JP5173452B2 - Amusement system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall system that allows game media acquired by players to be freely shared among a plurality of players.

Conventionally, in game halls where pachinko machines and slot machines are installed, it has been generally not permitted to transfer, for example, pachinko balls (mochidama), which are game media acquired by a player, to other players. However, in recent years, in order to increase the interest in games at the amusement hall and to improve the ability to attract customers, the players can freely share (lend and borrow) their own balls. There are an increasing number of amusement halls that provide a service to share games with friends that you can enjoy. In order to carry out such a service for sharing a ball, for example, a game machine acquired at a transfer-source gaming machine after being configured to be converted into gaming medium data (credit) without paying out the gaming medium at the gaming machine. A system that enables a game using the transferred game medium number data in the transfer destination game machine by transmitting a part of the medium count data to the transfer destination game machine via the management device. It is considered (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-141524 A

  The significance of the service is as follows. That is, at game arcades, there is a tendency for the ability to attract customers to increase as the number of so-called balls increases. Therefore, the ball-out rate is set to be high. The unit price at the time of exchanging with a prize (premium exchange unit price) is set to be lower than the lending unit price. As a result, the coins earned by the player are reduced in value when offered for prize exchange.For example, after the coins are exchanged for prizes and then exchanged for money, a new game medium is borrowed from the game medium lending machine. It is more advantageous for the player to continue the game than to play the game. For this reason, it is more advantageous for a player who does not have a possession to transfer the possession balls of other players at a unit price lower than the lending unit price, rather than borrowing a game medium from a game media lending machine. It is advantageous if the player who is the transferer can also transfer the ball at a unit price higher than the prize exchange unit price. When such transfer of possession balls between players is allowed, even if it seems to be disadvantageous to the amusement hall at first glance, the support of the player side is obtained, the improvement of the ability to attract customers and consequently the operating rate of the gaming machine Can be expected to improve. As a result, the Mochitama shared service is considered to work positively for the game hall sales when viewed comprehensively.

  By the way, if you can share a ball, it will usually be shared between players who are familiar with each other, such as a couple, a parent and child, or a friend. However, even if the consideration is paid, the payment is considered to be carried out in a state based on the game result after the prize has been exchanged after the game, for example.

  On the other hand, recently, there are many cases where other players directly apply for the transfer of the ball to the player who has the ball, that is, the case where the ball is transferred between players who are not acquainted with each other It can be seen. In such a case, it will be necessary to pay the consideration at the time of transfer of the possession ball, but in actuality, the unit price of the prize exchange for the game media is different for each amusement hall and also depending on the model of the gaming machine. For this reason, it is difficult for both the transferor and transferee of the ball to determine whether the transfer price of the ball is appropriate. Some kind of support that leads to improved convenience is necessary. On the other hand, in the conventional system as seen in Patent Document 1, since it is not easy for the player to determine whether or not the transfer price of the ball is appropriate, when developing the ball sharing service It is difficult to sufficiently improve the convenience of the player side, and as a result, the intended purpose cannot be sufficiently achieved from the viewpoint of improving the operating rate of the gaming machine accompanying the improvement of the ability to attract customers. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and it is possible to improve the convenience on the player side when developing the coin sharing service, and to improve the operating rate of the gaming machine. An object of the present invention is to provide a game room system.

  According to the game field system of claim 1, when the player desires to transfer the acquired game medium to another player, the request corresponding to an arbitrary number of game media through the accepting means. Receive the number of transfers as desired transfer number information. When such reception is performed, the transfer number specifying means specifies the desired transfer number indicated by the desired transfer number information as the transfer game medium number. The exchange information storage means stores exchange information that can specify at least one of the rental unit price of the game medium and the prize exchange unit price at the game hall, and the transfer price specifying means is the transfer number specifying means as described above. When the number of game media corresponding to the number of transfer game media is rented from the game hall side by the calculation based on the number of transfer game media specified by the exchange information stored in the exchange information storage means The transfer price that is lower than the lending price and higher than the prize exchange price when the number of game media corresponding to the number of game media to be transferred is exchanged for prizes is specified.

  The notifying means is player support information capable of comparing the transfer price specified in this way with the number of transferred game media specified by the transfer number specifying means, that is, the transfer desired by the player who transferred the game media. The player is notified to the player as player support information capable of grasping the number of target game media and the appropriate transfer price of the game media. Therefore, the player who has transferred the game media can easily know the appropriate transfer price of the game media based on the player support information that is notified in this way. As a result, the convenience on the player side can be improved when developing the money-ball sharing service, and thus the operating rate of the gaming machine can be improved.

  According to the game field system according to claim 2, when the player desires to transfer the acquired game medium to another player, the request corresponding to an arbitrary number of game media through the receiving means. Receive the number of transfers as desired transfer number information. When such reception is performed, the transfer number specifying means specifies the desired transfer number indicated by the desired transfer number information as the transfer game medium number. The exchange information storage means stores exchange information capable of specifying at least one of the gaming medium lending unit price and the prize exchange unit price at the game hall, and the reference price specifying means is the transfer number specifying means as described above. In accordance with the calculation based on the number of transfer game media specified by the above and the exchange information stored in the exchange information storage means, at least one of the lending price and the gift exchange price corresponding to the number of transfer game media is specified. It becomes like this. The transfer price specifying means includes a recommended transfer price specified by a calculation based on the number of transferred game media specified by the transfer number specifying means and the exchange information stored in the exchange information storage means, and a player At least one of the presented transfer prices specified based on the operation input is specified as the transfer price. Further, the transfer profit specifying means is specified by the transfer source profit corresponding to the difference between the transfer price specified by the transfer price specifying means and the premium exchange price specified by the reference price specifying means, and the reference price specifying means. The transfer profit, which is at least one of the transferee profits corresponding to the difference between the loan price and the transfer price specified by the transfer price specifying means, is specified.

  The informing means is player support information capable of comparing the transfer price and transfer profit specified in this way, that is, the transfer price of the number of transfer target game media desired by the player who transferred the game media, When the transfer is performed, the player is notified as player support information capable of grasping the transfer profit indicating at least one of the profit of the transfer source player and the transfer destination player. Therefore, the player who has transferred the game medium can easily know the transfer price of the game medium and the respective profits based on the player support information notified in this way. As a result, the convenience on the player side can be improved when developing the money-ball sharing service, and thus the operating rate of the gaming machine can be improved.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game hall system according to the second aspect, the number-of-acquisition storage means capable of storing the number of game media as the number of acquisitions associated with the owner of the game media is provided. When the player causes the counting means to count the game medium acquired by the player, the player who has acquired the game medium that is the counting target is stored in the acquired number storage means. Can be stored as the number of acquisitions in the state where the person is the owner. In addition, the player can cause the issuing means to issue a storage medium storing acquisition number information that can specify at least a part of the acquisition number stored as described above. When issued, the acquisition number update means subtracts the acquisition number indicated by the acquisition number information stored in the storage medium from the acquisition number stored in the acquisition number storage means. Therefore, when the game medium is transferred, it is only necessary to transfer the storage medium, and the transfer can be performed easily and accurately, and the added value as a system for supporting the player is increased. The game hall system includes re-game means for paying out at least part of the number of game media corresponding to the number of acquisitions specified by the acquisition number information stored in the storage medium so that the game media can be used for the game. Thus, the player can temporarily leave his / her acquired game medium in a state where the game medium can be re-played in the game hall side.

  In this case, the issuing means issues a first storage medium that stores the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specifying means (indicating a player's desired transfer number) as the acquired number information. When the number of acquisitions stored in the acquisition number storage means remains after the issuance of one storage medium, the second storage medium storing information capable of specifying the remaining acquisition number can be issued. . That is, since the first storage medium storing only the acquired number information corresponding to the desired number of transfers of the player can be issued, the game medium can be transferred more accurately. Further, the transfer source player uses the re-playing means to transfer the number of game media corresponding to the number of acquisitions stored in the second storage medium (game media remaining without transfer) to the game in the game hall. It can be used for replaying on a machine, and the convenience can be enhanced.

  According to the game field system according to claim 4, there is provided a transmission sentence creating means for creating a transmission sentence including the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specifying means and the transfer price specified by the transfer price specifying means. Thus, the created transmission text can be transmitted by the transmission means to the e-mail address of the mail transmission target person who can be the transfer destination of the game medium. This makes it possible to provide a system that encourages people who have not visited the game hall to visit the game hall. In this case, it is considered that the person to whom the transmission message is sent has a close relationship in which the player who has transferred the game medium knows the e-mail address. The solicitation effect is higher than that in the case of transmission, so that the ability to attract customers can be expected.

  According to the game hall system of the fifth aspect, receiving means is provided for receiving a reply mail from the transferee player who is the transmission destination of the transmitted text by the transmitting means. The transmission text creating means creates a second transmission text including transfer number identification information, which is information capable of identifying the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specifying means. 2 The sent message is sent by the sending means to the e-mail address of the transferee player on condition that a reply mail is received by the receiving means. In addition, when the transmission unit transmits the second transmission sentence, the acquisition number update means sets the acquisition number according to the number of transfer game media indicated by the transfer number identification information included in the transmission sentence. The number of acquisitions stored in the storage means is subtracted.

  In this case, the transfer number identification information included in the second transmission text can be received by the identification information receiving means, and the identification information processing means indicates the transfer number identification information when such reception is performed. A process of issuing a storage medium storing information that can specify the number of assigned game media to be transferred, or a process of paying out at least a part of the number of assigned game media for use in a game is performed. As a result, the transferee player can play a game using the transferred game medium simply by receiving and replying to the e-mail, thereby greatly improving the convenience for the player. To get.

  According to the system for a game hall according to claim 6, the number of storage media, which is the number of acquisitions deposited by the player at the game hall side, is managed for each player, and the e-mail address of the player from whom the game media is transferred, And a customer management unit capable of managing a provisional transfer number corresponding to the number of acquisitions subtracted by the acquisition number update unit in response to transmission of the second transmission text by the transmission unit. In this case, the transmission text creation means creates a transfer failure message indicating that the transfer of the game medium has not been established if the processing by the identification information processing means has not been performed within a preset time limit. Thus, the transfer failure message is transmitted by the transmitting means to the e-mail addresses of both the transfer source player and the transfer destination player of the game medium.

  When such transmission is performed, the customer management means executes a process of shifting the provisional transfer number to the number of storage media related to the transfer source player. As a result, even if the transferee player who received the e-mail did not visit the game hall, or the transferee player who visited the store did not replay using the transferred game media, Loss does not occur between players, and it can be proved by the contents of the email sent to both the transfer source player and the transfer destination player that the transfer of the game media has not been established. It will be possible to prevent as much as possible troubles between players.

  According to the gaming field system according to claim 7, when the game signal receiving means receives a game signal transmitted from the gaming machine that can specify the operating status of the gaming machine, the transfer suppression means The number of gaming machines determined to be in operation is determined as the number of operations, and the notification means is determined when the number of operations exceeds a preset threshold value. Process for prohibiting at least one of the notification operation by the issuing means, the issuing operation of the first storage medium by the issuing means, and the email sending operation by the transmitting means, or the transfer profit of the transfer source player is not zero Processing for permitting a range fee on condition that the acquisition number update means subtracts the acquisition number stored in the acquisition number storage means and collects it. As a result, when the number of operating game machines installed in the game hall is relatively large, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the loss on the game hall side increases unnecessarily. In addition, when the transferee player plays a game again using the transferred game medium, it is possible to prevent a situation in which no game machine is a candidate for a game target. Furthermore, in the case where a fee is collected at the time of game media transfer, the amount of the fee can be suppressed to the extent that the transfer profit of the transfer source player does not become zero, so the loss on the game hall side is reduced as much as possible. However, transfer of game media between players can be encouraged, and the added value of the system itself can be improved.

  According to the means described in claim 8, various calculation methods can be adopted for specifying the transfer price, which is convenient in actually constructing the system.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the game machine system has a pachinko ball lending unit price (equivalent to a game medium) at a game hall set to 4 yen, and a prize exchange unit price when a pachinko ball is exchanged for a prize is set to 2 yen. It is said.
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a game room system. In FIG. 1, pachinko gaming machines 1 and lending machines 2 installed in a lot in the amusement hall are arranged adjacent to each other. Although not shown, a pachinko gaming machine 1 has a well-known configuration above the pachinko gaming machine 1. A call lamp unit is provided.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a well-known configuration as a so-called digipachi, and during a game using a pachinko ball, it is a big hit by a lottery function that is performed in accordance with the winning to the start winning opening 1b provided on the board surface 1a. When winning, the jackpot state with the winning probability greatly increased according to the contents of the jackpot. When the big win state is reached, the big winning opening 1c installed on the board surface 1a operates only for a predetermined period, and the winning rate is extremely increased accordingly. The board surface 1a is provided with a display unit 1d for performing various effects display including display of the lottery result.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, pachinko balls as prize balls are discharged to the upper plate 3, and when the upper plate 3 is full, the overflowed pachinko balls flow into the lower plate 4. The pachinko balls in the upper plate 3 can be dropped into the lower plate 4 by a sliding operation of the lever 3a. On the other hand, the lower plate 4 is also provided with a lever 4a. When the lever 4a is slid, a drop opening (not shown) formed at the bottom of the lower plate 4 is opened so that an internal pachinko ball is It is configured to flow into a guide tube 5 provided with a movable ball receiving tray 5a.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with an out ball collecting device and a safe ball replenishing device (both not shown) associated with the pachinko gaming machine 1, and the number of out balls (the number of shot balls) from the out ball collecting device. Is output as a game signal, and a safe signal indicating the number of safe balls (the number of payout balls) is output as a game signal from the safe ball supply device. The pachinko gaming machine 1 is also configured to output a game signal such as a start signal indicating that the jackpot lottery has been performed and a jackpot signal indicating that the jackpot is in a jackpot state.

  A relay device 6 connected to exchange signals with the pachinko gaming machine 1, the inter-car lending machine 2, and a call lamp unit (not shown) is connected to a management device 7 (customer management means, game signal receiving means) constituted by a computer. The management device 7 transmits and receives various signals and data to and from all the pachinko gaming machines 1, the inter-lending machine 2, and the calling lamp unit in the game hall. It can be done. Although not shown in the figure, a card issuing device 9 is connected to the in-store LAN 8, and a well-configured game terminal device (a centralized information disclosure terminal (for example, a data robot for displaying various data for players) is used. (Registered trademark)), a pachinko ball counter for counting the player's acquired pachinko balls, a POS terminal for use in prize exchange, and the like are also connected.

  In particular, the card issuing device 9 has a function of reading the two-dimensional code on the front side thereof in a state where a two-dimensional code (corresponding to transfer number identification information: QR code (registered trademark) in this embodiment) is in close proximity. A reading unit 9a (corresponding to identification information receiving means) and a card outlet 9b for a card unit (corresponding to issuing means) (not shown) for issuing a ball card (corresponding to a storage medium) are provided. Yes. The possession card is composed of a data rewritable storage medium such as a magnetic card or an IC card, for example. As will be apparent from the following description, the number of possessions that can specify the number of possessions. Information corresponding to the information is stored.

  Although not shown, the card issuing device 9 is provided with a processing circuit unit (corresponding to the identification information processing means) for controlling its operation, and this processing circuit unit is two-dimensionally read by the reading unit 9a. The configuration includes a function for decoding and verifying the code, a function for controlling the issuance card issuing process by the card unit (not shown) based on the decoding result, and the like.

  The inter-table lending machine 2 has a basic function of releasing a pachinko ball in response to the insertion of a coin into the coin slot 10, but the CPU (transfer number specifying means, reference price specifying means, transfer price specifying means) , Transfer profit specifying means, acquisition number update means, transmission sentence creation means), storage unit (corresponding to exchange information storage means, acquisition number storage means) including RAM, ROM, hard disk drive, etc., input / output A control device (not shown) configured to include an interface (corresponding to transmission means and reception means) is built in, and the control device executes various controls as described later related to the gist of the present invention. It is like that.

  In addition to the coin slot 10, the information display unit 11 (accepting means, notifying means, transfer destination) having a touch switch panel (not shown) formed on the entire display area is provided on the front side of the interbank lending machine 2. Equivalent to a receiving means), a ball lending button 12, a nozzle 13 for releasing a pachinko ball, a card insertion slot 14 having a card return switch (not shown), a card issuing slot 15, and a counter unit to which the base of the guide tube 5 is connected. 16 (corresponding to counting means) is provided.

  In this case, the nozzle 13 constitutes a re-playing means in the present invention together with a ball discharge mechanism (not shown) provided in the inter-table lending machine 2, and the tip is the upper plate 3 of the pachinko gaming machine 1. At a normal position facing from above (position where the pachinko ball released from the ball discharge mechanism is guided into the upper plate 3) and a retreat position rotated forward, Is biased to the normal position by spring means (not shown).

  Further, the counter unit 16 includes a ball counter (not shown) that counts pachinko balls flowing in through the guide tube 5, and the counting result, that is, the player obtains by playing with the pachinko gaming machine 1. The number of possessed balls that are pachinko balls is stored as the number of retained balls (corresponding to the number of acquired states associated with the owner of the game medium) in the storage unit of the control device. Note that the guide tube 5 has a movable ball receiving tray 5a at a normal position in which a movable ball receiving tray 5a on the tip side faces a dropping port (not shown) formed in the lower tray 4 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 from below (the movable ball receiving tray receives the pachinko balls falling from the lower tray 4). 5a) and a retreat position rotated forward, and is fixed at a normal position at all times.

  In this case, in the state where the number of possessed balls is stored in the storage unit, the control device in the inter-unit lending machine 2 has a predetermined number (for example, the number of retained balls is 125 or more each time the ball lending button 12 is operated). In some cases, 125 pachinko balls are released from the ball discharge mechanism through the nozzle 13 and the number of held balls depends on the released pachinko balls. It is the structure which performs the ball payout control of subtracting only the number.

  The card unit (not shown) is provided at a position corresponding to the card issuing slot 15 in the inter-table lending machine 2, and includes a card stocker (not shown) capable of storing a predetermined number of the possession cards. It has a configuration. The control device always displays a main menu screen (not shown) on the information display unit 11 and forms a game end switch using the touch switch panel (not shown) on the menu screen. When the game end switch is touch-operated with the number of balls remaining in the storage unit, the number of balls (that is, the remaining number of acquisitions) is stored as the acquisition number information, and the ball card Is discharged (issued) from the card issuing slot 15, and the number of balls in the storage unit is initialized.

  In addition, when a card issuing operation for transferring a ball as described below is performed through the information display unit 11 in a state where the number of balls is stored in the storage unit, the control device responds to the operation. The number of balls to be transferred specified in the above is stored as acquired number information in the above-mentioned ball card, and the ball card is ejected (issued) from the card issuing slot 15, and the number of balls in the storage unit is stored. It is configured to decrease by the amount stored in the card.

  A reader / writer (not shown) that can access the ball card and the membership card inserted through the card insertion slot 14 is provided in the inter-table lending machine 2. This membership card is issued to a person who has become a gaming member of the amusement hall, and is composed of a data rewritable storage medium such as a magnetic card or an IC card, and has a member ID unique to the gaming member. Etc. are stored in advance.

  The control device stores in the storage unit the number of balls according to the acquired number information stored in the ball card when the ball card is inserted into the card insertion slot 14, and the ball card Is recovered in the card stocker. Thus, in the state where the number of possessed balls is stored in the storage unit, the above-described payout control according to the operation of the ball lending button 12 can be executed. As a result, the replay using the retained ball card is performed. It will be possible. The POS terminal is configured to be able to read the number-of-acquisition information stored in the possession card, and is configured to be able to exchange prizes based on the reading result.

  When the member card is inserted into the card insertion slot 14, the control device accepts the card by reading the member ID stored in the member card with the reader / writer, and manages the member ID. 7 for personal authentication of gaming members performed on the management device 7 side, gaming data providing service relating to the gaming members, a well-known savings account management service, and a coin sharing service related to the present invention It is designed for data management.

  In the above control device, an appropriate member card is inserted into the card insertion slot 14, and the number of stored balls (corresponding to the number of storage media that is acquired by the player at the game hall side) is stored in the storage account corresponding to the member card. ) In a state where there is a balance, each time the ball lending button 12 is operated, a predetermined number (for example, 125 when the number of stored balls is 125 or more, the number of stored balls when the number of stored balls is less than 125) The pachinko balls are discharged from the ball discharge mechanism through the nozzle 13, and the stored ball payout control is performed to subtract the number of the stored ball balance in the stored ball account by the number corresponding to the released pachinko balls. In addition, such a storage ball payout control can be performed by directly accessing the storage ball account on the management device 7 side, but the number of storage balls in the storage ball account is temporarily transferred to the storage unit as the number of balls held, The structure performed based on the number of balls may be sufficient. In such a configuration, when the number of possessed balls remains at the end of the game on the gaming machine, a state of receiving a possession card storing the number of retained balls as acquired number information, or storing the number of retained balls It is desirable that the player can select any one of the states of returning to the account (provided that an appropriate member card is inserted in the card insertion slot 14).

In the following, a specific example of the coin sharing service directly related to the gist of the present invention will be described together with the configuration related to the content of the control by the control device.
The management device 7 controls the game data for all pachinko machines 1 in the game hall (the number of out balls, the number of safe balls, the number of difference balls, the operation rate, the output rate, the base, the number of starts, etc.) It is equipped with a database function that aggregates and stores loan data (sales amount, divisor, etc.) for the inter-table lending machine 2 and a function for realizing a storage system including the storage account management service. However, in this management apparatus 7, a game member database as shown in FIG. 2 is constructed, and this database is used for the possession ball sharing service and the storage system.

  In FIG. 2, the game member database is associated with the member ID, the name of the game member, the number of balls stored in the savings account, the terminal ID (a unique number for each machine lending machine 2 that received the member card), the game Member's e-mail address (in this embodiment, it is the e-mail address of the mobile phone, and the same e-mail address appears in the following explanation), names of group members such as pre-registered friends and acquaintances and the like E-mail address (classified as “Group Member 1”, “Group Member 2”, etc. in FIG. 2), the name (or the email address of the transferee) of the transferee of the ball and the number of temporary transfers corresponding to the number of transferred balls It is composed of a record group that stores information (classified as “provisional transfer 1”, “provisional transfer 2”, etc. in FIG. 2).

When a player wishes to transfer his own ball, the card issuing operation is performed as follows. Needless to say, the operation of each part accompanying this operation is controlled by the control device.
That is, the information display unit 11 of the inter-table lending machine 2 realizes various switch functions using the display image and the touch switch panel (not shown), and the information display unit 11 has a main switch (not shown). When a “transfer switch” prepared in the screen is touched while the menu screen is displayed, a transfer number input screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.

  On the transfer number input screen, the title a1, the message a2 that informs the current number of balls to be held and prompts the user to input the desired transfer number, the numeric keypad a3 used for inputting the transfer number, and the characters “ball” are displayed. A confirmation switch a4 applied, a display field a5 for displaying the number of transfers input (blank at this time), a loan amount corresponding to the number of transfers (a pachinko ball corresponding to the number of transfers) Display column a6 (equivalent to the amount required for release from 2) (blank at this time), premium exchange amount corresponding to the number of transfers (the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the number of transfers is exchanged for premiums) A display field a7 (a blank field at this time) for displaying the information, and an information presentation field a8 for displaying information related to the possession transfer, and a cancel switch a9 are displayed. A switch function using a touch panel switch is given to each area corresponding to the numeric keypad switch a3, the confirmation switch a4, and the cancel switch a9. The specific contents of the information presentation field a8 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 described later. However, the display state of the transfer number input screen remains blank.

  In the transfer number input screen, when the transfer source player performs an input operation of the desired transfer number (corresponding to the transfer game medium number) by the ten-key switch a3 and the confirmation switch a4, the desired transfer number is used as the desired transfer number information. Accepted. Further, the control device specifies the desired transfer number indicated by the received desired transfer number information as the transfer game medium number, and accordingly, the display screen of the information display unit 11 is presented as shown in FIG. Switch to the amount input screen. In addition, the maximum value of the desired transferable number that can be input is controlled so as to be a value corresponding to the number of possessed balls stored in the storage unit of the control device. Further, when the cancel switch a9 is touched before the input operation of the desired number of transfers as described above is performed, the screen returns to a main menu screen (not shown).

  Here, the storage unit constituting the control device in the inter-table lending machine 2 stores exchange information that can specify both the lending unit price and the premium unit price of the pachinko balls in the game hall. The lending unit price and the gift exchange unit price are set on the management device 7 side, and the setting information includes the inter-table lending machine 2, the card issuing device 9, and a POS terminal (not shown) such as a POS terminal. And stored therein as the exchange information.

  Then, when the input operation of the desired number of transfers is performed as described above, the control device performs, for example, a three-stage presentation amount corresponding to the desired number of transfers by calculation based on the desired number of transfers and the exchange information. Identify the appropriate transfer price in the invention of claim 1 (corresponding to the recommended transfer price in the invention of claim 2) as the transfer price and lend pachinko balls corresponding to the desired number of transfers Loan amount received from machine 2 (corresponding to the loan value in the invention described in claim 2), and prize exchange amount when exchanging a number of pachinko balls corresponding to the desired number of transfers with premiums (claim 2) It corresponds to the premium exchange price in the invention).

Here, a method for specifying the appropriate transfer price will be described.
That is, FIG. 12 shows an example of a presentation amount when, for example, 2000 pachinko balls are transferred, a combination of a plurality of types of lending unit prices and premium exchange unit prices, and a pachinko ball loan amount and premium exchange at the corresponding unit price. It is shown in a state corresponding to the amount of money. In FIG. 12, “original profit” corresponds to the profit of the transfer source, and “advance profit” corresponds to the profit of the transfer destination. Further, in this embodiment, the lending unit price is set to 4 yen and the prize exchange unit price is set to 2 yen, and then only the uppermost presentation amount in FIG. 12 can be used. Since various lending unit prices and free gift exchange unit prices are set for each type of gaming machine, FIG. 12 shows examples of presented amounts for a plurality of types of combinations related to these unit prices.

  In FIG. 12, in this embodiment, “presented amount 1”, “presented amount 2”, “presented amount 3”, and the transfer source profit corresponding to these (presented amount and free gift exchange amount ( The difference between the number of transfers x premium exchange unit price = 2000 pieces x 2 yen) and the transferee profit (the difference between the loan amount (number of transfers x loan unit price = 2000 pieces x 4 yen) and the presented amount) under the following conditions: I try to identify. That is, “presented amount 1” is a value (presented amount 1 = (loan amount + free gift exchange amount) ÷ 2) at which transfer source profit (original profit in FIG. 12) and transferee profit (previous profit in FIG. 12) are equal. The “presentation amount 2” is the value at which the transfer source profit is 1.5 times the “presentation amount”, and the “presentation amount 3” is the value at which the transfer source profit is 0.5 times the “presentation amount 1”. Calculated. In the example of FIG. 12, when a fraction less than 10 yen appears in the transfer source profit, it is set to be advantageous to the player side by rounding up to the nearest 10 yen.

  In this case, the amount of presentation is calculated by multiplying the number of pachinko balls transferred, the loan amount, or the gift exchange amount by a predetermined coefficient, or by adding or subtracting a predetermined value to the loan amount or the gift exchange amount. Various methods are conceivable. Further, when specifying the amount to be presented, it may be one of the conditions that it is lower than the loan amount and higher than the gift exchange amount.

  Further, the presented amount may be specified based on only the loan amount or the gift exchange amount. In this case, it is not necessary to store exchange information that can specify both the lending unit price of the pachinko ball and the gift exchange unit price in the storage unit constituting the control device in the inter-table lending machine 2, and the unit price of the lending unit and the prize exchange It is good also as a structure which memorize | stores the exchange information which can specify one of unit prices.

  Moreover, it is good also as a structure which memorize | stores the exchange rate which shows the ratio of loan amount and premium exchange amount, such as the ratio of premium exchange unit price with respect to rental unit price, as said exchange information. According to such a configuration, it becomes possible to specify the premium exchange unit price by multiplying the loan unit price by the exchange rate, and the loan unit price corresponds to, for example, a predetermined amount (1,000 yen) even if it cannot be specified directly. It can be specified if the number of balls to be played (250) can be specified. Even if the premium exchange unit price is not directly specified, the premium exchange amount can be indirectly specified by multiplying the loan amount by the exchange rate. In other words, the exchange information is information that can specify the lending unit price or the gift exchange unit price, but the game system does not necessarily need to specify the lending unit price or the gift exchange unit price. As described above, the loan amount and the gift exchange amount are values obtained by multiplying the number of transfers by the unit price, but an appropriate calculation method may be adopted based on the exchange information. As for the presented amount (transfer price), no matter what calculation method is used, as a result, the loan amount, the gift exchange amount, or the sum of the loan amount and the gift exchange amount is set to a predetermined ratio. Since it becomes a value multiplied or a value obtained by adding a predetermined number, claim 8 of the present application includes contents for specifying the amount of presentation in this way.

  The presentation amount input screen of FIG. 4 includes the title b1, a message b2 for prompting determination of the input presentation amount, a numeric keypad b3 used for input of the presentation amount, and a confirmation switch b4 on which characters of “yen” are applied, Display field b5 displaying the desired transfer number input on the transfer number input screen, display fields b6 and b7 displaying the loan amount and premium exchange amount calculated as described above based on the desired transfer number, respectively, Information presentation field b8 displaying such information, selection switch b9 group for selecting one of the three levels of presentation amounts displayed in this information presentation field b8, issuing of a coin card storing the desired number of transfers Message b10 for confirming the presence or absence of authentication, authentication switch b11 for issuing a ball card with the letter “YES”, cancel switch b12, used when re-entering the desired number of transfers. Transfer the number of re-input switch b13 to, e-mail transmission screen select switch b14 for E-mail transmission that character has been subjected to the "mail" is displayed. However, the mail transmission screen selection switch b14 is displayed only when the membership card inserted into the card insertion slot 14 has been received. In addition, each area corresponding to the ten key switch b3, the confirmation switch b4, the selection switch b9, the authentication switch b11, the cancel switch b12, the transfer number re-input switch b13, and the mail transmission screen selection switch b14 has a switch function using a touch panel switch. Is granted.

Here, in the information presentation column b8, the three-stage presentation amounts are displayed in the “presentation 1”, “presentation 2”, and “presentation 3” columns, and each presentation amount corresponds to the desired number of transfers. The profit of the transfer source player and the transfer destination player when the possessed ball is transferred are displayed as “your profit” and “the profit of the opponent”, respectively. The information presentation field b8 is provided with an “input presentation” field for the transfer source player to directly input the transfer price (corresponding to the presented transfer price in the invention of claim 2). The “input presentation” field is blank in the initial display state of the presentation amount input screen.
In short, the player's support information including information that can compare the desired number of transfers, the appropriate transfer price (presented amount) corresponding to this, the transfer source profit and the transfer destination profit, It is displayed for the transfer source player.

  The transfer source player touches any one of the selection switches b9 to display the three-stage presentation amounts (transfer) displayed in the “presentation 1”, “presentation 2”, and “presentation 3” columns of the information presentation column b8. Value), and when such a selection operation is performed, the selected presentation amount, the profit of the transfer source player, and the profit of the transfer destination player are displayed as information. It is displayed in the “input presentation” field of the presentation field b8. Further, when the transfer source player presents a transfer price different from the above-mentioned three-stage price, the player enters the price by using the ten-key switch b3 and then touches the confirmation switch b4. Then, the input transfer price that has been input and the profits of the transfer source player and the transfer destination player corresponding thereto are displayed in the “input display” column.

  When the authentication switch b11 is touch-operated in the state where the amount of presentation is displayed in the “input presentation” field of the information presentation field b8, the control device corresponds to the amount of presentation displayed in the “input presentation” field. Is issued from the card issue slot 15, and from the number of balls stored in the storage unit of the control device, the number corresponding to the number of balls stored in the card Just subtract. The ball card issued in response to such card issuing operation can be used when directly transferring the ball to other players in the game hall. In this case, the pachinko ball itself is used. Since it is not necessary to carry, it is convenient for both players.

  Incidentally, when the transfer number re-input switch b13 is operated before issuing the possession card according to the operation of the authentication switch b11, the desired transfer number already input is reset and the transfer number input screen of FIG. Return to the display. Further, when the cancel switch b12 is touched before issuing the possession card corresponding to the operation of the authentication switch b11, the screen returns to a main menu screen (not shown).

  On the other hand, when the mail transmission screen selection switch b14 is touched in the state where the amount of presentation is displayed in the “input presentation” field of the information presentation field b8, a mail transmission screen as shown in FIG. Is displayed. In this mail transmission screen, the title c1, the display column c2 that displays the desired transfer number input on the transfer number input screen, the display amount selected on the display amount input screen (“input presentation” in the information display column b8) "Display amount displayed in the" "column) Display field c3 displaying information, information display column c4 displaying the information related to the transfer of the ball in the same manner as the input amount input screen, selection of the mail transmission destination (corresponding to the mail transmission target person) Message c5, the number of people display field c6 for displaying the number of people that can be sent, and the group members described above (see FIG. 2: “Group member 1”, “Group member 2”, “Group member 3” are friends A and B, respectively. , Corresponding to C) as a selection destination of e-mails, a direct input switch c8 for selecting a mode for directly inputting a destination e-mail address, Alternatively, to display the number of recipients of the entered mail recipients as the sender, and to display the total number of possessed balls required when all the recipients of the email receive the transfer of possessed balls as the total transferred balls Information display field c9, transfer message (email for guiding transfer of possession, corresponding to the transmitted sentence in the invention of claim 4), message c10 for confirming the presence or absence of transmission, “YES” The transmission switch c11 to which the character “施” is applied and the redo switch c12 to which the character “return” is applied are displayed. A switch function by a touch panel switch is given to each area corresponding to the selection switch c7, direct input switch c8, transmission switch c11, redo switch c12, transfer number re-input switch b13, and mail transmission screen selection switch b14. .

  In this case, the transmittable number of people displayed in the number of people display field c6 is determined based on the number of possessed balls of the transfer source player and the desired number of transfers (that is, the number of transmittable people × the desired number of transfers ≦ the number of possessed balls). However, the maximum number of people is set to, for example, four people (three group members and one person who directly inputs a destination mail address). The selection switch c7 is in a reverse display state (illustrated by shading in FIG. 5) to display that the transmission destination has been selected when the transmission destination of the transfer mail is selected by the operation. The

  Although not shown, when the direct input switch c8 is touched, the information display unit 11 displays a mail address input screen displaying a keyboard capable of inputting alphanumeric characters. When the input of the address is completed, the state returns to the state where the mail transmission screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, and the direct input switch c8 is reversed (illustrated by shading in FIG. 5).

  In the information display field c9, the total number of mail transmission destinations selected by the selection switch c7 and the mail transmission destinations input through the mail address input screen (two people in the example of FIG. 5) is the number of transmission target persons. In addition to the display, the total number of balls necessary for transferring pachinko balls to these transmission handlers (4000 in the example of FIG. 5) is displayed.

  When the transmission switch c11 is touch-operated from the selection or input state of the mail transmission target person, the control device obtains the template data set in advance and the gaming member database shown in FIG. The transfer email is created based on the data related to the person to be sent and the transfer source player (game member whose membership card has been accepted), the data indicating the desired number of transfers and the input amount already determined, etc. Is sent to the person to whom the email is sent. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, this transfer mail includes the name of the game hall that is currently being played, the desired number of transfers, the transfer price, and the like. However, FIG. 6 is an example addressed to “friend A”, “aaa” is the name of the transfer source player, and “P” is the unique name of the game hall.

  In short, the player support information including information that can be compared with the desired number of transfers related to the player who transferred the ball, the appropriate transfer price corresponding to this, and the transfer destination profit of the ball will be sent via the transfer email. It is displayed for the user.

Further, when the redo switch c12 is touched without operating the transmission switch c11, the state returns to the state where the presentation amount input screen of FIG. 4 is displayed.
When a reply mail from the recipient of the transfer mail transmitted as described above is received, a mail reception screen as shown in FIG. In this mail reception screen, the display fields d3 and d4 displaying the title d1, the content d2 of the reply mail, the desired number of transfers and the amount of presentation in the transmitted mail, and the transfer confirmation mail (confirm the transfer of the ball) A message d5 for confirming whether or not to transmit (equivalent to the second transmission text in the invention of claim 5), and a transfer confirmation mail transmission switch d6 with the letters "YES" , A transfer rejection e-mail transmission switch d7 to which the character “reject transfer” is given, and a non-reply switch d8 to which the character “do not reply” is given. A switch function using a touch panel switch is given to each area corresponding to the transfer confirmation mail transmission switch d6, the transfer rejection mail transmission switch d7, and the non-reply switch d8.

  When the transfer confirmation mail transmission switch d6 is touched in the display state of this mail reception screen, the control device creates a transfer confirmation mail having the contents as shown in FIG. 8, for example, and re-replies to the sender of the reply mail To do. Specifically, a two-dimensional code (QR code: registered trademark), which is information for identifying the desired number of transfers and a unique encryption code, is added to the transfer confirmation mail as image data. An email text will be included to inform you of the usage of the code, the desired number of transfers, and the transfer amount.

  In addition, when the transfer confirmation mail is transmitted in this manner, the control device, based on the number of balls stored in the storage unit, corresponds to the number of desired transfers indicated by the two-dimensional code included in the mail. In addition to subtraction, a mail transmission completed signal including information that can specify the mail transmission source and the mail transmission destination and the desired transfer number is transmitted to the management device 7. The management device 7 that has received such a mail transmitted signal accesses a record relating to the corresponding game member (transfer source player who is the mail transmission source) in the game member database (see FIG. 2), and temporarily records the record. The information indicating the number of transfers is configured to execute a process of updating and storing the mail transmission destination (the transfer destination of the ball) and the number of transferred balls included in the signal.

  When such a transfer confirmation mail recipient (transferee player) visits the amusement hall, the two-dimensional code in the transfer confirmation mail is displayed on his / her mobile phone. Is issued by the reading unit 9a of the card issuing device 9. Then, a processing circuit unit (not shown) in the card issuing device 9 decodes and verifies the two-dimensional code read by the reading unit 9a, and stores the desired transfer number indicated by the two-dimensional code as the number of balls. Jade card issue processing begins. Accordingly, the transferee player inserts the issued ball card into the card insertion slot 14 of the inter-table lending machine 2 to thereby determine the number of coins indicated by the acquired number information stored in the ball card. It is possible to borrow pachinko balls within the range. It should be noted that the transferee player to whom the possession ball has been transferred in this way pays the consideration (transfer amount indicated in the transfer confirmation mail) to the transfer source player as appropriate. Further, when the transfer of the possession is established and the possession card is issued, the corresponding data (the number of provisional transfers) in the “provisional transfer” column of the gaming member database (see FIG. 2) is initialized.

  On the other hand, when the transfer rejection e-mail transmission switch d7 is touched in the display state of the mail reception screen in FIG. 7, the control device creates a transmission text with the content of refusing transfer of the possession ball and transmits this as a reply mail. Reply back to the original.

  Further, before the transfer destination player who is the recipient of the transfer confirmation mail visits the game hall, the transfer source player discharges the member card from the inter-table lending machine 2, or a store exit switch (not shown) When a predetermined store exit condition is satisfied, for example, when this switch is set using, for example, the information display unit 11, the control device, for example, stores exit mail having the contents as shown in FIG. Is re-replyed to the transferee player who is the sender of the reply mail. Specifically, the store exit mail includes a message that the transfer source player leaves the store and a message that guides the validity period of the two-dimensional code in the transfer confirmation mail.

  Then, after the transfer source player who is the sender of the transfer confirmation mail leaves the game hall, the transfer destination player comes to the store, and the issue card issuing process based on the two-dimensional code in the transfer confirmation mail is performed. In the case where the control device is informed (when the reading unit 9a of the card issuing device 9 reads the two-dimensional code in the transfer confirmation mail displayed on the mobile phone), the control device, for example, the store visit mail having the contents as shown in FIG. Is transmitted to the e-mail address (mobile phone) of the transfer source player from the game hall (management device 7) side. Specifically, the store visit mail includes a message indicating that the possession card has been issued to the transfer destination player who has visited the store, a message informing the transfer amount, and the like.

  In addition, when the transferee player is playing in the game hall (however, his / her member card is inserted into the card insertion slot 14 of the inter-table lending machine 2), the transferee player visits the store. When the issuing process of the possession card is performed as described above, the control device transmits the store visit mail to the lending machine 2 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which the transfer source player is playing. The store visit mail is displayed on the information display unit 11 of the inter-table lending machine 2 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 being played by the transfer source player. In this case, when the transferee player visits the store and uses the possession card in the inter-table lending machine 2, an e-mail that can specify the machine number of the corresponding gaming machine may be retransmitted.

  Furthermore, when the transferee player who is the recipient of the transfer confirmation mail does not come to the store before the game hall is closed (a concept including a state in which the card issuing device 9 does not receive a ball card even if the store is visited) 11), for example, the control device creates a stored ball mail (corresponding to an unsuccessful transfer message referred to in the invention of claim 5) having the content as shown in FIG. ) To the e-mail addresses of both the transfer source player and the transfer destination player. In this storage ball email, for example, a message notifying that the transferee has not been completed because the transferee player did not come to the store, and a message notifying that the number of balls that were scheduled to be transferred has been stored in the storage account Is included.

  The control device transmits to the management device 7 an unsuccessful transfer signal including information that can identify the transfer-destination player whose transfer has been unsuccessful simultaneously with the transmission of the stored ball mail. In the management device 7 that has received such a transfer failure signal, the temporary transfer number corresponding to the transfer destination player indicated by the transfer failure signal among the information indicating the temporary transfer number in the game member database (see FIG. 2). Is initialized, and the process of shifting the provisional transfer number to the number of stored balls related to the transfer source player is executed.

  Here, there is a claim for a ball card that is discharged in response to the card issuing operation for the ball transfer described above (the number of coins corresponding to the presentation amount related to the ball transfer is stored as acquired number information). This is equivalent to the first storage medium referred to in the invention described in 3 above, and is issued in response to the touch operation of the game end switch as described above (the number of balls remaining in the storage unit at the end of the game) Is stored as acquired number information) corresponds to the second storage medium referred to in the invention of claim 3. When the game end switch is touched, when the appropriate membership card is inserted in the card insertion slot 14, the remaining number of balls in the storage unit is determined without issuing the ball card. In the case where the deposit is made in the savings account related to the card, the membership card corresponds to the second storage medium.

In short, according to the configuration of the present embodiment described above, the following operations and effects can be achieved.
That is, when the player wishes to transfer the pachinko ball acquired by the game in the pachinko gaming machine 1 to another player, the number of transfers displayed on the information display unit 11 of the inter-table lending machine 2 Enter the desired number of transfers corresponding to any number of pachinko balls through the input screen (see FIG. 3). Then, by calculation based on the desired number of transfers and preset exchange information (information that can specify both the lending unit price and the premium unit price), an appropriate range (transfers) corresponding to the desired number of transfers (transfer) The amount of presentation that is not detrimental to the original player) is calculated as the transfer price, and the amount of the offer, the loan amount when receiving the number of pachinko balls equivalent to the desired number of transfers from the interbank lending machine 2, and the desired transfer The player support information including the exchange amount of the prize when the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the number is exchanged with the prize is displayed on the information display unit 11 on the presented amount input screen (see FIG. 4). become. Therefore, the transfer source player of the pachinko ball can easily know the appropriate transfer price of the pachinko ball based on the player support information notified in this way. In particular, exchanges such as amusement halls with a business policy of changing the prize exchange unit price in a short period of time, amusement arcades where multiple types of rental unit price and prize exchange unit price are set, or amusement arcades where players have come to the store for the first time Even when the rate (indicating the ratio between the loan amount and the gift exchange amount) cannot be clearly understood, the player can accurately grasp the appropriate transfer price. Thereby, it is possible to improve the convenience on the player side when developing the service for sharing money, and thus it is possible to improve the operating rate of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

  In this case, the player support information displayed on the presented amount input screen includes the profit and transfer of the transfer source player when the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the desired number of transfers is transferred at the above-mentioned three stages of the displayed amount, respectively. Information indicating the profit of the first player is also included. Accordingly, the player who has transferred the pachinko balls can easily obtain the desired transfer price of the pachinko balls as well as his own profit and the profits of the transferee player based on the player support information thus notified. To be able to know. As a result, the convenience on the player side can be further improved when the service for sharing money is deployed, thereby improving the operating rate of the gaming machine.

  Each inter-car lending machine 2 has a counter unit 16 for counting pachinko balls acquired by the player of the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1, a storage unit for storing the counting result as the number of balls, and re-game means (A ball discharge mechanism and a nozzle 13 not shown) are provided. Further, the lending machine 2 has a ball payout control function for releasing a predetermined number of pachinko balls by the re-playing means based on the number of possessed balls stored in the storage unit, and stored in the storage unit. A function of accepting a card issuing operation for issuing a ball card that stores the desired transfer number within the range of the number of balls as information on the number of acquisitions that can be replayed is provided.

  For this reason, when the pachinko ball is transferred, it is only necessary to transfer the possession card, and the transfer can be performed easily and accurately, and the added value as a system for supporting the player is increased. In addition, a possession card for possession transfer that stores acquisition number information corresponding to the desired number of transfers, and acquisition number information corresponding to the number of possession remaining in the storage unit after the issuance of the possession card is stored. Since the second coin card is issued, the pachinko ball can be transferred more accurately. In addition, by using the re-playing means, the transfer source player can play the number of pachinko balls (pachinko balls left without being transferred) indicated by the acquired number information stored in the second possession card. It can be used for replaying in the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the hall, and the convenience can be enhanced.

  The information display unit 11 displays a mail transmission screen (see FIG. 5) on which an operation screen for selecting a transmission destination of the e-mail is displayed together with the player support information. By performing the mail transmission operation, the transfer mail having the contents including the name of the game hall currently being played, the desired number of transfers, the transfer price, and the like can be transmitted to an acquaintance or the like. This makes it possible to provide a system that encourages people who have not visited the game hall to visit the game hall. In this case, the person to whom the transfer email is sent is considered to be in a close relationship with the player who has transferred the pachinko ball ascertaining the email address. The solicitation effect is higher than that in the case of transmission, so that the ability to attract customers can be expected.

  Further, the information display unit 11 displays a mail reception screen (FIG. 7) that displays the contents of the reply mail received from the transferee player who is the transmission destination of the transfer mail together with the player support information (number of transfers, amount presented). Reference) is displayed, and you can send a transfer confirmation email to confirm the transfer of the pachinko ball to the transferee player by performing an email transmission operation on this screen. ing. In this transfer confirmation mail, a two-dimensional code, which is information that can identify the desired transfer number, is added as image data. When the recipient of the mail (transferee player) visits the amusement hall, The card issuance operation is performed by causing the reading unit 9a of the card issuing device 9 to read the two-dimensional code in the transfer confirmation mail displayed on the mobile phone of his / her mobile phone. It is possible to receive an issue card with the transferred number stored as the number of balls.

  When the transfer confirmation mail is transmitted, the number of possessed balls stored in the storage unit is subtracted by the number corresponding to the desired transfer number indicated by the two-dimensional code included in the mail. Then, the transferee player inserts the issued possession card into the card insertion slot 14 of the inter-table lending machine 2 to obtain the number of possession indicated by the acquired number information stored in the possession card. Pachinko balls can be borrowed within the range. In other words, the transferee player can perform a game using the transferred pachinko ball simply by receiving and replying to an e-mail, thereby greatly improving the convenience for the player. To get.

  In the present embodiment, a so-called storage system is adopted, and the management device 7 manages the email address of the player who has transferred the pachinko ball, and is subtracted from the storage unit in response to the transmission of the transfer confirmation email. The number of possessed balls (number of desired transfers) is managed as the number of temporary transfers. In this case, if the card issuing process by the card issuing device 9 is not performed within a preset time limit (until the game hall is closed), a storage ball mail indicating that the pachinko ball transfer has not been established (see FIG. 11) is transmitted to the e-mail addresses of both the transfer source player and the transfer destination player. When such transmission is performed, the management device 7 performs a process of transferring the temporary transfer number to the savings account associated with the transfer source player.

As a result, even if the transferee player who received the e-mail did not come to the amusement hall, or the transferee player who visited the store did not replay using the transferred pachinko ball, Loss does not occur between players, and it can be proved by the contents of the email sent to both the transfer source player and the transfer destination player that the pachinko ball transfer was not established, It will be possible to prevent as much as possible troubles between players.
Further, as described in the above embodiments, various calculation methods can be employed for specifying the amount of presentation (transfer price), which is convenient in actually constructing the system.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and can be modified or expanded as described below, for example.

Although a storage system using a membership card is adopted, the present invention is not particularly premised on a system using a membership card.
Although a so-called counting system for each table provided with a counting unit 16 for counting pachinko balls for each pachinko gaming machine 1 is assumed, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when counting the number of pachinko balls with a counter installed at the end of the island where a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 are arranged, the transfer source The receipt may be issued as a storage medium on which the coin sharing information such as the player's profit and the transfer destination player's profit and the transfer amount is printed. In this case, if there is a relationship of “the count value of pachinko balls ≠ the number of transferred balls”, the receipt printed with the ball sharing information for the number of transferred balls and the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the remaining count values It is desirable that the receipt is printed separately from the receipt on which the information is printed. Of course, also in the present embodiment employing the counter counting system, it is possible to issue a receipt on which the above-mentioned shared ball sharing information is printed.

  Since the purpose of allowing the game hall to transfer the possession ball is to improve the operating rate of the gaming machine, in the case of this embodiment, the management device 7 receives a gaming signal (for example, an out signal) received from the pachinko gaming machine 1 side. ) To determine whether or not the pachinko gaming machine 1 is operating, specify the number of pachinko gaming machines 1 determined to be operating as the operating number, and the operating number exceeds a preset threshold value In addition, a notification operation by the information display unit 11 (display operation of the transfer number input screen (see FIG. 3) and a presentation amount input screen (see FIG. 4)), an operation of issuing a ball card storing the number of balls to be transferred, And it is good also as a structure which performs the process which prohibits at least 1 transmission operation | movement of a transfer mail.

  In addition, a configuration that allows issuance of a ball card that stores the number of balls to be transferred, subject to collection of a fee within a range where the transfer profit of the transfer source player is not zero, specifically, for example, Subtract the fee from the number of possessed balls stored in the storage unit on the inter-lending machine 2 side (for example, subtract 2000 yen if the total profit of the transfer source and transfer destination players is 4000 yen) It is good also as a structure which accept | permits on condition that it collects. In such a configuration, the amount of the fee can be suppressed to the extent that the transfer profit of the transferee player does not become zero, so pachinko balls between players while reducing losses on the game hall side as much as possible. Can be encouraged to increase the added value of the system itself. In this case, the management device 7 functions as the game signal receiving means and the transfer suppressing means referred to in the seventh aspect of the invention. According to such a configuration, when the number of operating pachinko gaming machines 1 installed in the game hall is relatively large, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the loss on the game hall side increases unnecessarily. Further, when the transferee player plays a game again using the transferred pachinko ball, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the pachinko gaming machine 1 that is a candidate for the game is lost.

  In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the pachinko ball lending unit price and the prize exchange unit price are set at a single rate of 4 yen and 2 yen, respectively. It can also be applied to a system with a replacement unit price. In this case, the range of pachinko machines that can be re-played for each pachinko ball with a different unit price will be limited, so pachinko machines that can be played on holding cards, transfer emails, transfer confirmation emails, etc. It is also possible to adopt a configuration for the convenience of the player by adding information for designating.

  In the above embodiment, the acquired number information capable of specifying the number of possessed balls is directly stored in the retained ball card. However, the retained ball card stores only the unique card ID, and stores the acquired number information. It is good also as a structure which performs the process and management which concern on paying-out of the pachinko ball based on this in the state matched with the said card ID by the management apparatus 7 side.

  Although it has been configured to use a ball card as a storage medium for storing the acquired number information (the number of balls), a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone may be used as a storage medium. Also, the player's biometric information such as fingerprints, palm prints, and irises is registered in advance on the management device 7 side, and the same ball holding service as in the embodiment is performed based on biometric authentication using the biometric information. Also good.

  A terminal device such as a call lamp unit (not shown) connected to the in-store LAN 8 and a relay device 6 incorporates a control circuit including a CPU and the like, and the processing in the management device 7 is performed by the call lamp unit and the relay device. It is good also as a structure performed with the rental machine 2 between machines. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which performs a part of processing (mail transmission processing to the outside etc.) performed by the management apparatus 7 side with the control apparatus which is not illustrated in the lending machine 2 between machines. Of course, a part of the processing in the inter-table lending machine 2 (such as a configuration relating to a transmission text creation unit) may be performed by the management device 7 or the relay device 6.

  Each pachinko machine 1 has a re-game means (a ball discharge mechanism and a nozzle 13 (not shown) in the inter-lending machine 2). However, a re-play means such as a so-called island edge replay machine provided on an island edge or the like is provided. It is also good. In addition, the system configuration is such that the ball card is interposed when transferring the ball, but the data indicating the number of balls is transferred (transmitted / received) between the lending machines 2 so that the ball is transferred. Anyway.

  A reading unit similar to the reading unit 9a for the two-dimensional code provided in the card issuing device 9 is provided as an identification information receiving means for the inter-unit lending machine 2, and the transfer confirmation mail (see FIG. 8) is provided by this reading unit. ) When the two-dimensional code is read, it is decrypted and verified, and the desired number of transfers indicated by the two-dimensional code is stored as the number of balls in the storage unit in the inter-unit lending machine 2 (addition) In addition, the two-dimensional code may be invalidated (reuse is not permitted).

  It is good also as a system configuration | structure which requires personal authentication, such as the input of a PIN code, in the case of replay based on the number of possession balls and the number of stored balls. Of course, the present invention can be applied not only to a pachinko gaming machine but also to a game system having a slot machine that uses coins as a game medium. When storing, information that can specify the type of the game medium (pachinko ball or coin) is also stored. In addition, information that can be specified for the game medium to be transferred is included in the information presentation screen such as the transfer number input screen and the presentation amount input screen displayed on the information display unit 11, the transfer mail, and the transfer confirmation mail.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a game room system showing an embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the format example of a game member database Figure showing a display example of the transfer number input screen The figure which shows the example of a display of a proposal amount input screen The figure which shows the example of a display of the mail transmission screen A diagram showing an example of the contents of a transfer email Figure showing a display example of the mail reception screen Figure showing an example of the contents of a transfer confirmation email A figure showing an example of the contents of an exit email Figure showing an example of the contents of a store visit email Figure showing an example of the contents of a savings mail The figure which shows the example of the amount of presentation when transferring the pachinko ball

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  1 is a pachinko machine, 2 is a lending machine, 7 is a management device (customer management means, game signal receiving means), 9 is a card issuing device, 9a is a reading section (identification information receiving means), and 11 is an information display section (Reception means, notification means, transfer destination reception means), 13 is a nozzle (re-playing means), 14 is a card insertion slot, 15 is a card issue slot, and 16 is a counter unit (counting means).

Claims (8)

In a game system that is installed in a game room where a plurality of gaming machines that use a game medium rented from the game hall side are installed, and the exchange unit price is lower than the rental unit price ,
Receiving means for receiving desired transfer number information indicating a desired transfer number corresponding to an arbitrary number of game media determined by the player among the game media acquired by the player;
Transfer number specifying means for specifying the desired transfer number indicated by the desired transfer number information received by the receiving means as the number of transfer game media;
An exchange information storing means for storing identifiable exchange information lending unit price and prize exchange unit price of game media in a game hall,
The number of game media corresponding to the number of transfer game media is lent out from the game hall side by calculation based on the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specification means and the exchange information stored in the exchange information storage means. Transfer price specifying means for specifying a transfer price that is lower than the loan price in the case and higher than the prize exchange price in the case of exchanging the number of game media corresponding to the number of the transferred game media with the prize,
Informing means for informing a player as player support information in a state in which the transfer price specified by the transfer price specifying means and the number of transferred game media specified by the transfer number specifying means can be compared;
A game system characterized by comprising: In a game hall system in which a plurality of gaming machines that perform games using game media lent out from the game hall side are installed,
Receiving means for receiving desired transfer number information indicating a desired transfer number corresponding to an arbitrary number of game media determined by the player among the game media acquired by the player;
Transfer number specifying means for specifying the desired transfer number indicated by the desired transfer number information received by the receiving means as the number of transfer game media;
Exchange information storage means for storing exchange information that can identify at least one of the rental unit price and premium exchange unit price of the game medium at the game hall;
Specifying at least one of the rental price and premium exchange price corresponding to the number of transfer game media by calculation based on the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specifying means and the exchange information stored by the exchange information storage means A base price identification means to
The recommended transfer price specified by the calculation based on the number of transferred game media specified by the transfer number specifying means and the exchange information stored in the exchange information storage means, and the proposed transfer specified based on the player's operation input A transfer price specifying means for specifying at least one of the prices as the transfer price;
The transfer source profit corresponding to the difference between the transfer price specified by the transfer price specifying means and the premium exchange price specified by the reference price specifying means, the loan price specified by the reference price specifying means, and the transfer Transfer profit specifying means for specifying transfer profit that is at least one of transferee profits corresponding to the difference in transfer price specified by the price specifying means;
Informing means for informing a player as player support information in a state where the transfer price specified by the transfer price specifying means and the transfer profit specified by the transfer profit specifying means can be compared;
A game system characterized by comprising: Acquisition number storage means capable of storing the number of game media as the number of acquisitions associated with the owner of the game media;
Issuing means for issuing a storage medium storing acquired number information capable of specifying at least a part of the acquired number stored in the acquired number storage means;
Counting means for counting game media acquired by the player;
When the counting means counts the game media, the count result is stored in the acquisition number storage means, and the number of acquisitions in the state where the player who has acquired the game medium targeted for the count is the owner is obtained. On the other hand, when the issuing means issues the storage medium, the acquisition number is obtained by subtracting the acquisition number indicated by the acquisition number information stored in the storage medium from the acquisition number stored in the acquisition number storage means. Update means;
Re-game means for paying out at least a part of the number of game media corresponding to the number of acquisitions specified by the acquisition number information stored in the storage medium so that it can be used for the game;
With
The issuing means issues a first storage medium storing the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specifying means as the acquisition number information, and after issuing the first storage medium, the issue number storage means The game according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the stored number of acquisitions remains, the second storage medium storing information capable of specifying the number of remaining acquisitions can be issued. Field system. A transfer destination receiving means for receiving an input operation capable of specifying an e-mail address of a mail transmission target person who can be a transfer destination of a game medium;
A transmission sentence creating means for creating a transmission sentence including the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specifying means and the transfer price specified by the transfer price specifying means;
A transmission means for transmitting the transmission text created by the transmission text creation means to the email address of the email transmission target person specified by the input operation accepted by the transfer destination acceptance means;
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: With receiving means for receiving a reply mail from the transferee player who is the transmission destination of the transmission text by the transmission means,
The transmission text creation means is configured to create a second transmission text including transfer number identification information that is information that can identify the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specification means,
The sending means sends the second sent sentence created by the sent sentence creating means to the e-mail address of the transferee player on condition that the receiving means receives the reply mail and inputs an instruction by the player based on the reply mail . With a configuration to send
When the transmission means transmits the second transmission sentence, the acquisition number update means is configured to obtain the acquisition number according to the number of transferred game media indicated by the transfer number identification information included in the transmission sentence. Subtract from the number of acquisitions stored in
Identification information receiving means for receiving transfer number identification information included in the second transmission text;
A process of issuing a storage medium storing information that can specify the number of transfer game media indicated by the transfer number identification information received by the identification information receiving means, or at least a part of the number of transfer game media to the game An identification information processing means for performing a process of paying out for use;
The game system according to claim 4, further comprising:
For each player, the number of storage media, which is the number of earned deposits that the player has deposited with the game hall side, is managed for each player, and the e-mail address of the player from whom the game media is transferred and the transmission means transmit In response, customer management means that can manage the number of provisional transfers corresponding to the number of acquisitions subtracted by the acquisition number update means,
When the processing by the identification information processing means has not been performed within a preset time limit,
The transmission sentence creation means creates a transfer failure message indicating that the transfer of the game medium has not been established,
The transmission means transmits the transfer failure message to the e-mail addresses of both the transfer source player and transfer destination player of the game medium,
6. The game according to claim 5, wherein the customer management means executes a process of shifting the temporary transfer number to a storage medium number related to the transfer source player in response to transmission of the transfer failure message. Field system. A game signal receiving means for receiving a game signal transmitted from the gaming machine side and capable of specifying an operating status of the gaming machine;
Based on the gaming signal received by the gaming signal receiving means, whether or not the gaming machine is operating is determined, the number of gaming machines determined to be operating is specified as the operating number, and the operating number is set in advance. A process for prohibiting at least one of a notification operation by the notification unit, an operation of issuing the first storage medium by the issuing unit, and an email transmission operation by the transmission unit when a value is exceeded, or A transfer inhibiting means for performing processing that allows a fee within a range in which a transfer profit of a transfer source player is not zero by subtracting the collected number stored in the obtained number storing means by the obtained number updating means and collecting it ,
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: At least one of a rental value obtained by multiplying the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specifying means by the lending unit price and a prize exchange price obtained by multiplying the number of transfer game media by the premium exchange unit price is the transfer number specifying means. A reference price specifying means for specifying by calculation based on the number of transfer game media specified by the exchange information stored in the exchange information storage means,
The transfer price specifying means is a value obtained by multiplying one of the loan price, free gift exchange amount, or the sum of the loan price and free gift exchange price specified by the reference price specifying means, or a predetermined value. The transfer price is specified by an operation based on the number of transfer game media specified by the transfer number specifying means and the exchange information stored in the exchange information storage means so that a value obtained by adding or subtracting a number is specified as the transfer price. The game system according to claim 1.

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