JP2018110700A - Device for game - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for game capable of performing accurate fraud determination and fraud notification.SOLUTION: The device for game capable of receiving game information on a plurality of game machines installed in a game house includes: game period identification means capable of identifying a first game period which is a period from the start of a game by a player until a prescribed period elapses; game result identification means capable of identifying a game result related to the player on the basis of game information output from a game machine at which the player plays games during the first game period identified by the game period identification means; game result determination means capable of determining that the game result identified by the game result identification means is a specific game result which is a predetermined game result; and notification means capable of performing a prescribed notification on the basis of the fact that the game result determination means determines that it is the specific game result.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming apparatus capable of judging and reporting fraud based on game information and the like.

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a technology that makes it possible to grasp a player's game history based on game information relating to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.
For example, Patent Document 1 specifies a game section (game period) for each player based on the ID of a member card inserted in a card unit provided in the gaming machine, and totals the game history for each specified player. A gaming device that makes it possible to do this has been proposed.

JP 2012-139376 A

  However, the conventional gaming device has room for improvement.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the gaming device of the present invention is a gaming device capable of receiving gaming information relating to a plurality of gaming machines installed in a game arcade until a predetermined period of time elapses from one player's gaming start. Based on game information output from a gaming machine in which the one player plays a game in the first game period specified by the game period specifying means and the game period specifying means capable of specifying the first game period as a period , A game result specifying means capable of specifying the game result of the one player, and a game result capable of determining that the game result specified by the game result specifying means is a predetermined game result which is a predetermined game result It is configured to include a determination unit and a notification unit capable of performing a predetermined notification based on the fact that the game result determination unit determines that the game result is a specific game result.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a game system. It is a systematic diagram showing the flow of information in the game system. It is explanatory drawing of the transaction information in the sand with each stand counting function. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a hall computer. It is a chart which shows the transaction history of transaction information. (A) is a player replacement condition, (b) is a game continuation condition, (c) is a chart showing jackpot occurrence determination conditions. It is a figure which shows the output pattern of the out signal output from a gaming machine. It is a chart which shows the conditions of fraud determination immediately after a game start. It is a figure which shows the alerting | reporting screen with respect to fraud immediately after a game start. It is a table | surface which shows the conditions of fraud determination in the case of performing special alerting | reporting with respect to fraud immediately after a game start. (A) is a figure which shows the 1st alerting | reporting screen with respect to fraud immediately after a game start, (b) is a figure which shows the 2nd alerting | reporting screen with respect to fraud in other timing. It is a flowchart which shows the fraud determination and fraud alert | report process immediately after a game start. It is a chart which shows the conditions of fraud determination using a photograph. It is a figure which shows the alerting | reporting screen of fraud determined using the photograph. It is a flowchart which shows the fraud determination and fraud alerting | reporting process using a photograph. It is a chart which shows the management table which registered the excellent stand. It is a chart which shows the conditions of fraud determination using the photograph in an excellent stand. It is a figure which shows the alerting | reporting screen of fraud determined using the photograph in an excellent stand. It is a flowchart which shows the fraud determination and fraud alert | report process using the photograph in an excellent stand. It is a systematic diagram which shows the flow of the information in the game system which concerns on deformation | transformation embodiment.

A preferred embodiment of a gaming apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the present embodiment, an example in which the hall computer 50 is applied as a gaming device will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the hall computer 50 constitutes a gaming system together with gaming machines 10 such as a pachinko machine 10a and a slot machine 10b, a sand 20 with a counting function, a computer 30 and an island computer 40. doing.

In such a gaming system, each of the sand counters with a counting function 20 counts the game media acquired in the game machine 10 provided therewith, refunds (payout) of the counted game media, It is configured to be able to execute various operations related to the provision of game media, such as lending and issuing a storage medium (for example, an IC card) that can specify (store) the number of counted game media and the balance of the amount of money to be input .
For example, the number of acquired game media is counted by inserting the game media from the insertion port provided at the lower part of the sand 20 with each vehicle counting function, and the refund of the counted game media is performed by the player. This is done by paying out the game medium from a predetermined payout outlet based on the payout operation by. Further, the rental of the game medium according to the amount of money to be inserted is performed by paying out the game medium from a predetermined payout port based on the lending operation by the player.
Each of these gaming devices includes communication means and is connected to be able to perform data communication via a predetermined network (for example, a local area network).

As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 10 is divided into groups such as a pachinko machine 10a, a slot machine 10b, and the like in the game hall to which the gaming system is applied. A game can be played along the flow.
For example, at the start of the game, the player lends the game medium by inserting cash or the following card into each unit counting function-equipped sand 20 and performing a predetermined lending operation. The rented game medium is inserted into the gaming machine 10 and can be played.
In the pachinko machine 10a, a player operates a launch handle to launch a game ball as a game medium into a game area, and the launched game ball wins a predetermined winning opening, whereby a predetermined number of game balls are paid out. It is.
In the slot machine 10b, when a player inserts a game medal as a game medium and operates the start lever, a plurality of (usually three) reels displaying predetermined pictures, characters, numbers, and the like are displayed. Rotation is started and the reels are stopped by pressing a plurality of (usually three) stop buttons corresponding to each reel at an arbitrary timing, and a predetermined number of medals are paid out according to the arrangement of the symbols of the stopped reels. It is.
The game media acquired in the game is put into each of the sands with a counting function 20 and counted by performing a predetermined counting operation on each of the sands with a counting function 20. When the counted game medium is used again in the game, the game medium can be paid out by performing a predetermined payout operation on each of the counter-equipped sands 20. When the game is finished, a card in which the remaining number of game media counted and the balance of the inserted cash is recorded by performing a predetermined return operation on each sand 20 with a counting function is returned.

  In the game flow as described above, the hall computer 50 collects game data for each gaming machine 10 based on the gaming information transmitted from the gaming machine 10 or the sand 20 with each unit counting function.

Game information as shown in FIG. 2 is transmitted from the gaming machine 10.
For example, “out information” consisting of out signals that can calculate the number of game media inserted and the number of input (out numbers), “safe information” consisting of safe signals that can calculate the number of game media paid out and the number of payouts (safe number), “Status information” indicating the occurrence of a game that occurs in the gaming machine 10 and is advantageous to the player (for example, a big hit or bonus (including AT, ART, etc.)), “Start” indicating execution of the game Information "etc. are output. In the pachinko machine 10a, time information indicating a time shortening state in which the variation of the symbol is shortened compared to the normal gaming state can also be output as “state information”.
Such game information is transmitted to the hall computer 50 through the base computer 30 and the island computer 40 via the network together with information that can identify each gaming machine 10. Are sequentially received as game information.

Transaction information is transmitted as game information from each of the sand counters with count function 20.
Each stand 20 with a counting function is an example of another gaming apparatus of the present invention, and the number of game media acquired in the game machine 10 provided in accordance therewith, the refund of the counted game media, and the amount charged Lending of game media and issuing of storage media (hereinafter referred to as cards) that can specify the number of counted game media (hereinafter referred to as “held media, possessed balls” or “held balls”) and the balance of the input amount Therefore, the transaction information corresponding to each of these operations is stored in its own storage means, and transmitted to the hall computer 50 in real time, or is transmitted in a batch at an arbitrary timing. At 50, the game information is sequentially received for each gaming machine 10.
The transaction information includes, for example, “Bill insertion”, “Card insertion”, “Card return”, “Lending”, “Count”, “Refund”, “Card stack”, “Card set” as shown in FIG. and so on.

(A) “Bill insertion” is information indicating the insertion of a banknote by a player, and the insertion of the banknote, the denomination and the like are specified from this information.
(B) “Card insertion” is information indicating insertion of a card by a player, and from this information, a card that can identify the insertion of the card, the balance of the inserted amount, the remaining number of possessions, and the inserted card ID etc. are specified.
(C) “Card return” is information indicating a card return operation by the player, and from this information, it is possible to identify the return of the card, the balance of the inserted amount, the remaining number of balls, and the returned card. A card ID or the like is specified.
(D) “Lending” is information indicating a lending operation by the player, and from this information, a lending amount (number of lending balls), a balance, and the like are specified.
(E) “Counting” is information indicating a counting operation by the player, and the number of balls counted, the remaining number of balls, and the like are specified from this information.
(F) “Refund” is information indicating a payout operation by the player, and the number of balls repaid from the possession balls, the remaining number of possessions, and the like are specified from this information.
(G) “Card stack” is information indicating the card transport from the card reader / writer to the card storage unit provided in the sand 20 with each unit counting function. From this information, the stack of cards, the balance of the input amount, The remaining number of possession balls, the card ID that can identify the stacked cards, and the like are specified.
(H) “Card set” is information indicating the card transport from the card storage unit to the card reader / writer. From this information, the card is set, the balance of the inserted amount, the remaining number of possessions, and the set A card ID or the like that can identify the card is specified.
In this embodiment, each sand 20 with counting function is configured to have a card writer, and information such as the balance of the input amount, the remaining number of possessions, and the card ID can be directly written to the card. In addition, or in place of this, information such as the balance of the amount of money to be invested, the number of remaining balls, etc. is associated with the card ID and stored in the sand 20 with each unit counting function or other gaming devices (for example, the hall computer 50), May be managed.
In addition, although “card insertion” and “card set” are described separately, “card set” may be included in “card insertion”.

Such transaction information is transmitted as game information to the hall computer 50 through the platform computer 30 and the island computer 40 together with the time at which the transaction occurs each time a transaction operation is performed. It is sequentially received as game information every ten.
The server is not limited to the above-described mode, and a server for managing the sand 20 with each vehicle counting function is provided, the transaction information of the sand 20 with each vehicle counting function is managed by the server, and the server and the hall computer 50 communicate with each other. By doing so, the hall computer 50 can receive the transaction information.

Each of the sand counters 20 with a counting function includes a photographing device 60 such as a camera so that a player who is playing a game can be photographed.
The photographed photograph of the player is transmitted to the hall computer 50 as image information, and can be sequentially received by the hall computer 50.
Note that each counter-equipped sand 20 does not necessarily have to include the photographing device 60.
In this case, the photographing device 60 can be attached to any place in the game hall.

The hall computer 50 is an example of the gaming apparatus according to the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the hall computer 50 performs data communication with an input unit 51 including a keyboard, a mouse, and other input means, the base computer 30, the island computer 40, and the like. The game unit is mainly managed by a communication unit 52, a storage unit 53 including a storage unit such as a hard disk, a display unit 54 having a display unit such as a liquid crystal display, a control unit 55 (computer) for controlling each unit, and the like. It is configured as an information processing apparatus operated by a person or a store clerk.
The hall computer 50 configured as described above performs various control operations according to the operations of the programs stored in the storage unit 53 in advance.
For example, the control unit 55 calculates and calculates the following game data from the game information received via the communication unit 52.

For example, the number of outs from “out information”, the number of safes from “safe information”, the number of jackpots from “state information”, and the like are totaled. Also, the difference number indicating the difference between the out number and the safe number and the base indicating the ratio between the out number and the safe number are tabulated. Also, the sales amount is totaled from “loan”.
More specifically, the out information and the safe signal are pulse signals. For example, in the case of the slot machine 10b, a 1-pulse safe signal is output corresponding to 1-safe (1 safe = 1 pulse) and 1-out. Correspondingly, an out signal of 1 pulse is output (1 out = 1 pulse).
For this reason, it can be counted as 1 safe based on the safe signal of 1 pulse and can be counted as 1 out based on the out signal of 1 pulse.
In the case of the pachinko machine 10a, a 1-pulse safe signal is output corresponding to 10 safes (10 safe = 1 pulse), and a 1-pulse out signal is output corresponding to 10 outs (10 out = 1). Pulse) is common.
In this case, 10 safes can be totaled based on one pulse safe signal, and 10 outs can be totaled based on one pulse out signal.
Note that although the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is a pachinko machine 10a, for the sake of convenience, it will be described as 1 safe = 1 pulse, 1 out = 1 pulse. Such gaming data is aggregated and calculated for each gaming machine 10. In addition, it can be calculated and calculated every business day (for example, every day).
In addition, the game data calculated and calculated in this way can be stored in the storage unit 53.

In addition, such game data can be aggregated and calculated not only for each gaming machine 10 but also for each group such as each machine, each model, each rental rate, and each game hall (store), Each group can be stored.
Furthermore, the game data can be calculated and stored not only for each business day but also for each different unit of business period such as a plurality of business days (for example, one week, half month, one month).

In addition, in the hall computer 50, the control unit 55 operates as game period specifying means.
In the operation as the game period specifying means, a game that is a period from the start of the game of one player to the end of the game by determining the replacement of the player based on the transaction information received from the sand 20 with each unit counting function. The period can be specified for each player.
The operation for specifying such a game period will be described with reference to the transaction information shown in FIG.

The transaction information shown in FIG. 5 shows the transition of the transaction information in a certain time zone (“15:19” to “16:19”) in one sand 20 with each vehicle counting function. In addition, the transaction information shown in FIG. 5 is displayed from the top to the bottom so as to change from early transaction time to late transaction time.
In addition, there are two types of cards: a member card that is lent or transferred in advance from a game hall to a player who is registered as a member, and a general card that can be used by a general player who does not have a member registration (so-called visitor card) In this transaction information, transaction information using a general card is shown. Moreover, although not shown in particular, in this transaction information, a card classification capable of specifying the type of card used for the transaction can be provided.
The game period is specified based on the determination condition shown in FIG.
FIG. 6A shows the determination conditions for determining the replacement of the player, and FIG. 6B shows the determination conditions for determining the continuous game of the player.

Specifically, the condition “a” is “card insertion” indicating that there is no balance and no remaining number of players, and the replacement of the card is assumed by such a “card insertion”. Therefore, it is determined that the player has been changed before and after the “card insertion” due to the establishment of such a condition.
For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, in transaction number 4 (time “15:25”), there is “no card balance” indicating no balance (¥ 0) and no remaining ball (0 balls). It is determined that the player has been changed later.

Further, the condition b is a player replacement condition that a card with an ID different from the returned card is inserted. Whether or not this condition is successful is determined from “card return” and subsequent “card insertion” in the transaction information. In particular, it is determined that the condition is satisfied when the card IDs specified from “card return” and “card insertion” are different. In addition, in “card insertion”, the condition is satisfied that at least one of the balance and the remaining number of coins to be specified indicates “Yes”.
With such a combination of transaction information, it is considered that the player has been replaced during each transaction. In this case, for example, the game period of the previous player can be regarded as “card return”, and the game period of the subsequent player can be regarded as “card insertion”.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the card ID (003) specified from the “card return” in the transaction number 17 (time “15:48”), and the transaction number 18 (time “15:50”) following the card ID. Since the card ID (004) specified from “card insertion” indicating that there is a balance (¥ 500) is different from each other, the game period of the previous player is until “card return”, and after “card insertion” It can be regarded as the game period of the player.
In addition, when each card ID specified from "card return" and "card insertion" which shows that there is a balance or a remaining number of balls following this is the same, for example, in the example shown in FIG. Card ID (003) specified from “card return” in “15:45”) and card ID (003) specified from “card insertion” in transaction number 15 (time “15:46”) following this Are the same, it can be determined that the condition f shown in FIG. 6B is satisfied, and it can be determined that the game is continued by the same player.

The condition c is a condition that the card insertion after the card stack is a player replacement condition. The success / failure of this condition is determined from “card stack” followed by “card insertion” in the transaction information. In particular, it is determined that the condition is satisfied when at least one of the balance specified from “card insertion” and the remaining number of possessed balls indicates “present”.
With such a combination of transaction information, the end of the game is specified from the “card stack”, and the start of a new game is specified from “card insertion” indicating that there is a balance or the remaining number of possessions, It can be determined that the player has been replaced. In this case, for example, the game period up to the “card stack” can be regarded as the game period of the previous player, and the game period of the subsequent player can be regarded as after the “card insertion”.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, there is a “card stack” at transaction number 24 (time “15:54”), followed by a balance (¥ 2000) and a balance at transaction number 25 (time “16:00”). From “card insertion” indicating the number of balls remaining (125 balls) to “card stack” can be regarded as the game period of the previous player, and from “card insertion” as the game period of the subsequent player.

The condition d is a condition that a player inserts a bill after a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) has elapsed after the cards are stacked. Whether or not this condition is successful is determined from “card stack” followed by “insert bill” in the transaction information. In particular, it is determined that the condition is satisfied when the time from “card stack” to “banknote insertion” exceeds a predetermined time.
With such a combination of transaction information, the end of the game is specified from the “card stack”, and the start of a new game is specified from the “insert banknote” after a predetermined time has elapsed. Can be determined. In this case, for example, the game period of the previous player can be regarded as “card stack”, and the game period of the subsequent player can be regarded as “banknote insertion”. Further, the predetermined time can be set to a time that can be appropriately set by a game hall manager or the like, for example, “5 minutes”.
For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the “card stack” at transaction number 31 (time “16:06”) and the transaction number 32 (time “16:13”) after 7 minutes have elapsed from this “card stack”. From “Bill insertion” to “Card stack” can be regarded as the game period of the previous player, and from “Bill insertion” can be regarded as the game period of the subsequent player.
When the “card stack” and the subsequent “banknote insertion” are stored within a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes), it is determined that the condition g shown in FIG. 6B is satisfied, and is continued by the same player. It can be regarded as a game.
For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the “card stack” at the transaction number 36 (time “16:17”) and the transaction number 37 (time “16” after two minutes have passed since this “card stack”). : 19 ”),“ continuous game by the same player ”is determined.

The condition e is a condition for continuing the game by the same player with the counting operation after card return or card stacking. The success / failure of this condition is determined from “card return” or “card stack” indicating that there is a balance, and “count” following this.
By such a combination of transaction information, for example, from “card return” indicating that there is a balance, a return operation based on the player's judgment that the necessity of lending has been eliminated due to occurrence of a big hit etc. is assumed, From the “card stack”, a big hit or the like just before the end of the game is assumed. From the “count”, a count operation of the acquired game media based on occurrence of a big hit or the like is assumed.
A combination of such a series of transaction information can be determined as a continuous game by the same player.
In this case, there is no “card insertion” or “card insertion” indicating that there is a balance or the like between “card return” or “card stack” and “count”.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, “card return” indicating that there is a balance (¥ 500) in transaction number 9 (time “15:35”) and subsequent transaction number 10 (time “15:36”) Based on the “count”, a continuous game by the same player is determined.
Further, from the “card stack” at the transaction number 20 (time “15:51”) and the “count” at the subsequent transaction number 21 (time “15:53”), the continuous game by the same player is determined. Is done.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, at least six game periods surrounded by thick lines are specified by specifying the game periods performed based on the conditions shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B as described above. (Transaction numbers 1-5, 6-17, 18-24, 25-28, 29-31, 32-38).
By specifying such a game period, it is possible to estimate the number of players who have played a game in the gaming machine 10 provided in the sand 20 with each vehicle counting function. In this case, “15:19” to “16 : 19 ”, it can be estimated that at least six players played the game.
Further, the control unit 55 determines the change in the number of game media (hereinafter referred to as the number of possessed balls, the remaining number of retained balls, or the remaining number of retained balls) of the player based on the “count” and “payout” in each game period as follows. Identify as follows.

For example, the increase in the number of possessed balls can be specified by “counting”, and at the same time, the remaining number of possessed balls is also identified (see FIGS. 3 and 5).
Further, the decrease in the number of possessed balls can be specified by “refund”, and at the same time, the remaining number of retained balls is also identified (see FIGS. 3 and 5).
From such time-series transition of “count” and “payout”, increase / decrease, that is, transition of the remaining number of balls in each game period can be specified.
For example, in the game period corresponding to transaction numbers 6 to 17, the remaining number of possessions is “0” at the time of “15:27” (transaction number 6), and thereafter “15:36” (transaction number 10). It is possible to specify that the remaining number of possessed balls has increased to “20” by “counting” and that the remaining number of possessed balls has been increased to “1178” by “counting” of “15:40” (transaction number 12). Thereafter, it can be specified that the remaining number of possessed balls has decreased from “15:44” (transaction number 13) to “1053”.
In this way, it is possible to specify the transition of the possession ball in each game period from the time-series transition of “count” and “payout”.
Further, the control unit 55 determines whether or not a big hit has occurred in the gaming machine 10 based on the “count” in the sand 20 with each unit counting function without depending on the “state information” output from the gaming machine 10. Identify as follows.

Specifically, when the number of counting balls specified from one “count” exceeds a predetermined number, it is determined that a big hit or the like has occurred.
For example, it is determined that a big hit or the like has occurred when the number of counting balls indicated by one “count” exceeds a predetermined number of balls (for example, 1000 balls).
Further, as a modification, the “count” is continuous (for example, the reception interval of transaction information is within 3 minutes), and the number of balls specified from each “count” (for example, 100 balls, 200 balls, 400 balls) , 400 balls, etc.) exceeds a predetermined number of balls (1000 balls), it can be determined that a big hit or the like has occurred when the first “count” is confirmed.
By such determination, the occurrence of a big hit or the like can be specified based on only the “count” in the sand 20 with each vehicle counting function without depending on the “state information” output from the gaming machine 10.

In particular, based on the condition h shown in FIG. 6C, it is possible to identify a big hit or the like that occurs for the first time in one game period as the first hit.
The condition h is a condition for determining the occurrence of a big hit based on the transition of the number of balls, and in particular, this condition is a condition for determining the occurrence of the first big hit etc. in one game period. Success / failure is determined from “insert bills”, “card insertion” indicating that there is a balance or remaining number of balls, and “counting” indicating the number of balls exceeding a predetermined number.
Since such a combination of transaction information identifies the start of a new game and the occurrence of a big hit or the like, the occurrence of the first big hit or the like during the game period is specified.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the number of counting balls of “1158 balls” in “banknote insertion” at transaction number 6 (time “15:27”) and subsequent transaction number 12 (time “15:40”). Based on the “count” indicating the (number of transactions), it is determined that a new game is started by “inserting banknotes” and a big hit is generated by the first “count” after the game is started. Can be considered to have occurred for the first time.

In this way, the hall computer 50 uses the game information transmitted in real time from the gaming machine 10 and the sand 20 with each unit counting function as data (game data) that can grasp the game trend of the player, It is possible to immediately specify the game period of one player for each player.
Further, the hall computer 50 specifies various game periods for one player in this way, and immediately performs the following fraud determination and fraud notification during the game period.
In addition, each sand 20 with a counting function can specify the said game period based on own game information (transaction information).

[About fraud determination immediately after the game starts]
Improper acts on the gaming machine 10 are illegally crafted on the gaming machine 10 immediately after the start of the game by using an unauthorized device, etc. The act of doing is known.
In such fraudulent acts, the game rhythm often becomes unstable immediately after the start of the game, and this will be described.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an output pattern (out pattern) showing an out signal (pulse signal) output from the pachinko machine 10a in time series, and (a) is an out pattern (normal out) in a normal game. (B) shows an out pattern (abnormal out pattern) in a game involving cheating.

The out signal is information indicating the insertion of the game medium, and in the case of the pachinko machine 10a, the out signal is game information that is output in response to the launch of the game ball.
For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7A, in a normal game, the out signal has a regular out pattern according to the firing interval of the game balls.
However, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), in the case of playing a game involving cheating, the cheating person performs cheating immediately after the start of the game, so the game is neglected so much that he concentrates on the work. As a result of the sparse launch of the game balls, the out pattern has a significantly less out signal output at the beginning of the game period (for example, about 5 minutes from the start of the game).
In the case of an abnormal out pattern, after the work is completed, the out pattern is regular, but the period tends to be relatively short (see FIG. 7B).
This is because fraudsters perform a normal game after completing the work in order to acquire a game ball, but tend to avoid games for a long time in order to make it difficult to find fraud.
Even in a normal game, if the game time becomes long, the game may get bored, the game may be neglected due to operation of the mobile phone, and the out pattern may become irregular.

In view of such behavior patterns of fraudsters, the hall computer 50 of the present embodiment performs fraud determination and fraud notification immediately after the start of the game based on the operations of the following means.
Hereinafter, in the pachinko machine 10a, a fraud determination performed based on an out abnormality (abnormality related to the number of outs) immediately after the start of the game will be described as an example and described with reference to FIG.

As an operation of the game period specifying means, the control unit 55 specifies a period from the start of one player's game to the elapse of a predetermined period as the first game period.
Corresponding to the behavior pattern of a fraudster who performs fraudulent work on the gaming machine 10 immediately after the start of the game, the period immediately after the start of the game, which is a period during which a fraudulent act is likely to occur, is specified. Is.
The first game period can be, for example, “5 minutes from the start of the game”, and can be the first condition for fraud determination (see condition 1 in FIG. 8).
Since the time when the player replacement condition (see FIG. 6) is established can be regarded as the start time of the game by the newly replaced player, the time measured by the time measuring means such as a timer from the start time is 5 minutes. The period until the lapse can be specified as the first game period.

Further, the control unit 55 performs the operation of the game result specifying unit based on the game information output from the gaming machine 10 in which one player plays a game in the first game period specified by the game period specifying unit. The game result of one player is specified, and as the operation of the game result determination means, it is determined that the game result specified by the game result specifying means is a specific game result that is a predetermined game result.
Here, out information can be used as “game information”. In this case, the number of outs per unit time can be set as “game result”.
Further, the “specific game result” is not assumed in a normal game, but can be a “game result” assumed in a game involving an illegal act.
For example, in the case of a pachinko machine 10a with 100 balls fired per minute, the number of outs per unit time can be set to “less than 50 / minute”, which can be the second condition of fraud (see FIG. 8 condition 2).
This is because a fraudster cannot perform a normal game while performing illegal work, and the number of fired balls may deviate from the normal value by performing an incorrect work immediately after the start of the game. Because there are many.

As a result, when it is determined that the number of outs per minute is less than 50 balls during the first game period, the specified game result is a game result in which a fraudulent act is likely or likely to intervene. (See FIG. 8).
Specifically, the determination can be made by dividing the target period into predetermined intervals and converting the number of outs per section into the number of outs per minute each time the section ends.
For example, when the interval of one section is 10 seconds, if the converted value obtained by multiplying the number of outs counted for each section by six times (= 60/10 times) is less than 50, it is determined that the result is a specific game result, and converted. If the value is 50 or more, it is not determined to be a specific game result.
In addition, it is preferable that the interval of one section is shorter than the time required for the craft of fraud. Thereby, when there is a corresponding section even in one section in the first game period, it is possible to determine that the result is a specific game result, assuming that an illegal act is present.
It is also possible to obtain a cumulative value of the number of outs from the start of the game at intervals of one section and determine a specific game result based on the cumulative value.
For example, for the first time (10 seconds after the start of the game), it is determined whether or not the converted value obtained by multiplying the cumulative number of outs by 6 (= 60/10) is less than 50, and the 12th time (120 seconds after the start of the game) ) Can determine whether or not it is a specific game result by determining whether or not the converted value obtained by multiplying the cumulative value of the number of outs by 0.5 (= 60/120) is less than 50.
In addition, representative values such as an average value, a minimum value, and a maximum value can be periodically obtained, and it can be determined whether or not a specific game result is based on the representative values.

And the control part 55 performs predetermined alerting | reporting as operation | movement of a alerting | reporting means based on having determined that it is a specific game result by the game result determination means.
The notification can use information such as characters, sounds, images, etc. to indicate information (for example, a machine number) that can identify the gaming machine 10 or that an illegal act is actually being performed.
For example, as shown in the notification screen of FIG. 9, in addition to a message such as “123rd level fraud warning!” And an icon indicating a warning, information indicating the timing of fraud such as “* cheating immediately after the game starts” Can be displayed on the display unit 54.
According to such fraud notification, the store clerk can be informed to the specific gaming machine 10 that the fraudulent act is being performed immediately after the start of the game, enabling an early response to the fraudulent act, It is possible to minimize the damage to the game hall due to
Further, since the fraud determination is performed by specifying the period immediately after the start of the game in which fraudulent acts are likely to be performed, the accuracy of the fraud determination can be increased, which can be used for appropriate countermeasures against the fraud.

[Special notice for fraud immediately after the game starts]
As described above, since the fraud determination immediately after the start of the game has high accuracy, notification of fraud determined in the fraud determination is important. In addition, since fraud is easily performed immediately after the start of the game, it is important to notify the fraud determined in the fraud determination immediately after the start of the game.
From this point of view, the hall computer 50 of the present embodiment has a special mode that is different from other fraud notifications for fraud determined by fraud determination immediately after the start of the game by the operation of the following means. I am trying to inform you.
Hereinafter, a special notification for fraud immediately after the start of the game will be described with reference to FIG. 10, taking as an example a case where fraud determination is performed based on a start abnormality.

As the operation of the game period specifying means, the control unit 55 is a period different from the second game period, which is a period from the start of the game of one player until the specific period elapses, and the second game period of the one player. The third game period is specified.
The reason for specifying the period immediately after the start of the game (second game period) and the other period (third game period) is to distinguish between a game period in which fraud is likely to be performed and other game periods.
For example, the second game period is “10 minutes from the start of the game”, and the third game period is “the period from the end of the second game period to the end of the game”. Conditions (see condition 1 in FIG. 10).

As a result, the time when the player replacement condition (see FIG. 6) is satisfied can be regarded as the start time of the game by the newly replaced player, so the time measured by the time measuring means such as a timer from the start time is determined. The period until 10 minutes elapses can be specified as the second game period, and the period from the end of the second game period to the time when the next game replacement condition (see FIG. 6) is satisfied is the third game. It can be specified as a period.
The “first game period” is “a period from the start of one player's game to the“ predetermined period ””, and the “second game period” is “from the start of one player's game to“ If the predetermined period and the specific period are the same, the two periods coincide with each other. However, by making the predetermined period different from the specific period, both periods can be made different.

In addition, the control unit 55 performs a game in which one player plays a game in the second game period specified by the game period specifying unit as the operation of the second game period specifying unit among the operations of the game result specifying unit. Based on the game information output from the machine, the game result of the player is specified, and as the operation of the third game period game result specifying means, one game is performed in the third game period specified by the game period specifying means. Based on the game information output from the gaming machine on which the player plays a game, the game result of the player is specified.
Further, the control unit 55 determines, as the operation of the game result determination means, that the game result specified by the second game period game result specifying means is a first special game result that is a predetermined game result. Then, it is determined that the game result specified by the third game period game result specifying means is a second special game result which is a predetermined game result.
Here, start information is used as “game information”, and in this case, the number of starts per unit time can be specified as “game result”.
Further, the “first special game result” and the “second special game result” are not assumed in a normal game, but can be a “game result” assumed in a game involving an illegal act.
For example, when the number of starts per unit time in a normal game (non-temporary) is about 3 to 5 / min, the “first special game result” and the “second special game result” are set to 9 starts. / Min or more ”, which can be used as the second condition for fraud determination (see condition 2 in FIG. 10).
As a result, if it is determined that the number of starts per minute is 9 or more during the second game period or the third game period, it is highly likely that a fraudulent act will intervene or intervene, respectively. It is determined that the game result is a first special game result or a second special game result (see FIG. 10).
The conditions indicated by the “first special game result” and the “second special game result” may be the same as in the above example or may be different.

And the control part 55 performs 1st alert | report based on having determined that it is the 1st special game result by the game result determination means as operation | movement of an alerting | reporting means, and 2nd special by the game result determination means. Based on the determination that the result is a game result, a second notification at least partially different from the first notification is executed (see FIG. 10).
In both the first notification and the second notification, the first notification is performed while notifying the information that can identify the gaming machine 10 or the fact that the illegal act is actually being performed by characters, sounds, images, and the like. It can be made more conspicuous than the second notification.
FIG. 11A shows an example in which a first notification display screen (first notification screen) is displayed on the display unit 54, and FIG. 11B shows a second notification display screen (second notification screen). This is an example displayed on the display unit 54.
As shown in these figures, both the first notification and the second notification can notify the specific gaming machine 10 that an illegal act is being performed.
In addition to this, the first notification has a larger character than the second notification and a large number of large alarms are arranged to display information such as the timing of fraud. .
For this reason, according to the 1st information, it is easier for a store clerk to notice, it is possible to respond more quickly to fraudulent acts, and it is possible to minimize damage to the game hall due to fraudulent acts.

As described above, the determination of fraudulent acts and the fraud notification immediately after the start of the game are realized by the control unit 55 executing the program stored in the storage unit 53.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart relating to the fraud determination / unauthorization notification process showing the flow of this program.

As shown in FIG. 12, first, a period from the start of one player's game to the elapse of a predetermined period is specified (S1).
Specifically, based on the transaction information output from each car counting function-equipped sand 20, the time when a predetermined player replacement condition is established is set as the start time of the game by the newly replaced player. The period until the predetermined time elapses is specified as the first game period.
Next, the game result in the specified period is specified (S2).
Specifically, the game result is specified based on the game information output from the gaming machine 10 during the first game period specified in S1.
For example, the number of outs per unit time is specified as a game result based on the out information.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the specified game result is a specific game result (S3).
For example, when the number of outs per minute calculated based on the out information output from the gaming machine 10 during the first game period is less than 50, it is determined that the result is a specific game result.
In S3, when it is determined that the result is a specific game result (S3-Yes), notification is performed (S4).
The notification includes, for example, information indicating that the gaming machine 10 can be identified and a warning indicating that an illegal act is being performed, as well as information indicating that the notification is a notification of an illegal act immediately after the start of the game. 54 (see FIG. 9).
Moreover, in order to show that the misconduct of notification (impropriety immediately after the start of a game) is an important notification, it is also possible to make the notification mode (display mode) different from other unauthorized notifications (FIG. 11 (a)). reference).
If the determination in S3 is negative (S3-No), the process returns to S1.

In addition, although the case where fraud determination is performed based on the start abnormality has been described above and the special notification in this case has been described, the configuration is not limited to such an example.
For example, it is possible to perform fraud determination based on the appearance, and perform special notification according to the determination result of the fraud determination.
In this case, it is possible to monitor the number of balls in the second game period and determine that fraud is involved when the number of balls in the period exceeds a predetermined value.
If the number of balls in the second game period exceeds a predetermined value, the number of balls in the third game period is added to the monitoring, and the total number of balls in the second and third game periods is greater than or equal to a specific value (second and second games). If the cumulative number of balls in three game periods is an abnormal value), the fraud probability is determined to be “high”. The notification according to each determination result can be performed.
Specifically, when the probability of fraud is “high”, it is more prominent than when the probability of fraud is “medium”, such as displaying that the possibility of fraud is particularly high, or increasing the size of characters, etc. Thus, the notification mode can be varied.

[Modifications and application examples]
As game results, game results based on various game information such as out information, safe information, and start information can be used. For example, out number per unit time, safe number, start number, base value (out number and safe number) If the ratio is a specific value, it can be regarded as illegal and notification can be made.

In addition, the game period can be specified based on game information such as out information and safe information output from the gaming machine 10 instead of game information (transaction information) output from each sand counting function-equipped sand 20.
For example, the game machine is in operation while the out information is being output, and the game machine is not in operation while the out information is not being output. The timing can be regarded as the start time of the game, and the timing at which the output of the out information is switched from yes to no is regarded as the end time of the game, thereby specifying the game period.
Further, it is possible to specify the game period based on a photographed image (player image) of a player photographed by the photographing device 60 provided in each of the sand counters with a counting function 20.
For example, the player who is playing the game is photographed at a predetermined interval (for example, every 5 seconds), and the player image is stored in the storage unit of the photographing device 60 every time the photographing is performed.
Then, the player image taken first and the player image taken later are compared to perform the same determination of the player, and when it is determined to be the same, one player continues the game, and the same If it is not determined that the player is replaced, the timing at which the determination result of the same determination is switched is specified as the end time of the game by the previous player and the start time of the game by the subsequent player. Can do.
Note that this same determination can be made in the same manner as the “player identity determination” in “Unauthorized determination using photos” described later.

In addition, the fraudulent notification is performed by displaying a notification screen on the hall computer 50, but is not limited to this, and may be performed by sound output or lighting / flashing of a lamp in a gaming device other than the hall computer 50. it can.
The above-described modified examples and application examples can be applied to embodiments such as “fraud determination using photographs” described later.

As described above, according to the hall computer 50 which is a gaming apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to specify the gaming period based on the transaction information of each sand counting function equipped sand 20.
Then, a period immediately after the start of the game in which fraud is likely to occur is specified, and when the special game result is determined based on the game information in the period, it is assumed that the fraudulent act is present and fraud notification is performed.
As a result, fraud determination and fraud notification can be performed with high accuracy, and appropriate countermeasures against fraud can be made.

On the other hand, there is no conventional gaming device that uses the game period as a countermeasure against fraud.
For example, the gaming device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-139376 can specify the game period, but it is not assumed that the game period is used for fraud countermeasures such as determination of fraud.
For this reason, it is impossible to specify a period during which fraudulent acts are likely to be performed, and it has not been possible to effectively find fraudulent acts during the period.
In addition, in the conventional gaming device, it is possible to specify the game period for each player by using the ID of the member card, but for a player who is not a member, for example, the player has been replaced. Since it could not be determined, the game period for each player could not be specified accurately.
According to the gaming device of the present embodiment, not only the game period of one player, but also the period immediately after the start of the game where cheating is likely to be performed can be specified regardless of whether it is a member or a non-member. Since fraud is determined based on the determination of the result, it is possible to perform fraud determination and fraud with high accuracy, and solve all or part of such problems that conventional gaming devices should improve. be able to.

[Unauthorized judgment using photos]
Next, fraud determination using photos will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, in the gaming system according to the present embodiment, each sand 20 with a counting function includes a photographing device 60.
The photographing device 60 can photograph a player for each gaming machine 10 in response to a photographing request from the hall computer 50.
Further, image information of a photographed image (player image) of a player photographed by the photographing device 60 is transmitted to the hall computer 50 via the stand computer 30 and the island computer 40.
In the gaming system having such a configuration, the hall computer 50 causes the imaging device to shoot a player when the gaming result of one player's gaming period is a specific gaming result by the operation of each of the following means. Thus, a player image is stored for a specific period, and illegal notification is performed based on the fact that a specific number of player images of the same player are stored.

The control unit 55 specifies the game period for each player as the operation of the game period specifying means.
A series of game periods from the start to the end of the game of one player in one game machine is specified, and this period is set as the first condition for fraud determination (see condition 1 in FIG. 13). .
The time when the player replacement condition (see FIG. 6) is satisfied is the start time of the game by the newly replaced player, and the time when the next player replacement condition (see FIG. 6) is satisfied is determined by the player. Since it is the end time of the game, the period from the start time to the end time can be specified as the game period of one player (see FIG. 5).

As an operation of the game result determination means, the control unit 55 determines that the game result in the game period of one player specified by the game period specifying means is a specific game result.
The “specific game result” is not assumed in a normal game but can be a “game result” assumed in a game involving fraud.
For example, the “specific game result” may include a case where a player has won a large number of balls.
In this case, the control unit 55 determines, as the operation of the game result determining means, that the number of game media paid out during the game period specified by the game period specifying means is a predetermined number as a “specific game result”. be able to.
Since the number of “outs” corresponds to the number of differences calculated from the safe number-out number, the fact that a large number of places are obtained corresponds to the case where the number of differences is large.
For this reason, for example, the “specific game result” can be set to “the difference number is 2000 or more”, and the game result can be used as the second condition for fraud determination (see the upper column of condition 2 in FIG. 13).
In this case, when the number of differences in the specified game period is 2000 or more, it is determined that the result is a specific game result.
It should be noted that a condition and a reference value for determining whether or not it is “mass-out” can be arbitrarily determined. For example, the reference value can be set to an appropriate value according to the setting of the gaming machine 10 in the game arcade and the state of nail adjustment.

In addition, examples of the “specific game result” include a case where a player generates a big hit with a small investment.
The “investment amount” can be obtained based on the loan amount included in the transaction information.
In this case, as an operation of the game result determination unit, the control unit 55 determines that the gaming medium lending amount during the game period specified by the game period specifying unit is a predetermined amount and that the gaming state is advantageous in the gaming period. It can be determined as “a specific game result”.
For example, the “specific game result” can be “big hit when the loan amount is 1000 yen or less”, and the game result can be the second condition for fraud determination (see the lower column of condition 2 in FIG. 13).
Thereby, for example, in the game period of the specified one player, the loan amount specified from the transaction information (lending information) output from each sand counting function equipped sand 20 is obtained as “game result”, and the loan amount When the total amount is 1000 yen or less and the jackpot information is detected from the state information output from the gaming machine 10, it can be determined that the result is a “specific game result”.

Since “investment” is also game information corresponding to the number of outs, “small investment” can be determined when the number of outs is less than a corresponding value.
That is, the control unit 55 has an advantage in the game in the game during the one game period that the number of game media inserted in the one game period specified by the game period specifying means is a predetermined number as the operation of the game result determining means. It is determined as a specific game result that the game state has been reached.
The “predetermined number” that is a criterion for determining whether or not the investment is a small investment may be a single numerical value, and a range and an upper limit value can be determined.
For example, the reference value for the number of outs can be set to “1000”, and the reference range can be set to “500 to 1000”.
When the number of outs does not exceed the reference value or is not included in the reference range, it can be determined as “small investment”.
In addition to the above, conditions and reference values for determining whether or not the investment is “small investment” can be arbitrarily determined.

The occurrence of “big hit”, which is an advantageous gaming state, can be determined based on the transaction information from the sand 20 with each vehicle counting function instead of the gaming information from the gaming machine 10 (condition of FIG. 6C). h).
In addition, as an “advantageous gaming state”, a gaming state other than the big hit (bonus (including AT, ART, etc.)) can also be used.

As an operation of the photographing unit, the control unit 55 photographs a player who has been determined to be a specific game result by the game result determining unit.
Specifically, when it is determined that the game result is a specific game result, the control unit 55 transmits a shooting request signal to each of the sand counter-equipped sands 20 corresponding to the gaming machine 10 related to the game result. Each sand 20 with a counter counting function causes the photographing device 60 to photograph the player when receiving the photographing request signal via the island computer and the stand computer.
The photographing device 60 is provided so that the face of the player who is playing the game on the gaming machine 10 is included in the photographing range, and a photographed image (player image) of the player including the player's face is obtained by photographing. can get.
Each stand 20 with a counting function transmits image information of a player image obtained by the photographing device 60 to the hall computer 50.

Note that the shooting device 60 performs shooting when a predetermined condition is satisfied, such as when it is determined that the result is a specific game result, but whether or not such a condition is satisfied. It is possible to shoot without any action.
For example, a game of a player who is shooting a player uniformly before determining a specific game result and playing a game on the gaming machine 10 in which the specific game result is determined from the captured player images. The person image can be transmitted to the hall computer 50.
In addition, the photographing device 60 uniformly shoots without determining a specific game result, and each of the photographed player images is transmitted to the hall computer 50 by the sand counter with counting function 20 to the hall computer 50. Thus, a player image of a player who is playing a game on the gaming machine 10 for which a specific game result is determined can be extracted from the received player images.

The control unit 55 stores, as an operation of the image storage unit, a player image obtained by shooting by the shooting unit for at least a specific period, and as an operation of the stored image determination unit, a player related to the same player in the image storage unit It is determined whether a specific number of images has been stored.
This is because if the same player frequently obtains a “specific game result”, the player is likely to be a fraudster.
Specifically, the image storage unit stores the image information of the player image received from the sand counting function-equipped sand 20 in, for example, a predetermined area of the storage unit 53 for one month. In this case, one month has elapsed. It can be deleted later.

Specifically, the stored image determination means performs the following operation.
First, a player image newly captured and received from each car counting function-equipped sand 20 (hereinafter referred to as a subsequent player image) is held in a memory or the like of the hall computer 50, and is captured and stored in the storage unit 53 before that. One or a plurality of stored player images (hereinafter referred to as previous player images) are collated.
As a result, it is determined whether or not the player included in the previous player image and the player included in the subsequent player image are the same person (hereinafter referred to as player identification determination).
Specifically, the player identity determination is performed by identifying the player's face area from the subsequent player image and the previous player image by a known face authentication program, and extracting the eyes, nose, mouth from the face area. The feature points corresponding to the eyes, the corners of the eyes, the nose, the mouth corners, the upper lip, the lower lip, and the lengths and angles of the line segments connecting the feature points are used as the feature points of the player's face. After the acquisition, it is determined whether or not they are the same player based on the degree of coincidence or similarity between both feature points.
When it is determined to be the same in the player identification, the ID indicating that it is the player image of the same player is stored in association with the player image, and the player image with the same ID is stored. By counting the stored number, the stored number of player images related to the same player can be obtained.

Then, when the stored number reaches the “specific number”, the stored image determination means is determined positively that an illegal act is involved.
The “specific number” is a reference value for determining that it is “frequent”.
This is because, even in normal games that do not involve cheating, it may happen that a “specific game result” can be obtained by chance. This is because when one player frequently obtains "", there is a high probability that the player is cheating.
With regard to the “specific number”, for example, “10 identical player images” can be set as a third condition for fraud determination (see condition 3 in FIG. 13).

Here, the “specific period” is a period corresponding to a plurality of business days, and the “specific number” is plural.
Further, as the operation of the stored image determination means, a specific number (a plurality) of player images related to the same player is provided on the condition that the player images related to the same player are stored in the image storage means on different business days. It is determined whether it has been stored or not.
That is, when the same player wins a large number of balls, or when the number of days in which a big hit is generated by a small investment is 10 days or more in one month, it is considered that fraud is involved.
This is because it is difficult for a fraudulent person to perform a fraudulent act several times a business day in order to make it difficult to find the fraudulent act.
Accordingly, the determination accuracy of the storage image determination means performed based on the number of player images can be kept constant, and the storage area and storage capacity required in the storage unit 53 can be suppressed.

And the control part 55 performs predetermined alerting | reporting, when it determines with the memory | storage image determination means having memorize | stored the specific number of player images regarding the same player as operation | movement of an alerting | reporting means.
The notification can be made using information such as characters, sounds, images, etc. that can identify the gaming machine 10 and that an illegal act is actually being performed.
For example, as shown in the notification screen of FIG. 14, in addition to a message such as “123rd level fraud warning!” And an icon indicating a warning, a photograph image of the player is also displayed along with a message such as “※ a player who frequently plays a lot”. It can be taken out from the storage unit 53 and displayed on the display unit 54.
According to such fraud alerts, the store clerk frequently gains an advantageous gaming state through fraudulent acts, and the information on the players who are performing the fraudulent acts. Can be used to appropriately respond to fraud.

The fraud determination using the photo as described above is realized by the control unit 55 executing the program stored in the storage unit 53.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart relating to fraud determination / notification processing showing the flow of this program.

As shown in FIG. 15, first, a game period for each player is specified (S11).
Specifically, based on the transaction information output from each vehicle counting function-equipped sand 20, the time when a predetermined player replacement condition is satisfied is set as the start time of the game by the newly replaced player, and the next player The time when the replacement condition is satisfied is set as the end time of the game by the player, and the period from the start time to the end time is specified.
Next, it is determined whether or not the game result in the game period of one player is a specific game result (S12).
Specifically, based on the game information output from the gaming machine 10 during the game period of one player identified in S11, for example, the player has won a large number of balls and generates a big hit with a small investment. It is determined.

In S12, when it is determined that the result is a specific game result (S12-Yes), the player is photographed (S13).
Specifically, a shooting request signal is transmitted from the hall computer 50 to the sands 20 with the counter counting function, and shooting is performed by the shooting device 60 provided in the sands 20 with the counter counting function.
Subsequently, the player image obtained by shooting is stored for a specific period (S14).
Specifically, the player images shot by the photographing device 60 are transmitted to the hall computer 50 by the respective sand counter-equipped sands 20, and the hall computer 50 sends the received player images to, for example, one month. During this time, it is stored in the storage unit 53.
Next, it is determined whether or not a specific number of identical player images are stored (S15).
Specifically, it is determined whether or not player images of a specific number (for example, a plurality of 10 or the like) of the same player are stored in a plurality of business days.

In S15, when it is determined that a specific number of player images of the same player are stored (S15-Yes), notification is performed (S16).
For example, in addition to information that can identify the gaming machine 10 and a warning that an illegal act has been performed, the notification specifies information or a player that indicates that the same player frequently obtains a large number of balls. Possible photographic images can be displayed on the display unit 54 (see FIG. 14).
In addition, when determination is denied in S12 and S15 (S12-No, S15-No), it returns to S11.

In the above, the case where each sand counter-equipped counter 20 includes the photographing device 60 as the photographing means is illustrated, but the configuration is not limited to such an example.
For example, the photographing device 60 can be attached to the sand 20 with a counting function without a photographing means, a calling lamp, a ceiling of a game hall, and the like. In this case, by providing a wireless or wired communication means so that the hall computer 50 can receive the image information of the player photographed by the photographing device 60, the above-mentioned “injustice determination using a photograph” can be performed.
Moreover, although the case where the imaging device 60 performs imaging based on the imaging request signal from the hall computer 50 has been described above, the configuration is not limited to such an example.
For example, an external device such as a photographing server (not shown) is provided, and the photographing device 60 performs photographing based on a photographing request signal from the external device. It is possible to cause the imaging device 60 to perform imaging.

[Unauthorized judgment using photos on the excellent platform]
The slot machine 10b and the pachinko machine 10a can be made into a gaming machine 10 in a gaming state advantageous to the player (hereinafter referred to as an excellent machine) by a manager's setting operation and nail adjustment.
For example, the slot machine 10b can set and register an arbitrary setting value from among six stages of setting values “1” to “6” having different degrees of advantage. It is managed so that it cannot.
Further, the pachinko machine 10a can be brought into a gaming state advantageous to the player by adjusting the nail, and such adjustment information of the sweet nail base is managed so that it cannot be known except by the administrator. Yes.
For this reason, in the case where a game is frequently played by the same player on a high setting table or a sweet nail table having setting values of, for example, “4” to “6”, setting information obtained illegally by some method There is a high possibility that a game is illegally performed based on the above.
It is possible to grasp such fraudulent activities because the administrator knows the setting information and adjustment information, but the general store clerk does not know the setting information and adjustment information, so it is difficult to detect fraudulent acts. is there.
On the other hand, there is a case where a game is played illegally on a high setting table or a sweet nail table based on setting information or adjustment information leaked from the administrator. It is difficult to discover.
In view of the above circumstances, the hall computer 50 according to the present embodiment can determine fraudulent acts related to the superior table using photographs and perform fraud notification by the operation of each of the following means.

As an operation of the registration unit, the control unit 55 registers a gaming machine advantageous to the player among the plurality of gaming machines 10 as a specific gaming machine.
Specifically, the specific gaming machine is registered based on a predetermined registration operation performed by an operator such as an administrator.
For example, as shown in the management table shown in FIG. 16, for each gaming machine 10, it is possible to refer to information that can identify whether it is an excellent table or a non-excellent table (such as “1” for an excellent table and “0” for a non-excellent table). By registering, the superior stand that is advantageous to the player is registered as a specific gaming machine.
Unlike the above management table, for example, in the case of the slot machine 10b, by storing the setting values “1” to “6”, the gaming machines 10 having the installation values “4” to “6” Can also be registered as identifiable.
In addition, in the management table for each gaming machine that is generally used in the hall computer 50, it is possible to register by adding a column and information that can identify the high setting base and the sweet nail base.

The control unit 55 specifies the game period for each player as the operation of the game period specifying means.
A series of game periods from the start to the end of the game of one player in one game machine 10 is specified, and the period is set as a first condition for fraud determination (see condition 1 in FIG. 17). ).
The time when the player replacement condition (see FIG. 6) is satisfied is the start time of the game by the newly replaced player, and the time when the next player replacement condition (see FIG. 6) is satisfied is determined by the player. Since it is the end time of the game, the period from the start time to the end time can be specified as the game period of one player (see FIG. 5).

As an operation of the photographing means, the control unit 55 photographs a player who has played a game with a specific gaming machine during one game period specified by the game period specifying means.
The “specific game machine” is an excellent stand, and specifically, “game on a high setting stand or a sweet nail stand” can be set as the second condition for fraud determination (see condition 2 in FIG. 17). ).
The specific operation is based on the registration information (see FIG. 16) whether or not the gaming machine 10 in which a game has been performed during one player's gaming period is a specific gaming machine (high setting table or sweet nail table). If it is determined that the game machine 10 is a specific gaming machine, a shooting request signal is transmitted to each of the sand counters 20 with the counting function corresponding to the gaming machine 10. When the photographing request signal is received via the computer 30, the photographing device 60 causes the player to photograph.
The photographing device 60 is provided so that the face of the player who is playing the game on the gaming machine 10 is included in the photographing range, and a photographed image (player image) of the player including the player's face is obtained by photographing. can get.
Each stand 20 with a counting function transmits image information of a player image obtained by the photographing device 60 to the hall computer 50.

Note that the shooting device 60 performs shooting when a predetermined condition is satisfied, such as when it is determined that the result is a specific game result, but whether or not such a condition is satisfied. It is possible to shoot without any action.
For example, the photographing device 60 uniformly shoots a player before determining that it is a specific gaming machine, and the player of the player who is playing a game with the specific gaming machine from the photographed player images Each image can be sent to the hall computer 50 by the sand 20 with counting function.
In addition, the photographing device 60 uniformly photographs the player without determining that it is a specific gaming machine, and each of the photographed player images is transmitted to the hall computer 50 by the sand 20 with counting function of each vehicle. The hall computer 50 can extract a player image of a player who is playing a game with a specific gaming machine from the received player images.

The control unit 55 stores, as an image storage unit, a player image obtained by shooting by the shooting unit for at least a specified period, and as a stored image determination unit, a player image related to the same player is specified in the image storage unit. It is determined whether or not a number is stored.
This is because when the same player frequently plays on the superior platform, the player is likely to be a cheating agent.
Specifically, the image storage unit stores the image information of the player image received from the sand counting function-equipped sand 20 in, for example, a predetermined area of the storage unit 53 for one month. In this case, one month has elapsed. It can be deleted later.

The stored image determination means is based on the same operation in the above-mentioned “Unauthorized determination using a photo”, and when the number of stored player images related to the same player reaches a “specific number”, Affirmative determination is made as an intervention.
Even in normal games that do not involve cheating, there are cases where a game is accidentally played on a “special gaming machine”, so it cannot be regarded as cheating just by playing a game on the “special gaming machine”. This is because, when a game is frequently played on the “specific gaming machine”, there is a high probability that the player is cheating.
With regard to the “specific number”, for example, “10 identical player images” can be set as a third condition for fraud determination (see condition 3 in FIG. 13).
Here, the “specific period” is a period corresponding to a plurality of business days, and the “specific number” is plural.
Further, as the operation of the stored image determination means, a specific number (a plurality) of player images related to the same player is provided on the condition that the player images related to the same player are stored in the image storage means on different business days. It is determined whether it has been stored or not.
In other words, if the same player has played for 10 days or more in one month on an excellent table (specific game machine), it is considered that fraud is involved.
This is because fraudsters rarely play games on multiple excellent platforms in one business day in order to make it harder to find fraud.
Accordingly, the determination accuracy of the storage image determination means performed based on the number of player images can be kept constant, and the storage area and storage capacity required in the storage unit 53 can be suppressed.

And the control part 55 performs predetermined alerting | reporting, when it determines with the memory | storage image determination means having memorize | stored the specific number of player images regarding the same player as operation | movement of an alerting | reporting means.
The notification can use information such as characters, sounds, images, etc. to identify information that can identify the gaming machine 10 and that fraud is actually being performed.
For example, as shown in the notification screen of FIG. 18, in addition to a message such as “123rd level fraud warning!” And an icon indicating a warning, a photograph of the player along with a message such as “※ Players who frequently play on the superior platform” An image can be extracted from the storage unit 53 and displayed on the display unit 54.
According to such fraud notification, the store clerk can be informed that the game is illegally performed on the superior platform and the information of the player who is performing this fraudulent act, and appropriate response to the fraudulent act Can be useful.

The fraud determination using the photos on the high setting table and the sweet nail table described above is realized by the control unit 55 executing the program stored in the storage unit 53.
FIG. 19 is a flowchart relating to fraud determination / informing processing showing the flow of this program.

As shown in FIG. 19, first, the high setting stand and the sweet nail stand are registered as specific gaming machines (S21).
Specifically, registration is performed by storing in the storage unit 53 information that can specify the high setting table and the sweet nail table.
Next, the game period for each player is specified (S22).
Specifically, based on the transaction information output from each vehicle counting function-equipped sand 20, the time when a predetermined player replacement condition is satisfied is set as the start time of the game by the newly replaced player, and the next player The time when the replacement condition is satisfied is set as the end time of the game by the player, and the period from the start time to the end time is specified.
Subsequently, a player who has played a game with a specific gaming machine during the specified one game period is photographed (S23).
Specifically, the storage unit 53 is referred to as to whether or not the gaming machine 10 in which a game was performed during the game period of one player identified in S22 is a high setting table or a sweet nail table registered in S21. When it is determined that the player is a specific gaming machine, the player is photographed. The photographing is performed by transmitting a photographing request signal from the hall computer 50 to the sand 20 with the function of counting each car, This is performed by the photographing device 60 provided in the attached sand 20.

Next, the player image obtained by photographing is stored for a specific period (S24).
Specifically, the player images shot by the photographing device 60 are transmitted to the hall computer 50 by the respective sand counter-equipped sands 20, and the hall computer 50 sends the received player images to, for example, one month. During this time, it is stored in the storage unit 53.
Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a specific number of player images of the same player have been stored (S25).
Specifically, it is determined whether or not player images of a specific number (for example, a plurality of 10 or the like) of the same player are stored in a plurality of business days.
In S25, when it is determined that a specific number of player images of the same player are stored (S25-Yes), notification is performed (S26).
For example, in addition to information that can identify the gaming machine 10 and a warning that an illegal act has been performed, the notification specifies information indicating that the same player is frequently playing a game on an excellent platform or a player. Possible photographic images can be displayed on the display unit 54 (see FIG. 18).
In addition, when determination is denied in S25 (S25-No), it returns to S21.

[Modifications and application examples regarding fraud determination using photos]
In the above example, the player image is stored when the same player wins a large number of balls with one gaming machine 10 or wins a large amount with a small investment in one business day. It is also possible to store a player image when a player of this type acquires a large number of balls with a plurality of gaming machines 10 or makes a big hit with a small investment.
Thereby, in one business day, it is possible to deal with a clever fraud in which a single game machine 10 obtains a ball so that it is not conspicuous and a plurality of game machines 10 obtain a large number of balls.
Moreover, the reference value of the determination condition for considering it as fraud determination can be arbitrarily determined.
For example, a fraudulent person tends to intentionally suppress the number of game media obtained illegally in order to make the fraudulent act inconspicuous.
In order to deal with such a fraudster's behavior pattern, for example, a range or upper limit value such as “2000-4000” is set as the reference value for “mass appearance”, and the case is not included in the range or exceeds the upper limit value. In such a case, it can be considered that the game is not fraudulent, and the player can be prevented from shooting.
As a result, it is possible to prevent a normal player's player image from being mixed in the stored player images, so that the accuracy of fraud determination can be increased, and the player image's storage capacity and storage The area can be reduced.
In addition, when the number of memories of the same player image is a “specific number”, it is assumed that the game is regarded as an illegal game and fraudulent notification is performed, but this “specific number” can also be an arbitrary numerical value, A range can be defined.
Also, the notification mode can be changed according to the number of stored player images. For example, in the case of 10 to 14 sheets, general notification can be performed, and in the case of 15 sheets or more, special notification can be performed.
In addition, regarding fraudulent judgment related to excellent stands, it is highly probable that fraudsters will play on the superior stands first after opening the amusement hall. It is possible not to store a player image for a player who has played a game.
As a result, the accuracy of fraud determination can be increased, and the necessary storage capacity and storage area can be suppressed.

As described above, according to the hall computer 50 which is a gaming apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to specify the game period of one player based on the transaction information output from the sand 20 with each unit counting function.
Then, a predetermined condition is satisfied based on the game information in the period, and a player who is playing a game in the period is photographed and stored, and a specific number of the same player images are stored in the predetermined period. In such a case, it is assumed that fraudulent acts are being performed by the player, and fraud notification is made.
This makes it possible to accurately determine fraudulent acts such as the same player frequently gaining a large number of balls, generating big hits with a small investment, and illegally playing a game on an excellent platform, and performing fraud notifications. Appropriate measures against fraud can be handled.

On the other hand, there is no conventional gaming device that uses the game period as a countermeasure against fraud.
For example, the gaming device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-139376 can specify the game period, but it is not assumed that the game period is used for fraud countermeasures such as determination of fraud.
For this reason, fraudulent acts during the game period could not be found effectively.
In the conventional gaming apparatus, it is impossible to accurately know the game period for each player for all players.
For example, although it is possible to grasp the winning ball for each gaming machine, it is not possible to grasp the winning ball for each player.
For this reason, for example, if a normal player consumes a game medium equivalent to the large number of balls after a fraudulent person obtains a large number of balls (for example, 2000) by cheating, It was difficult to detect fraud because it was not considered as a large number.
In addition, although it is possible to grasp the investment amount up to the big hit in the gaming machine unit, it is difficult to grasp the investment amount up to the big hit in the player unit.
Therefore, for example, even if a normal player consumes 20,000 yen and does not generate a big hit, instead of a fraudster, even if the fraudulent conducts a fraud, a big hit occurs due to a thousand yen consumption. It was difficult to discover that a big hit would be generated by a small amount of investment due to fraudulent acts, because a big hit was generated by investing 21,000 yen per gaming machine.
In addition, in the conventional gaming device, by using the ID of the membership card, it is possible to specify the game period for the member, but it is not possible to specify the game section for each player for the player who is not a member. It was.
According to the gaming apparatus of the present embodiment, the gaming period for each player is accurately determined by using the gaming information (transaction information) output from the gaming machine 10 and the sand 20 with each unit counting function as the gaming data. To solve all or part of such problems that a conventional gaming device should improve because it is possible to identify, and to accurately determine fraud during the game period and perform fraud notification Can do.
In addition, conventionally, only the administrator does not know which gaming machine is the superior stand. For example, even if the administrator illegally leaks information on the superior stand, It was difficult for ordinary clerk to find such fraud.
According to the gaming device of the present embodiment, by registering an excellent stand in advance and identifying a player who frequently plays games on the superior stand, it is possible to detect such fraud, All or part of the problems to be improved by the gaming apparatus can be solved.

  The preferred embodiment of the gaming device of the present invention has been described above, but the gaming device according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. Needless to say.

For example, each of the sandwiches with counting function 20 stores the transaction information cumulatively and transmits it to the hall computer 50 at a predetermined timing (every few minutes, every several hours, every time the store is closed, etc.). It can also be.
Further, in the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to the hall computer 50. However, each of the sand counter with counting function 20, the stand computer 30, the island computer 40, the gift exchange machine, the counting machine, and the possession balls for managing the player's possessions. The present invention can also be applied to various game devices such as a server, a member server that manages member information, a call lamp that can display store clerk and game data, and a game information display device.
For example, the transaction information may be stored in the storage means without being transmitted from each car counting function-equipped sand 20, and in this case, each car counting function-equipped sand 20 itself functions as a gaming apparatus according to the present invention. Can be made.
Further, in the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the transaction information in each of the sand counters with a counting function 20 is output to the hall computer 50 via a gaming device such as the base computer 30 or the island computer 40. May be output.

In this embodiment, the card is used as a storage medium that can specify (store) the remaining number of game media counted and the balance of inserted cash, but other storage media such as IC coins may be used.
The game machine 10 may be a so-called enclosed game machine that uses a data-type game medium without using a real game ball or medal.

In addition, as shown in the modified embodiment of FIG. 20, the present invention can also be applied to a game system including a ball server 70 for managing a player's ball.
In this case, the transaction information is sequentially stored together with the time when the transaction occurs in a storage means such as a memory provided in the sand counting function-equipped sand 20, and requested from each possession server 70 or the hall computer 50. And is stored in a storage means such as a memory provided in the possession server 70. The transaction information stored in this way is transmitted to the hall computer 50 in response to a request from the hall computer 50, and is stored as information for each gaming machine 10 together with the game information. The transmission timing does not have to be a batch, and can be set to an arbitrary timing.

10 gaming machines (10a pachinko machines, 10b slot machines)
20 Sand with counting function for each car (other game machines)
30 computers 40 island computers 50 hall computers (game machines)
53 Storage Unit 54 Display Unit 55 Control Unit 60 Image Shooting Device 70 Mochitama Server

Claims (4)

In a gaming apparatus capable of receiving gaming information related to a plurality of gaming machines installed in a gaming hall,
A game period specifying means capable of specifying a first game period, which is a period from the start of a game of one player to a lapse of a predetermined period;
In the first game period specified by the game period specifying means, a game result specification that can specify a game result of the one player based on game information output from a gaming machine in which the one player plays a game Means,
Game result determining means capable of determining that the game result specified by the game result specifying means is a specific game result which is a predetermined game result;
Notification means capable of performing predetermined notification based on the determination that the game result determination means is the specific game result;
A gaming device comprising: The game period specifying means includes
A second game period that is a period from the start of the game of one player to the elapse of a specific period;
A third game period that is different from the second game period of one player;
Can be specified,
The game result specifying means includes:
A second game period in which, in the second game period specified by the game period specifying means, the game result of the player can be specified based on game information output from a gaming machine in which the one player plays a game. Game result identification means;
In the third game period specified by the game period specifying means, a third game period in which the game result of the player can be specified based on game information output from a gaming machine in which the one player plays a game. Game result identification means;
Including
The game result determination means includes
It can be determined that the game result specified by the second game period game result specifying means is a first special game result that is a predetermined game result,
It can be determined that the game result specified by the third game period game result specifying means is a second special game result that is a predetermined game result,
The notification means includes
The first notification can be executed based on the fact that the game result determination means determines that the result is the first special game result,
The second notification that is at least partially different from the first notification can be executed based on the fact that the game result determination means determines that the result is the second special game result. The gaming apparatus according to 1. It is possible to receive transaction information output from other gaming devices provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
The gaming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game period specifying means can specify the first game period based on the transaction information. A computer of a gaming device capable of receiving gaming information relating to a plurality of gaming machines installed in a gaming hall;
A game period specifying means capable of specifying a first game period that is a period from the start of a game of one player until a predetermined period elapses;
In the first game period specified by the game period specifying means, a game result specification that can specify a game result of the one player based on game information output from a gaming machine in which the one player plays a game means,
The game result specified by the game result specifying means is a game result determining means capable of determining that the game result is a predetermined game result, and the game result determining means is the specific game result. A program which functions as a notification means capable of performing a predetermined notification based on the determination.

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