member card, that is, the base movement of the member player. The history of is stored.

  The fixed amount storage management data is management data of fixed amount storage balls which are gaming balls acquired and saved by a player by playing with the pachinko machine 2 operated in a fixed amount system, and the lending rate of the gaming balls (4 yen, 1 yen Each time, etc., the number of fixed amount storage balls and the number of past fixed amount storage balls are stored.

  The non-quantity storage ball management data is management data of non-quantity storage balls which are saved game balls acquired by the player by the game with the pachinko machine 2 operated in a non-quantity system, and the loan rate of the game balls (4 yen, For each one yen, etc., the number of non-quantitative storage balls and the number of past non-quantitative storage balls are stored.

  As shown in the membership card management data 8651 described above, the fixed number of stored balls and the non-fixed number of stored balls are stored in separate areas of the memory. Also, the fixed number of stored balls and the non-fixed number of balls are each stored in a single area of the memory.

[1-10-2. resetting]
When an abnormality such as a failure occurs in the card unit 3, the card unit 3 may be reset.

  FIG. 28 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of the second card unit process performed by the processing unit 310 of the card unit 3 in this case. The same steps as in the card unit process of FIG. 17 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

  First, the processing unit 310 determines which of initial setting and resetting is to be set (P1). The initial setting and the resetting can be selected by an operation by a store clerk from the operation unit provided in the own apparatus or an operation using a setting remote controller owned by the store clerk.

  If it is determined that the initial setting is to be performed (P1: initial setting), the processing unit 310 executes an initial setting process (C1). Then, the processing unit 310 transfers the process to C3.

  If it is determined that resetting is to be performed (P1: resetting), the processing unit 310 executes resetting processing (P2). Then, the processing unit 310 transfers the process to C3.

  After C19, the processing unit 310 executes abnormality occurrence determination processing (P21). Specifically, it is determined whether or not an abnormality such as a failure has occurred in the own apparatus. If it is determined that an abnormality has occurred (P23; Yes), the processing unit 310 executes an abnormality notification process (P25). Specifically, an abnormality notification signal including an indication that an abnormality has occurred and an abnormality content is output to the ball management computer 8. Then, the processing unit 310 transfers the process to C21.

  When receiving the abnormality notification signal, the ball management computer 8 sets the state of the card unit 3 in the unit management data 867 to "abnormal".

FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the resetting process.
First, the processing unit 310 determines whether a gaming card has been inserted (R1), and if it is determined that a gaming card has been inserted (R1; Yes), determines whether a card re-authentication request has been made ((1) R3). The card re-authentication request can be determined based on the operation by the store clerk from the operation unit provided in the own device or the operation using the setting remote controller owned by the store clerk.

  If it is determined that a card re-authentication request has been made (R3; Yes), the processing unit 310 executes a card re-authentication process (R5). Specifically, a re-authentication request signal including the unit ID of the own device and the card ID of the game card is transmitted to the ball management computer 8.

  The processing unit 810 of the ball management computer 8 executes re-authentication processing based on the card ID included in the re-authentication request signal. Specifically, the processing unit 810 re-authenticates the card ID based on the member management data 863. Further, the processing unit 810 refers to the unit management data 867 and searches for a unit ID whose card ID included in the re-authentication request signal is "under acceptance". Then, when there is a unit ID corresponding to this, the state of the unit ID is specified. If the state is “abnormal”, the processing unit 810 rewrites the unit ID whose state is set to “abnormal” with the unit ID included in the re-authentication request signal.

  Next, the processing unit 310 determines the authentication result acquired from the ball management computer 8 (R7), and when it is determined that the authentication result is OK (R7; OK), executes the local count ball number data request processing (R9). Specifically, the local count ball number data request signal including the card ID is output to the ball management computer 8, and the local count ball number data managed in association with the card ID is acquired from the ball management computer 8. Then, the processing unit 310 causes the storage unit 320 to store the local count ball number data acquired from the ball management computer 8 (R11).

  If the authentication result is NG (R7; NG), the processing unit 310 executes an error notification process of notifying the player that the authentication result is NG (R13).

  After R11 or R13, the processing unit 310 determines whether the resetting is completed (R15), and when it is determined that the resetting is not completed (R15; No), returns the process to R1. If it is determined that the resetting has been completed (R15; Yes), the processing unit 310 ends the resetting process.

  Here, as an example, it is assumed that an abnormality occurs in which the card unit 3 breaks down while the player is playing a game using the gaming card in the card unit 3. In this case, the store employee needs to replace the broken card unit 3 with a spare card unit 3 stored in the store.

  There is a possibility that the player has won the balls by the game before the card unit 3 breaks down. However, since there is no data on the number of local count balls stored in the failed card unit 3 in the exchanged card unit 3, the number of local count balls will be counted from "0", substantially The upper limit will be raised. However, by performing the above-described resetting process, the data of the number of local count balls already acquired can be handed over to the new card unit 3 before the card unit 3 breaks down, so the quantitative upper limit is raised. Can be prevented. This process is also effective against fraudulent acts (so-called Goto acts) that attempt to raise the quantitative upper limit.

[1-10-3. Management device processing]
In the above embodiment, the card unit 3 has been described as including the counting and dispensing unit 380 which is counting means. However, the card unit 3 may not be provided with the counting means. For example, the hole computer 6 may calculate the number of balls out and the number of balls on the basis of the pachinko machine signal output from each pachinko machine 2.

  Specifically, for example, for each of the pachinko machines 2, the hall computer 6 is based on the winning ball signal output from the pachinko machine 2 and the strike signal (out signal) output from the out ball counter 16. Calculate the number of difference balls. Then, the hole computer 6 may execute the quantitative upper limit attainment determination processing described in the above embodiment, with the calculated number of slipper balls as the number of quantitative determination balls.

  In this case, the hall computer 6 causes the display unit 630 to display the determination result of the quantitative upper limit attainment determination processing so that the manager of the store can grasp it, or the store clerk of the store wears the ear via the wireless communication unit. The player may be urged to stop the game for the pachinko machine 2 that has reached the upper limit of quantitative amount by transmitting it to the income so that the clerk can grasp it.

  In addition, the hole computer 6 may transmit the determination result of the quantitative upper limit attainment determination process to the corresponding card unit 3. In this case, based on the determination result transmitted from the hall computer 6, the card unit 3 performs use restriction processing for restricting the use of the gaming card, and restriction notification processing for notifying the player of the use restriction of the gaming card. You just have to run it.

  If quantitative / non-quantitative setting is performed by the card unit 3, even if the gaming system configured to perform counting or quantitative upper limit determination is configured by the card unit 3, counting or quantitative upper limit reaching determination by the hall computer 6 Even in the case of configuring a gaming system for performing a game, restrictions on the use of gaming cards can be implemented as in the above embodiment.

[1-10-4. Moving source unit]
In the above embodiment, the moving source card unit 3 is described as including not only the card unit 3 in which the gaming card was used immediately before but also the card unit 3 in which the gaming card was used two or more agos . However, instead of this, only the card unit 3 in which the game card was used immediately before may be used as the card unit 3 of the movement source.

[2. Other embodiments]
The embodiment to which the present invention can be applied is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Hereinafter, other embodiments will be described. In addition, about the structure same as said each embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description for the second time is abbreviate | omitted.

[2-1. Gaming machine]
In the above embodiment, the gaming machine according to the present invention has been described as a pachinko machine, but the gaming machine is not limited to this.

(1) Slot Machine The gaming machine according to the present invention may be a slot machine 1000 in which a player uses a game medal to play a game.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of signals and information in the second gaming system 1B which is a gaming system when the gaming machine is a slot machine 1000.
Similar to the first gaming system 1A, the second gaming system 1B is provided with a card unit 3 and a calling lamp device 5 corresponding to the slot machine 1000.

  The slot machine 1000 outputs a slot signal including a medal IN signal, a medal OUT signal, a bonus signal, an ART signal, a slot irregularity signal and a slot anomaly signal to the card unit 3, the calling lamp unit 5 and the hall computer 6.

The medal IN signal is a signal that is output when a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot of the slot machine 1000 and a BET operation is performed, and a pulse signal for the number of medals specified by the output command of the medal IN signal Are output at predetermined time intervals.
The medal OUT signal is a signal that is output when a medal is paid out from the slot machine 1000, and pulse signals for the number of medals designated by the output command of the medal OUT signal are separated by a predetermined time interval. It is output.

The bonus signal is a signal that is output when it is controlled to the bonus state, which is a type of advantageous state for the player. The bonus includes big bonus (BB) and regular bonus (RB).
An ART signal is a signal that is output when it is controlled to an assist replay time (a state (ART state)), which is a type of advantageous state advantageous to a player. ART is a type of chance time, and a chance The time includes assist time (AT) and replay time (RT) in addition to ART.

The slot fraud signal is a type of error signal, and is a signal for notifying that a fraud has occurred in the slot machine 1000.
The slot abnormality signal is a type of error signal, and is a signal for notifying that effect when an abnormality occurs in the slot machine 1000.

  From the card unit 3, a unit signal including a card insertion / ejection signal, a deposit signal, a consumption signal, a possessed medal number signal, a unit fraud signal and a unit malfunction signal is output to the call lamp device 5. The card unit 3 also outputs card information to the medal management computer 16.

  In the second gaming system 1B, in the card use restriction setting table 683 described with reference to FIG. 7, as a restriction item for use of a gaming card in the card unit 3, as in the first embodiment, medal lending and medal payout. Items such as medal counting, medal combination, medal division, medal sharing, etc. can be defined.

(2) Encapsulation Type Pachinko Machine and Playing Point System Slot Machine In the above embodiment, when the pachinko machine is inserted from the ball supply tray 3 with the game ball, and the game ball fired in the game area wins in the input area, Although the conventional pachinko machine 2 has been described in which the winning balls are paid out to the ball supply tray or the extra ball tray, the game is performed without requiring the insertion of the game balls from the outside of the gaming machine and the payout of the gaming balls to the outside of the gaming machine It is good also as a pachinko machine 2 '(Hereafter, it is called an "encapsulation system pachinko machine.") Of the enclosure system which can be used.

  In addition, the gaming machine is a conventional slot machine in which medals are paid out from the medal payout opening when medals are inserted from the medal insertion portion and a winning is realized or a settlement switch is operated to return credits. The gaming point system slot machine 1000 '(hereinafter referred to as "the gaming point system slot machine") capable of playing a game without requiring insertion of medals from the outside of the gaming machine and payout of medals to the outside of the gaming machine. Say).

31 and 32 are diagrams showing an example of a system configuration of a third gaming system 1C to which the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 'and the gaming point system slot machine 1000' are applied as the gaming machine.
In the third gaming system 1C, an enclosed method pachinko machine 2 'and a gaming point method slot machine 1000' are provided as gaming machines.

  The enclosed type pachinko machine 2 'has a game ball enclosed inside, and the player operates the hitting operation handle to drive the firing motor to drive the game ball one shot at a time into the game area and play a game. Is configured as.

  Here, the firing of the game balls is detected by a ball raising switch electrically connected to the payout control board 2B provided with a microcomputer (CPU, RAM, ROM, etc.). Further, out of the gaming balls driven into the game area, out balls that have entered the out port flow down the out ball flow down path and are detected by an out ball detection switch provided on the way. In addition, the foul balls returned from the shot game ball without jumping into the game area flow down through the far ball return path and are detected by the far ball detection switch provided on the way. Both the out ball detection switch and the far ball detection switch are electrically connected to the payout control board 2B.

  In addition, all winning balls that have won in each winning opening (for example, first starting winning opening, second starting winning opening, large winning opening, winning opening of normal winning device) are collected at the back of the gaming machine and collected and passed It is guided to the pathway. Similarly, out balls and far balls are also guided to the recovery ball passage path. The recovery ball passage path is provided with a launch ball detection switch electrically connected to the payout control board 2B. For this reason, all of the winning balls, out balls and far balls are detected by the launch ball detection switch. The game ball having passed the collection ball passage path is reduced to the hitting position. Then, when the player operates the hitting operation handle, the gaming ball at the hitting position is hit again into the playing area. When the number of detections of the launch ball switch and the number of strikes of the game balls fired by the launch motor become equal, it can be determined that all the hit game balls have been collected.

  Thus, the ball raising switch, out ball detection switch, far ball detection switch, and firing ball detection switch are all electrically connected to the payout control board 2B, and the operation of each switch in the payout control board 2B That is, passage of the game ball can be detected. In addition, the game balls that have won in each winning opening are detected by a winning sensor provided corresponding to each winning opening. The prize sensor is electrically connected to the main control board 2A having a microcomputer (CPU, RAM, ROM, etc.), and the main control unit that detects a prize by the prize sensor can identify the prize opening where the gaming ball has won. A winning signal is sent to the payout control board 2B. In addition, the payout control board 2B is a type of winning opening from the main control board 2A at the time of power-on of the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 '(for example, the first start winning opening, the second starting winning opening, the big winning opening, the normal winning device Since the winning opening information including the winning opening) and the number of winning balls corresponding to each winning opening (the number of balls paid out when the gaming ball is winning in each winning opening) is received, it was received from the main control board 2A Based on the winning signal, it is possible to specify the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning opening on which the gaming ball has won.

  Next to the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 'and a gaming point system slot machine 1000' described later, a card unit 1100 is provided as a gaming apparatus corresponding to the gaming machine. A bill insertion slot 1103, a display 1102 provided on a projecting portion formed in a device forward direction from the front of the device, and a prepaid card (non-members who have not been registered as members) A card insertion slot 1101 etc. into which a visitor card usable by a member player and a member card usable by a member player who has made member registration can be inserted are provided. The player inserts a prepaid card into the card insertion slot 1101, and the prepaid card managed by the balance management device (not shown) in association with the card ID read by the card reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as card R / W). The remaining amount can be used to play a game on a gaming machine communicably connected to the card unit 1100. In addition, the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion slot 1103 are identified by a money identifier (not shown) as to authenticity and type, and the amount corresponding to the identified type is the card ID of the prepaid card accepted by the card R / W 327. Is added to the prepaid balance managed by the balance management device in association with the.

  The card unit 1100 is provided with a card unit control unit (hereinafter, referred to as “CU control unit”) 1120 configured of a microcomputer or the like. The CU control unit 1120 is a main control function unit of the card unit 1100, and a CPU as a control center, a ROM storing programs for operating the CPU, control data and the like, and a RAM functioning as a work area of the CPU , And an input / output interface for maintaining signal consistency with peripheral devices. The above-mentioned money identifier and card R / W 327 are electrically connected to the CU control unit 1120. Further, the display 1102 outputs the display data converted by the display control unit 1110 electrically connected to the CU control unit 1120.

  The CU control unit 1120 is provided with an external communication unit (not shown) for communicating with the hall server 1230 that performs security management. The hall server 1230 is communicably connected to the hall computer 1200. The CU control unit 1120 is connected to a security substrate (not shown) for communicating with the payout control substrate 2B of the pachinko machine 2 ′ while securing security. The security board is a security monitoring function unit of the card unit 1100. The card unit 1100 is provided with a connection to the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 '. These connection parts are configured by, for example, a connector or the like. Serial communication is performed between the payout control board 2B and the CU control unit 1120, and serial communication is performed between the CU control unit 1120 and the hall server 1230 via a table terminal (not shown).

  When the player plays a game with the enclosed pachinko machine 2 ', the ball lending button provided on the enclosed pachinko machine 2' or the card unit 1100 is operated to manage the remaining amount in association with the card ID of the prepaid card to be used. A part or all of the prepaid balance managed by the device is converted to the "number of game balls" to start the game. That is, the player-owned value is converted into a game value usable for the game. For example, the prepaid value for 500 yen can be converted into 125 game balls. The number of game balls is stored in the CU control unit 1120, is also transmitted to the payout control board 2B of the pachinko machine 2 ', and is stored in the RAM of the payout control board 2B.

  The payout control board 2B is the number of playing balls stored in the RAM (the number of balls not detected by the launch ball detection switch after shooting when the launch of the game ball is detected by the ball raising switch, and floats in the game area) 1 is added to the number of floating balls, and 1 is added to the value of the subtraction counter (the storage area of the number of balls to be subtracted from the number of gaming balls). In addition, when the payout control board 2B receives a winning signal from the main control board 2A, the payout control board 2B is an addition counter (a storage area for the number of balls to be added to the number of gaming balls) according to the winning opening indicated by the winning signal. Add to value. In addition, when the foul ball is detected by the foul ball detection switch, the payout control board 2B adds 1 to the value of the addition counter and subtracts 1 from the number of playing balls. Further, the payout control board 2B subtracts 1 from the number of playing balls when the collection of the game balls hit by the launch ball detection switch is detected.

  In the payout control board 2B, the number of playing balls is managed in this way, and when the number of playing balls becomes an abnormal value, there is a possibility of jamming or fraud etc. To inform In addition, in the payout control board 2B, when the value of the subtraction counter or the value of the addition counter is updated, the CU control unit 1120 is updated with the value of the subtraction counter after updating (number of subtraction balls) or the value of the addition counter after updating. Send the value (number of added balls). Then, in the payout control board 2B, the value of the subtraction counter after updating is subtracted from the stored “number of gaming balls”, and the value of the subtraction counter is cleared to zero. Further, the value of the addition counter after updating is added to the stored "number of gaming balls", and the value of the addition counter is cleared to zero. On the other hand, when receiving the value of the subtraction counter (the number of subtraction balls), the CU control unit 1120 adds up the value of the number of subtraction balls received to the total number of subtraction balls stored in the RAM and stores it. Subtract the number of subtract balls received from In addition, when the value of the addition counter (number of added balls) is received, the value of the number of added balls received is added to the total number of added balls stored in the RAM, and the added balls received in the "number of game balls" stored Add the numbers.

  Thus, in the CU control unit 1120, the "number of game balls" is updated, and the "number of game balls" is displayed on the display 1102, and the player can confirm. In addition, the CU control unit 1120 controls the updated "number of gaming balls" stored in the CU control unit 1120 and the updated number of gaming balls stored in the payout control substrate 2B received from the payout control substrate 2B. If the two do not match, control is made to shift to an error state. The enclosed type pachinko machine 2 'is provided with a display for displaying game information such as the number of gaming balls, and in the enclosed type pachinko machine 2', the "number of gaming balls" stored by the payout control board 2B is displayed. You may do so. Further, a display of the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 ′ may be connected to the display control unit 1120, and the “number of game balls” stored by the CU control unit 1120 may be displayed on the display.

  The “number of game balls” can be converted into the “number of balls held” according to the operation of the player (for example, according to the operation of the settlement button not shown or the return operation of the prepaid card). The “number of balls held” is managed by the ball holding server in association with the card ID of the prepaid card, and in accordance with the player's operation (for example, the number of game balls according to the operation of the ball play button not shown). It is convertible. In addition, the "number of balls held" of the member player is converted into the "number of balls" by the operation of the ball by the game arcade clerk after the end of business on the day or the day.

  When the dispensing control board 2B of the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 'is electrically connected to the CU control unit 1120, the main chip ID recorded in the main chip of the main control board 2A is the dispensing control board 2B and CU control It is transmitted to the hall server 1230 and the hall computer 1200 via the unit 1120. The transmitted main chip ID is managed by the hall computer 1200 in association with the machine number of the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 ′. This makes it possible to manage gaming information not on the chassis unit of the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 'but on the main control board unit (game board unit). When the main chip ID includes information that can specify the model of the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 ′, it is also possible to associate the machine number with the model of the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 in the hole computer 1200. Become.

  In addition, the CU control unit 1120 communicates with the hall server 1230 at a predetermined timing (for example, at predetermined time intervals), and transmits the total number of added balls and the total number of subtracted balls. The hall computer 1200 communicates with the hall server 1230, updates the “safe number” of the gaming data table based on the total added balls received from the hall server 1230, and based on the total subtracted balls received from the hall server 1230. Update the "out number" of the game data table.

  Here, the format of the output data outputted from the gaming machine (the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 ', the gaming point system slot machine 1000') differs depending on the gaming machine manufacturer, so the CU control unit 1120 outputs various formats. The data is calculated (converted) into a predetermined format and output to the hall server 1230 via the table terminal. The setting data for the calculation (conversion) is input to the CU control unit 1120 and stored. The “predetermined format” is, for example, the assignment of output pins for transmission information or the output length of a signal.

  In addition, since the data reception format is different depending on the specifications and settings of the hall computer 1200, the hall server 1230 matches the format of the output data output from the card unit 1100 with the data reception format of the hall computer 1200. To be transmitted to the hall computer 1200.

  Here, when the data output format in the card unit 1100 matches the data reception format of the hall computer 1200, the format conversion by the hall server 1230 can be made unnecessary. In this case, the card unit 1100 and the hall computer 1200 may be communicably connected without passing through the hall server 1230.

  Further, even if the data output format in the card unit 1100 does not match the data reception format in the hall computer 1200, the base terminal interposed between the card unit 1100 and the hall computer 1200 starts from the card unit 1100. When the format conversion function of converting the format of the output data to be output into a format that matches the data reception format of the hall computer 1200 and transmitting the converted data to the hall computer 1200, the format conversion by the hall server 1230 may be unnecessary. it can. In this case, the card unit 1100 and the hall computer 1200 may be communicably connected via the table terminal without the hall server 1230.

  The enclosed type pachinko machine 2 'is provided with a first starting winning opening and a second starting winning opening, and a first special display unit is selected based on the winning of the gaming ball to the first starting winning opening. The symbol is variably displayed, and the second special symbol is variably displayed on the second variable display portion based on the winning of the game ball to the second start winning opening. Then, when the specific display result (big hit symbol) is derived and displayed as the display result of the variable display executed in the first variable display unit, or as the display result of the variable display executed in the second variable display unit When the result (big hit symbol) is derived and displayed, it is controlled to the specific gaming state (big hit gaming state).

  In the third gaming system 1C, from the enclosed method pachinko machine 2 ', big hit signal, positive signal during change, signal during time short, strike signal, start signal, addition ball number signal, subtraction ball number signal, read ahead signal, firing intensity detection A signal, a specific winning opening winning signal, an article operation signal, a pachinko machine irregularity signal and a pachinko machine anomaly signal are output to the call lamp device 5 as a pachinko machine signal. Among these, the big hit signal, the indeterminate signal, the in-time signal, the strike signal, the start signal, the pachinko machine fraud signal and the pachinko machine malfunction signal are substantially the same as the signals described in the above embodiments.

The addition ball number signal is a signal indicating the number of addition balls indicated by the value of the addition count updated in the payout control board 2B.
The subtraction ball number signal is a signal indicating the number of subtraction balls indicated by the value of the subtraction count updated in the payout control board 2B.

  In the pre-reading signal, a big hit lottery is performed based on the winning of the game ball to the start winning entry, and when the big hit is won, the occurrence of the big hit is pre-read before the special symbol is variably displayed on the variable display. It is a signal to suggest. Before the special symbol is variably displayed in the variable display unit, the call lamp device 5 generates a big hit in the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 ′ based on the read-ahead signal output from the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 ′. It can be identified.

  The firing intensity detection signal is a signal that enables the launch area of the game ball to be specified when the player strikes the game ball left and right according to the gaming state. In the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 ', the first start winning opening is a game when the player strikes the game ball on the left side of the game area (hereinafter referred to as the "left game area") as seen from the player. The game ball wins at a higher rate than when hitting the game ball in the right game area (hereinafter referred to as "right game area") as seen from the player, or the game is played in the left game area The game ball can only be won when the ball is fired. In addition, a variable winning ball device for forming a second starting winning opening is provided, and the variable winning ball device is closed or opened by tilting control of the movable wing piece, and in an open state to the second starting winning opening The game ball can be won, or the game ball can be more easily hit on the second starting winning opening than in the closed state in the open state.

  In the left game area and the right game area, left gates and right gates are provided as passage areas through which game balls can pass. When the player is hitting the left, the game ball passes the left gate to start the variable display of the normal symbol, and when the hit symbol is derived and displayed, the variable winning ball device is opened. , It can be expected that the game ball wins in the second start winning opening. In addition, when the player is hitting the right, when the game ball passes the right gate, the variable display of the normal symbol is started, and when the hit symbol is derived and displayed, the variable winning ball device is opened. It will be in a state, and it can be expected that a game ball will be won in the second start winning opening. That is, the variable winning ball device may be in the open state in any of the left hitting and the right hitting, and it can be expected that the game ball will win in the second start winning opening .

  Further, in the big hit gaming state, the special variable winning ball device (so-called attacker) that forms the big winning opening is controlled to open, and the winning of the gaming ball to the big winning opening becomes possible. The opening control number or opening control period of the special variable winning prize ball device differs depending on the jackpot type. In this special variable winning prize ball device, when the right hitting is performed rather than the left hitting, the guiding game ball is located at a position where it is easy to win by the arrangement of the guiding member and the game nail.

  Here, in the high probability state, the probability of becoming a big hit gaming state rather than the low probability state (probability that the variable display results of the first variable display portion and the second variable display portion become specific display results) is enhanced, and the high base is achieved. In the state, the probability that the symbol is derived and displayed is increased as a result of the variable display of the normal symbol than the low base state (in addition, the variable display time of the normal symbol is shortened and the opening time of the variable winning ball device is extended Is also good).

  When the player is in the normal state (low probability / low base state), the special variable winning ball device is not opened, and the variable winning ball device is frequently opened even if the right gate passes the game ball. Since the player is not aiming at the left game area, the player strikes the game ball in the left and strikes the game ball in the first starting winning opening. When the gaming state is high base state (high probability / high base state or low probability / high base state), the variable winning ball device is frequently opened when passing the game ball to the right gate, so the right game area Aim to hit the game ball and hit right, and make the game ball win a prize at the second start winning opening. In the big hit game state, the special variable winning ball device is opened, so the player strikes the right gaming area and strikes the gaming ball to the right, and makes the special variable winning ball device win a prize.

  Here, the game ball emitted from the ball hitting and launching apparatus in response to the player operating the ball hitting operation handle enters the game field through the ball hitting rail formed in a circular shape so as to surround the game field, and thereafter Come down the game area. In this case, a launch intensity sensor is provided which detects the rotation angle (rotation amount) of the bat operating handle and converts the information of the detected rotation angle into a launch intensity detection signal indicating a launch intensity according to the signal level. The emission intensity detection signal from the intensity sensor is output. Such a firing intensity sensor is constituted of, for example, a rotary encoder and a signal conversion output device that detect the rotation angle of the bat operating handle and output an analog signal of a level determined according to the detected angle.

  The call lamp device 5 specifies the launch area where the gaming ball has been launched, based on the launch intensity signal output from the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 '. Specifically, when the firing strength is less than a predetermined threshold strength, it is determined that the game ball has been fired to the left gaming area by left hitting, and when the firing strength is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold strength, the right It is specified that the game ball has been fired to the right game area by hitting.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible for the hall computer 1200 to set for each of the call lamp devices 5 the threshold intensity that the call lamp device 5 uses to specify the above-mentioned emission area. And distributes threshold strength setting data which is setting data of the threshold strength. In other words, the hall computer 1200 corresponds to a distribution device capable of distributing setting information associated with a signal that can specify the emission area, which is information used to specify the emission area. The ringing lamp device 5 uses the threshold strength setting data distributed from the hall computer 1200 to specify the emission area.

  The specific winning opening winning signal is a signal indicating that the gaming ball has won the specific winning opening. Specifically, a signal indicating the time and number of game balls winning in the first starting winning opening and a signal indicating the time and number of playing balls in the second starting winning opening are respectively specified winning hole signals It is output. The feature is that it is possible to specify the number and time of winning game balls for each specific winning opening.

  The accessory operation signal is a signal indicating the operation of the accessory provided in the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 '. The prize includes a movable wing or the like provided in the variable winning ball device described above, and a signal indicating that the movable wing is in the closed state and a signal that the movable wing is in the open state are Each is output as a bonus feature operation signal.

  Similar to the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 ′, the gaming point system slot machine 1000 ′ converts the prepaid value into “gaming points” by the corresponding card unit 1100 and uses it for the game. The "game points" correspond to the "number of game balls" in the enclosed type pachinko machine 2 '. In other words, the player's value-of-ownership value is converted into the possessed gaming points usable for the game. For example, the prepaid value for 1000 yen can be converted into 50 owned game points (the game point 1 corresponds to one medal). This gaming point is stored in the CU control unit 1120.

  In such a gaming point system slot machine 1000 ', the number of bets is set using the gaming points. When setting the bet number using "playing point = 1" corresponding to one medal, the one-bet BET switch is operated to set the maximum bet number determined according to the gaming state. Operates the MAX BET switch. The start of rotation of each reel according to the operation of the start switch and the stop of rotation of each reel according to the operation of each stop button are the same as in the slot machine 1000 of the medal insertion type.

  Here, when the start switch is operated, the gaming points corresponding to the set bet number become the subtraction points, and the subtraction points are added to the value of the subtraction counter stored in the RAM of the game control board 1000A. Then, when all reels are stopped, one game is finished, and when a combination of predetermined symbols on the activated pay line is stopped as a display result of each reel, a winning occurs, The game points determined in accordance with the winning are the added points, and the added points are added to the value of the added counter stored in the RAM of the game control board 1000A.

  Further, in the gaming control board 1000A, when the value of the subtraction counter or the value of the addition counter is updated, the value of the subtraction counter after the update (subtraction point) or the value of the addition counter after the update is sent to the CU control unit 1120. Send (additional points). Then, in the game control board 1000A, the value of the subtraction counter after updating is subtracted from the stored "gaming point", and the value of the subtraction counter is cleared to zero. Further, the value of the addition counter after updating is added to the "game points" to be stored, and the value of the addition counter is cleared to zero. On the other hand, when the CU control unit 1120 receives the value of the subtraction counter (subtraction point), the value of the subtraction point received is accumulated and added to the total subtraction point stored in the RAM, and received from the "gaming point" to be stored Subtract subtraction points. In addition, when the value of the addition counter (additional points) is received, the value of the additional points received is accumulated and added to the total additional points stored in the RAM, and the number of additional balls received is added to the stored "gaming points" .

  In addition, the CU control unit 1120 communicates with the hall server 1230 at a predetermined timing (for example, every time the total addition score and the total subtraction score are updated), and transmits the total addition score and the total subtraction score. The hall computer 1200 updates the “safe number” of the game data table based on the total addition score received from the CU control unit 1120 via the hall server 1230, and the total received from the CU control unit 1120 via the hall server 1230 The "out number" of the game data table is updated based on the subtraction points.

  As described above, the card unit 110, which is a gaming apparatus, can communicate with the gaming machine and the hall computer 1200, and includes transmitting means (CU control unit 1120) for transmitting information generated by the gaming machine to the hall computer 1200. The transmitting means includes information converting means (external communication unit) for relaying to information (hole server, table terminal) for converting and transmitting information generated by the gaming machine to the hall computer 1200 or transmitting the converted information.

  In the third gaming system 1C, a BET signal, a bonus signal, an ART signal, an ART preparation signal, an addition score signal, a subtraction score signal, a slot fraud signal and a slot malfunction signal are transmitted as slot signals from the gaming point slot machine 1000 '. It is output to the call lamp device 5. Among these, the bonus signal, the ART signal, the slot irregularity signal and the slot anomaly signal are the same as those described above.

The BET signal is a signal that is output when the bet number is set using the gaming points.
The ART preparation signal is a signal that is output when it is determined to be controlled to the ART state by winning.

  An ordinary slot machine includes two control units, a main control unit and a sub control unit, and the sub control unit generally controls the ART state. Also, although it is possible to output a signal from the main control unit to the sub control, it is not possible to output a signal from the sub control unit to the main control unit, and the flow of signals is from the main control unit to the sub control unit It is generally one way to For this reason, in a normal slot machine, the main control unit determines, for example, whether or not there is regularity in the pushing order of the player's switches in order to specify that the sub control unit has been controlled to the ART state. When it was determined that there was a sex, it was necessary to specify that the control was in the ART state. That is, the main control unit could not specify that the control was performed in the ART state only after being controlled to the ART state by the sub control unit.

  Also, in the normal slot machine 1000, an external output board is connected to the main control unit, and it is general to externally output an ART signal indicating that control is made to the ART state according to the control of the main control unit. . As described above, since the main control unit can not specify that it has been controlled to the ART state only after being controlled to the ART state by the sub control unit, it is controlled to be controlled to the ART state in advance. An identifiable signal could not be output from the external output board.

  However, the gaming point slot machine 1000 'in the third gaming system 1C has a high degree of freedom in design, and can be designed so that the main control unit can be controlled to the ART state instead of the sub control unit. . In this case, unlike a normal slot machine, the main control unit outputs, from the external output board, a signal that can be specified to be controlled to the ART state in a pre-read manner, when it is determined to control the ART by winning. It can be done. This signal is an ART preparation signal in the present embodiment.

The addition score signal is a signal indicating the addition score indicated by the value of the addition count updated in the aforementioned game control board 1000A.
The subtraction ball number signal is a signal indicating a subtraction point indicated by the value of the subtraction count updated in the aforementioned game control board 1000A.

  In the third gaming system 1C, with regard to platform data, an external device installed outside the store, for example, a server installed in a card company, can manage platform data of gaming machines in each store. For this reason, the call lamp device 5 and the card unit 1100 receive the base data of gaming machines installed in other stores from the server of the card company, and are not limited to the base data of gaming machines installed in the own store, It is also possible to display platform data of gaming machines installed in other stores.

  Furthermore, CMs displayed on the call lamp device 5 and the card unit 1100 may be CMs of goods and services that are not directly related to gaming machines and game machine manufacturers, CMs of stores, and the like. It is possible. In this case, for example, the server installed in the card company mentioned above counts the number of times the CM is reproduced by the player's operation in the gaming apparatus installed in the store for each store, and counts these. By managing, it is possible to grasp the degree of interest of the player for each product or service.

  In the third gaming system 1C described above, a signal that can be specified to be controlled to an advantageous state is a prefetch signal for notifying that control is to be controlled to a big hit gaming state in a pachinko machine, and controlled to an ART state in a slot machine Although the ART preparation signal is used to indicate that it is to be performed, signals that can be specified to be controlled to an advantageous state are not limited to these. For example, in a pachinko machine, a signal notifying that it is controlled to a probability change state, a short time state, or a latent probability change state may be a signal that can be specified to be controlled to an advantageous state, or in a slot machine, a bonus state ( A signal notifying that control is made to a BB time state (RB state) or a chance time state (AT state, RT state) other than ART may be a signal that can be specified as controlled to an advantageous state.

[2-2. Gaming device]
In the above embodiment, although the gaming apparatus according to the present invention has been described as the card unit 3, the gaming apparatus is not limited thereto. For example, it is possible to set a stand counting unit provided with each stand counter as the gaming apparatus according to the present invention.

[2-3. Management device / Distribution device]
In the above embodiment, the management device / distribution device according to the present invention has been described as a hall computer, but instead of the hole computer, the ball management computer 8 and the medal management computer 16 are used as the management device / distribution device according to the present invention It is also good. Further, a member management computer that manages member information and a card management computer that manages card information may be used as the management device / distribution device according to the present invention. Further, a computer having two or more functions of these management computers may be used as a management device / distribution device according to the present invention.

  Specifically, for example, in the above embodiment, the processing for generating setting data 691 of each card unit 3 in the management processing (FIG. 16) executed by the hall computer 6 and transmitting the data 691 to each card unit 3 Instead of 8, the management apparatus such as the ball management computer 8, the member management computer, or the card management computer may execute.

[2-4. Gaming system]
In the above embodiment, although the gaming system is configured in which the signal output from the gaming machine is directly input to the gaming device, the present invention is not limited to this, the signal output from the gaming machine is input to the management device The gaming system may be configured such that this signal is indirectly input to the gaming device via the management device.

  Further, management devices such as the hall computer 6, the ball management computer 8, and the medal management computer 16 may be functioned as setting means and restriction means according to the present invention. Specifically, on the management device side, setting of quantitative / non-quantitative setting of each card unit 3 is performed collectively. Then, when the card unit 3 receives a gaming card, it refers to the gaming history in which the gaming card is used, and whether the setting of the card unit 3 of the movement source is the quantitative setting or the non-quantitative setting In response, processing to be executed by the card unit 3 may be determined.

[2-5. Configuration]
In the above embodiment, it has been described that the card unit 3 performs the quantitative setting / non-quantitative setting based on the setting data distributed from the hall computer 6. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and setting data is stored in the storage unit 320 of the card unit 3 and the manager or employee of the store performs an operation using the operation unit (including the touch panel). The card unit 3 may be capable of performing quantitative setting / non-quantitative setting.

  In addition, the store manager or employee transmits the setting information for the card unit 3 to perform the quantitative setting / non-quantitative setting using the setting remote controller that the card unit 3 performs the quantitative setting / It may be possible to make non-quantitative settings.

  Furthermore, the card unit 3 can download setting information from an external device (for example, a server installed at a card company) installed outside the store using a communication network such as the Internet, and the downloaded setting information The quantitative setting / non-quantitative setting may be performed on the basis of this.

  Further, by setting an initial setting (default setting) in the card unit 3 and making it possible to change this, the setting of quantitative / non-quantitative according to the present invention may be realized. For example, setting data in which the initial setting is “0 (not determined)” is stored in the card unit 3. Then, for the card unit 3 whose setting is “quantitative”, a setting change signal is transmitted from the management device such as the hall computer 6 or the like to set the card unit 3 from “0 (not quantitative)” to “1 (not quantitative)”. It may be changed to "quantitative)".

  In this case, the card unit 3 may be provided with a switch such as a dip switch, and the setting may be changed by switching the switch. In addition, the card unit 3 is provided with a setting change button, and the store clerk operates the setting change, or the store clerk operates the setting remote control to transmit a setting change signal to the card unit 3, The card unit 3 may be changed in setting.

[2-6. Usage history of gaming cards]
In the above embodiment, the card unit 3 determines the use history of the accepted gaming card by determining the table movement history based on the card management data 865 managed by the ball management computer 8. explained. However, instead of this, the unit ID and setting (quantitative / non-quantitative) of the card unit 3 in which the gaming card is used may be recorded on the gaming card. In this case, the card unit 3 can specify the use history of the gaming card by reading the unit ID and the setting recorded in the received gaming card.

[2-7. recoding media]
The recording media possessed by the player and usable for playing in the gaming machine are not limited to the gaming cards such as the membership card and the visitor card described in the above embodiment. For example, a portable telephone such as a smartphone possessed by a player, or a player terminal such as a tablet terminal or a PDA may be used as the recording medium.

  Specifically, for example, assuming that a smart phone, which is an IC-compatible player terminal, is deceived by an IC reader provided in a game apparatus, as a reception of a recording medium, the player makes a payment by electronic money to make a game machine It may be possible to play at a game. In addition, when the card return button is pressed, the reception cancellation standby state is set, and the reception of the recording medium is canceled when the same smart phone as the smartphone being accepted is deceived by the IC reader in the reception cancellation standby state. May be

  In this case, the gaming apparatus uses the same method as the embodiment described above, and specifies that the number of balls acquired by the gaming apparatus for quantitative setting is set if the setting for the own apparatus is quantitative setting. When the reception of the player's terminal is canceled as possible and the setting of the own device is the non-quantity setting, the reception of the player's terminal is made identifiably capable of specifying the number of balls acquired by the gaming device of the non-quantity setting. It is sufficient to release the

[2-8. Notification]
In the above embodiment, in the card unit 3, when the card use restricting unit 310b performs the restriction, the display unit 355 displays that the restriction is made and the restriction item. However, the notification method in the case where the restriction is made is not limited to this, and the player may be notified, for example, by causing the sound output unit 350 to sound output that the restriction is made and the restriction item. In addition, light emitting parts (lamps) corresponding to multiple items such as ball lending, ball dispensing, ball counting, ball totaling, ball division, ball sharing, etc. are provided, and lamps corresponding to restricted items are lighted, etc. The player may be notified that the restriction has been made and the restriction item.

[2-9. Restricted item]
The items defined in the card use restriction setting table 683 shown in FIG. 7 can be changed as appropriate. That is, the card use restriction setting table 683 stored in the hall computer 6 is configured to be rewritable, and the conditions, restriction items, and the items according to the settings of the move source and move destination card unit 3 included in this table. The permission item can be arbitrarily changed on the shop side. Of the various items relating to the use of the game card, such as ball lending, ball dispensing, ball totaling, ball division, ball sharing, ball counting, the combination of restriction items and permission items is arbitrarily set on the shop side. It is possible.

FIG. 33 shows another example of the card use restriction setting table 683. As shown in FIG.
The table configuration of the card use restriction setting table 683 is the same as the card use restriction setting table 683 shown in FIG. 7, but the contents of the control fields are partially different.

This will be described specifically.
(1) Card type "membership card"
(1-1) Moving source "quantification", moving destination "quantification"
In the control field, "no remaining amount" and "remaining amount" are defined as conditions. In "no remaining amount", "card return" is defined as a restriction item, and "-(none)" is defined as a permission item. This is because when there is no remaining amount in the membership card when moving from the card unit 3 of quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of quantitative setting, all use of the membership card is restricted in the card unit 3 of moving destination, and the membership card Means to return without accepting. In addition, “ball withdrawal, ball addition, ball division, ball sharing” is defined as “remaining amount present”, and “ball lending (remaining consumption), ball counting” is defined as permission items. This is because, when there is a remaining amount in the membership card in the movement from the card unit 3 of non-quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of quantitative setting, the ball is paid out of the use of the membership card in the card unit 3 of the moving destination Ball summation, ball division and ball sharing are limited, but it means that ball lending and ball counting by consuming the remaining amount is permitted.

(1-2) Moving source "not determined", moving destination "determined"
In the control field, "no remaining amount" and "remaining amount" are defined as conditions. In "no remaining amount", "card return" is defined as a restriction item, and "-(none)" is defined as a permission item. This is because when there is no remaining amount in the membership card when moving from the card unit 3 of non-quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of quantitative setting, all use of the membership card is restricted in the card unit 3 of the moving destination, It means returning without accepting the card. In addition, “ball withdrawal, ball addition, ball division, ball sharing” is defined as “remaining amount present”, and “ball lending (remaining consumption), ball counting” is defined as permission items. This is because, when there is a remaining amount in the membership card in the movement from the card unit 3 of non-quantitative setting to the card unit 3 of quantitative setting, the ball is paid out of the use of the membership card in the card unit 3 of the moving destination Ball summation, ball division and ball sharing are limited, but it means that ball lending and ball counting by consuming the remaining amount is permitted.

  This is because the management on the management side becomes complicated, so the ball acquired by the player with the pachinko machine 2 operated by the non-quantity system is used for playing with the other pachinko machine 2 operated with the quantitative system To prevent that. On the other hand, the quantitative system is recommended to play the game by consuming the remaining amount, and it is severe for the player to be unable to play the game despite the remaining amount, so the remaining amount is consumed. I have decided to allow it.

(1-3) Moving source "quantification", moving destination "non-quantification"
In the control field, "-(none)" is defined as the condition. And as a restriction item, "ball totalization, ball division, ball sharing" is defined, and "ball lending (remaining consumption), ball payout, ball counting" is defined as a permission item. This is because movement to the card unit 3 of the non-quantitative setting from the card unit 3 of the quantitative setting is limited ball combination, ball division and ball sharing among the use of the membership card in the card unit 3 of the movement destination, It means that ball lending, ball payout and ball counting by consuming the remaining amount are permitted.

(1-4) Moving source "not determined", moving destination "not determined"
In the control field, "-(none)" is defined as the condition. And "-(none)" is defined as a restriction item, and "all permission" is defined as a permission item. This means that in the movement from the non-quantitative setting card unit 3 to the non-quantitative setting card unit 3, all use of the membership card is permitted in the destination card unit 3.

(1-5) Match (unit ID)
In the control field, "-(none)" is defined as the condition. And "-(none)" is defined as a restriction item, and "all permission" is defined as a permission item. This means that when the card unit 3 of the movement source and the unit ID of the card unit 3 of the movement destination coincide, all use of the membership card is permitted in the card unit 3 of the movement destination.

(2) Card type "visitor card"
The control of the visitor card is substantially the same as the control of the membership card described above. However, the conditions in the control field are partially different, and the condition corresponding to "no remaining amount" of the membership card is "no remaining amount (with balls)". This is because the visitor card in which the remaining amount and balls are no longer present is collected by the card unit 3, and therefore, the visitor card can not be used if at least one of the remaining amount and the balls is not present. .

[2-10. Restricted use of gaming cards]
(1) Restriction of Use of Membership Card In the above embodiment, the use of a membership card by the player may be restricted in the card unit 3 of the quantitative setting. Specifically, when the membership card is inserted into the fixed-setting card unit 3, the membership card may be returned as a total restriction regardless of the setting of the card unit 3 of the movement source. In this case, in the card unit 3 of quantitative setting, only the game using the visitor card can be played.

  In the above, the use of the membership card is not limited to all but only some items may be limited. For example, instead of returning the membership card when the membership card is inserted into the fixed-value setting card unit 3, it is also possible to permit ball lending that has consumed the remaining amount. Further, as in the above embodiment, the use of the membership card may be restricted depending on whether there is a remaining amount or the like.

(2) Limitation of Visitor Card Usage Also, conversely to the above, the player may be restricted from using the visitor card in the fixed-setting card unit 3. Specifically, when a visitor card is inserted into the fixed-setting card unit 3, the visitor card may be returned as a total restriction regardless of the setting of the card unit 3 of the movement source. In this case, in the fixed-setting card unit 3, only the game using the membership card can be played.

  In the above, the use of a visitor card may not be limited entirely, but only some items may be limited. For example, instead of returning the visitor card when the visitor card is inserted in the card unit 3 of the quantitative setting, it may be possible to permit the ball lending that has consumed the remaining amount. In addition, as in the above embodiment, the use of the visitor card may be restricted depending on the remaining amount, the presence or absence of the number of balls, or the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 gaming system 1A first gaming system 1B second gaming system 1C third gaming system 2 pachinko machine 2 ′ enclosure type pachinko machine 3 card unit 5 calling lamp device 6 hall computer 8 ball management computer 9 prize exchange POS terminal 10 terminals 12 personal identification number input device 14 special prize dispensing device 16 medal management computer 1000 slot machine 1000 遊 技 gaming point system slot machine 1100 card unit

Claims (5)

A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine,
Accepting means for accepting a recording medium capable of specifying the owned game value which is a game value owned by a player who plays a game with the game machine;
Game enabling processing means for executing processing for enabling the gaming machine to use the owned game value specified from the recording medium received by the reception means;
Set one of multiple settings, including a first setting to operate the gaming machine in a quantitative system and a second setting to operate the gaming machine in a non-quantifying system Possible setting means,
Restricting means for restricting use of the owned game value specified from the recording medium;
Equipped with
The limiting means is
When the setting by the setting means is the first setting, the use of the owned game value acquired by another game device specified from the recording medium is restricted;
In the case where the setting by the setting means is the second setting, the owned game value acquired by the other game apparatus in which the setting by the setting means specified from the recording medium is the second setting Do not restrict the use,
A game apparatus characterized by A gaming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
The gaming machine performing a game using the Yu technique medium provided corresponding,
The owned game value includes the number of owned game media which is the number of game media owned by the player,
It further comprises counting means for counting the number of owned game media.
A gaming apparatus characterized in that the restriction means can restrict use of the number of owned game media counted by the counting means. A gaming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
A gaming apparatus characterized by further comprising notification means for executing a predetermined notification when the restriction by the restriction means is made. It is a game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The owned game value includes the number of owned game media which is the number of game media owned by the player,
It further comprises counting means for counting the number of owned game media.
A game apparatus characterized in that the restriction means does not restrict use of the number of owned game media counted by the counting means of the own device. A gaming system comprising: a gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine; and a management device communicably connected to the gaming device,
Accepting means for accepting a recording medium capable of specifying the owned game value which is a game value owned by a player who plays a game with the game machine;
Game enabling processing means for executing processing for enabling the gaming machine to use the owned game value specified from the recording medium received by the reception means;
Set one of multiple settings, including a first setting to operate the gaming machine in a quantitative system and a second setting to operate the gaming machine in a non-quantifying system Possible setting means,
Restricting means for restricting use of the owned game value specified from the recording medium;
Equipped with
The limiting means is
When the setting by the setting means is the first setting, the use of the owned game value acquired by another game device specified from the recording medium is restricted;
In the case where the setting by the setting means is the second setting, the owned game value acquired by the other game apparatus in which the setting by the setting means specified from the recording medium is the second setting Do not restrict the use,
A gaming system characterized by

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