JP5437605B2 - Amusement park management device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management device for managing a game hall in which a lending device capable of lending a re-playing medium is paid for a storage medium, which is a game medium deposited by a player, for each gaming machine.

  Conventionally, as a management device for amusement hall, game information such as a business quotient, which is a ratio of the number of balls lent (the number of rented media) representing profits on the game hall side and the number of prize balls representing losses on the game hall side, is used. Management devices that are presented as management indicators are known. For example, if the number of difference balls obtained by subtracting the number of balls paid out by the game from the number of balls used in the game is used, the business discount is calculated as (number of balls lent-difference number of balls) / number of balls lent. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). By using game information such as the sales rate, it is possible to evaluate the gaming machine appropriately, and to accurately determine whether to replace the base or adjust the nail.

  However, the conventional game hall management device may not be able to cope with a wide variety of game form sales forms. For example, in a sales form that allows so-called table movement, where the game media acquired by a player is brought into another game machine and used, the number of balls rented for each game machine cannot be calculated with high accuracy, and the business discount per game machine There is a risk that the calculation accuracy of the game information such as the above will decrease. If the table is moved between different models, the calculation accuracy of the number of rented balls for each model is lowered, and there is a possibility that it is not possible to properly calculate the business rate for each model. Similarly, if a table is moved between different game islands, the calculation accuracy of the number of rented balls for each game island is lowered, and there is a possibility that the business discount number for each game island cannot be calculated properly.

Japanese Patent No. 3629291

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and a game machine in which a lending device capable of lending a re-playing medium for a storage medium deposited by a player is provided for each gaming machine. Providing a highly versatile management facility for amusement halls that can properly evaluate each gaming machine even in a business mode that allows movement, and can output accurate game information that can be used as a basis for determining whether to replace the base or adjusting a nail. For the purpose.

The present invention is capable of counting the game media acquired by the player for each gaming machine, and a lending device is provided for each gaming machine that can lend the re-playing media for the storage medium that is the game media deposited by the player. A management device for a game hall for managing a game hall,
Use media signal that can specify the number of used media that is the number of game media used in the game, payout media signal that can specify the number of payout media that are paid out by the game, and money as a consideration to the player A game signal receiving means for receiving, as a game signal, a sales signal that can specify the number of loaned media that is the number of rented game media, and a replay signal that can specify the number of replayed media lent to a player;
At least a numerical value that is added based on the number of payout media specified by the game signal received by the game signal receiving means and the number of lent media, and subtracted based on the number of used media, and the game media that the player has on hand A number of theoretically acquired media that is calculated after initializing the number of theoretically acquired media that is a number every time a customer change occurs;
Setting means for setting a threshold for the number of theoretically acquired media;
A determination means for determining whether or not the number of theoretically acquired media is equal to or less than the threshold when the game signal receiving means receives the re-game signal;
Identifies whether the number of replay media corresponding to the replay signal is the number of carry-in media that is the number of game media brought in from another game machine due to the table movement according to the determination result by the determination means and, in the game-field management apparatus characterized by comprising: a carrying-medium speed calculating means for calculating the number of game media identified with its carry-medium number, the (claim 1).

  The game room management device of the present invention is a game device management device in which the lending device capable of lending a re-playing medium for a storage medium deposited by a player is installed for each gaming machine. There are the following two cases where the player uses the replay medium in such a game hall. There are a case where a game medium acquired by a game machine being played is used as the re-play medium, and a case where a game medium acquired by another game machine is used as the re-play medium by so-called table movement.

  Whether or not the re-playing game medium is brought in by moving the table can be determined depending on whether or not there is sufficient gaming medium acquired by the gaming machine being played. If there are not enough game media acquired by a game machine being played, it can be determined that the game media acquired by another game machine and deposited as the storage medium is rented as a price. About the said re-game media by such carrying-in, it can be evaluated as the investment of the game media acquired with the other game machine. Therefore, if this re-playing medium can be identified as the carry-in medium, it is possible to appropriately evaluate the destination gaming machine in which the carry-in medium is used.

  The game hall management device according to the present invention comprises: the theoretically acquired medium number calculating means for calculating the number of theoretically acquired media representing a game medium held by a player; and whether the theoretically acquired medium number is equal to or less than the threshold value. The determination means for determining whether or not, and the number of brought-in medium calculation means for calculating the number of brought-in medium, which is the number of brought-in game media acquired by other gaming machines.

  If the determination means determines whether or not the number of theoretically acquired media is equal to or less than the threshold value, it can be determined whether or not the replay media according to the replay signal is due to carry-in. When the number of theoretically acquired media is equal to or less than the threshold value, that is, when there are not enough game media acquired by the player in the gaming machine being played, there are other replay media corresponding to the replay signal. It can be determined that it is a carry-in from a game machine. The brought-in medium number calculating means calculates a re-playing medium determined to be brought in from another gaming machine as the carried-in medium number.

  As described above, the game hall management apparatus of the present invention can manage the number of brought-in media brought in from other gaming machines by moving the table. By using this number of brought-in media, for example, the number of game media used in a game can be grasped with high accuracy for each gaming machine even in a business mode that allows table movement. Information can be specified with high accuracy.

  As the gaming machine in the present invention, there are a pachinko machine using a ball (pachinko ball) as a game medium, a slot machine using a medal or the like as a game medium, and the like. Further, the slot machine may be a slot machine in a narrow sense using medals or coins as a game medium, or a Parrot (registered trademark) using balls as a game medium.

Further, game information calculating means for calculating the number of rented media, the number of used media, and the number of paid-out media specified by the game signal received by the game signal receiving means;
Specify the number of virtual lending media that is the sum of the number of lending media and the number of brought-in media, or the virtual sales amount that is the price of the number of virtual lending media,
The number of virtual lending media,
The virtual sales amount,
Virtual profit amount obtained by subtracting the theoretical virtual exchange amount from the virtual sales amount, which is a value obtained by multiplying the total number of paid-out media and virtual rental media by the theoretical virtual acquisition medium number obtained by subtracting the number of used media and the replacement unit price. ,
A ratio of the theoretical virtual acquisition medium number to the virtual rental medium number, or a virtual business discount number that is a ratio of the theoretical virtual acquisition medium number multiplied by a lending unit price to the virtual sales amount,
Virtual medium unit price, which is a ratio of the virtual sales amount to the number of used media,
The virtual media profit amount that is the ratio of the virtual profit amount to the number of used media, and the virtual number that is the ratio of the difference between the number of used media and the number of paid-out media within the normal gaming state occurrence period to the virtual rented media number A virtual sales information specifying means for specifying virtual sales information that is at least one of the customer congestion rate,
Preferably, the virtual sales information specifying means includes an output means for displaying or printing out the virtual sales information specified by the virtual sales information specifying means.

  Considering the number of brought-in media, which is the number of game media brought in from other gaming machines due to table movement, the virtual sales information under a business form that allows table movement can be specified with high accuracy. Based on the virtual sales information output from the game hall management device, the gaming machine can be properly evaluated under a business form that allows the movement of the table.

Unit price information storage means for storing unit price information for identifying the unit price for gaming media, and unit price information for replaying for identifying unit prices for the replaying media,
The virtual sales information specifying means determines the actual sales amount, which is a value obtained by multiplying the rental unit number specified by the rental unit price information by the rental unit number, and the unit price specified by the replay unit price information as the number of brought-in media. It is preferable to specify the total amount of the sales amount brought in, which is a value obtained by multiplying by, as the virtual sales amount (Claim 3).

  The carry-in sales amount is an amount that can be received by a player when a prize medium corresponding to the number of carry-in media is exchanged. On the other hand, the actual sales amount is the amount that the player has actually paid for the rental of game media corresponding to the number of rental media. The virtual sales amount, which is the sum of the brought-in sales amount and the actual sales amount, represents the amount that the player has substantially invested in the gaming machine. Based on the virtual sales amount representing a substantial investment amount for a gaming machine, for example, even if a gaming medium is brought in from another gaming machine, the gaming machine can be appropriately evaluated.

The output means preferably outputs the virtual sales information so that the actual sales information specified based on the number of lending media can be compared (claim 4).
In this case, it becomes easy to compare the virtual sales information considering the number of brought-in media with the actual sales information not considering the number of brought-in media. According to such a comparison, it becomes easier to grasp the value of the virtual sales information as compared with the actual sales information representing the actual sales amount.

The embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the following examples.
Example 1
This example is an example related to the game hall management apparatus 1 for managing game information of a game hall that is permitted to move. The contents will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The game hall management device 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as the management device 1) of this example is a device for managing game information of each gaming machine 2 installed in the game hall, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the management device 1 is connected to a communication network 40 together with a repeater 4 to which a gaming machine 2, a ball collection device (not shown), and a lending device 3 are connected. In this example, a CAN (Controller Area Network) is adopted as the communication network 40. As the communication network 40, various specifications such as LAN standards such as MOST and Ethernet (R) can be adopted instead of the CAN in this example.

Before describing the configuration of the management device 1, first, the gaming machine 2, the repeater 4, and the lending device 3 connected to the communication network 40 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the gaming machine 2 is a pachinko machine called a so-called seven machine. The gaming machine 2 performs a jackpot lottery according to the winning of the starting row 21 and generates a jackpot state according to the lottery result displayed on the display unit 25. In the gaming machine 2 of this example, the winning probability (hit probability) of the jackpot lottery is 1/310, and the ratio of the jackpot (probability variation jackpot) with the probability variation state (probability variation) in which the jackpot is likely to occur is 66.6%. ing. During the probability change, the jackpot probability is improved to 1/31, and the short time state (short time) when the winning rate to the starting ball 21 is increased.

  Probability can continue until the next jackpot. Therefore, the probability change and jackpot continue until a jackpot (normal jackpot) that shifts to a normal state that is neither a jackpot nor a probability change occurs. In the big hit, the round in which the big winning opening 22 is opened is repeated 15 rounds. The maximum number of winnings per round is 10, and the upper limit opening time is 30 seconds. The round ends when either the upper limit winning number or the upper limit opening time is satisfied. The ball (game medium) acquired by the player through the game and paid out to the ball receiving tray 23 can be guided to the movable ball receiving tray 301 of the lending device 3 by the sliding operation of the lower tray lever 240.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lending device 3 is a device that lends (dispenses) balls used for games. The lending device 3 is installed in the space between the tables with other adjacent gaming machines 2 so as to correspond to each gaming machine 2 individually. The lending device 3 of this example can provide a so-called re-playing service that lends a re-playing ball (re-playing media) with the stored-ball (storage medium) as consideration, and also provides a so-called storage-ball service that deposits the balls acquired by the game. Can be provided. The lending device 3 outputs a sales signal each time a predetermined number of balls (equivalent to 100 yen) are rented for money and a replay signal each time a predetermined number of replay balls are lent to a player as game signals.

  The lending device 3 includes a card reading unit including a money insertion slot 31 for inserting money as a money lending price, a touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 32 for displaying game information, and a card slit 33 for inserting a membership card or a counting card. A portion (not shown), a discharge button 36 for discharging counting cards, a replay button 34 for requesting lending of replay balls, a payout nozzle 35 for paying out balls, and balls acquired by the player A counting unit 30 for counting a certain acquired ball, a movable ball receiving tray 301 extending from the counting unit 30 via a guide arm 302, a card stocker (not shown) capable of stocking a predetermined number (5) of counting cards, It has.

  In the lending device 3, the storage value storage area 371 for storing the current day storage ball that is the current day storage ball, the normal storage ball that is the storage day before the business day, and the replay flag flag value indicating that there is a replay storage ball. Is set. In the lending device 3, the re-game flag is set to the on state when the quantity of the current day storage balls or the normal storage balls is sufficient, and the re-playable state is set. When the re-game flag is in the on state, it is possible to lend a ball according to the receipt of money or a re-game ball according to the pressing operation of the re-game button 34. On the other hand, in the case where the membership card has not been received and the stored value on that day becomes zero, the replay flag is reset to zero. In the off state of the replay flag, it is only possible to lend balls according to the receipt of money.

  The movable ball tray 301 is a ball tray that can be positioned directly below the lower plate 24 of the gaming machine 2 via the guide arm 302. The balls of the lower plate 24 supplied to the movable ball receiving tray 301 in response to the operation of the lower plate lever 240 of the gaming machine 2 pass through the tubular guide arm 302 and are supplied to the counting unit 30. The number of balls counted by the counting unit 30 is added to that day's stored balls in the stored ball storage area 371.

  When the discharge button 36 is pressed, the lending device 3 displays the card ID if a member card is inserted, and the card ID of one of the counting cards in the card stocker if there is no member card. At the same time, information is transmitted to the management apparatus 1 and the membership card or its counting card is discharged. At this time, the same day storage ball and the replay flag stored in the lending device 3 are initialized (zero reset), while the management device 1 stores the card ID and the same day storage ball in association with each other. As a result, it becomes possible to exchange prizes for the day's savings using a membership card or a counting card, and to replay with another gaming machine 2 using the savings on the day.

  When accepting the membership card, the lending device 3 inquires the management device 1 about the same day storage balls and ordinary storage balls corresponding to the card ID, and stores the same day storage balls and ordinary storage balls in the storage ball storage area 371. Further, at the time of accepting the counting card, the management device 1 is inquired of the same day storage ball corresponding to the card ID, and that day storage ball is stored in the storage ball storage area 371. When the counting card is received, the lending device 3 initializes the counting card and collects it in the card stocker.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the repeater 4 is connected to the gaming machine 2, the ball collecting device and the lending device 3, and performs relay processing (information transmission / reception) between the gaming machine 2 side including the lending device 3 and the management device 1. Device. The repeater 4 associates the gaming machine ID output to the gaming signal output by each gaming machine 2 and the lending device 3 and sends the gaming machine ID to the communication network 40, and fetches the communication information associated with the gaming machine ID from the communication network 40. It is configured.

The repeater 4 transmits the following game signals toward the communication network 40.
1) Out signal: A game signal output by a ball collecting device for collecting used balls. One pulse for every 10 recovered (used, driven) balls. Out (number of used media) is the number of out signals × 10 balls. If the gaming machine 2 can output an out signal, the ball collecting device can be omitted.
2) Safe signal: A game signal output from the gaming machine 2. One pulse for every 10 payout balls. Safe (number of payout media) is the number of safe signals × 10 balls. It is also possible to use a supply signal from the ball supply device as a safe signal.
3) Start signal: a game signal output from the gaming machine 2. One pulse per symbol change (actual action, start process) on the display unit 25 (actual material) that fluctuates (operates) due to winning at the start-up or winning at the start-up port.
4) Jackpot signal: A game signal output from the gaming machine 2. A status signal that is output during a big hit.
5) Probability change signal: A game signal output from the gaming machine 2. A special gaming state signal that is output as a level during probability change. A time saving signal indicating a time saving state may be used as the special game state signal.
6) Sales signal: a game signal output by the lending device 3. One pulse for every 25 balls (100 yen worth) out of the loaned balls (lending medium) loaned to the player as a consideration.
7) First regame signal: a game signal output by the lending device 3. One re-playing ball for each re-playing ball that is paid for the ordinary savings balls before the previous day among the re-playing balls that are lent out as savings. A replay signal corresponding to a replay requiring a fee.
8) Second regame signal: a game signal output by the lending device 3. Of the re-playing balls that are lent out as a consideration, one pulse is given for each re-playing ball that is paid for on the same day. A replay signal corresponding to a replay without a fee.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the management device 1 includes an output unit 15 such as a liquid crystal display 150 and a printer (not shown), a device body 10 that executes various arithmetic processes, an input unit including a keyboard 160 and a mouse (not shown). 16. The apparatus main body 10 includes a control unit 11 including a CPU that executes arithmetic processing, a storage unit 12 including a hard disk drive (HDD), ROM, RAM, and the like, and a communication port (illustrated) that inputs and outputs various signals or information. (Transmission / reception unit 13 (I / O)). The management device 1 of this example is connected to the communication network 40 via the transmission / reception unit 13 and receives a game signal output from each gaming machine 2 side via the transmission / reception unit 13.

  The control unit 11 includes a theoretically-acquired medium number calculating unit 111 that calculates, for each gaming machine 2, a possession ball (theoretical-acquisition medium number) that is a theoretically obtained number of balls that the player has acquired with the gaming machine that is being played. Determining means 112 for determining whether or not the value is equal to or less than the threshold value, bringing-in medium number calculating means 113 for calculating virtual sales balls (number of brought-in media) for each gaming machine, sales balls (number of rented media) / out It has a function as a game information calculation means 114 for calculating game information such as (number of used media) and safe (number of payout media) for each gaming machine 2 and a virtual sales information specifying means 115 for specifying virtual sales information. . The contents of the theoretically acquired medium number calculating unit 111, the brought-in medium number calculating unit 113, the game information calculating unit 114, and the virtual sales information specifying unit 115 will be described later.

The transmission / reception unit 13 has a function as a game signal receiving means 131 for receiving various game signals by distinguishing them for each gaming machine. The game signal receiving means 131 is an out signal indicating that 10 balls have been used, a safe signal indicating that 10 balls have been paid out by the game, a sales signal indicating that 25 balls have been rented for 100 yen, and a re-playing ball 1 A game signal such as a re-game signal for each ball is distinguished and received for each gaming machine 2.
The output unit 15 has a function as an output unit 151 that displays virtual sales information. The output contents such as virtual sales information output by the output unit 151 will be described later.

  The storage unit 12 includes a setting unit 121 that stores a threshold value for holding balls, a unit price information storage unit 122 that stores unit price information and re-game unit price information, and a storage unit memory that stores storage balls for each player (for each card ID). Means 123 and a function as game information storage means 124 for storing game information for each gaming machine are provided. Furthermore, a flag storage area 125 for storing a flag value of a state flag indicating the gaming state of each gaming machine 2 is allocated to the storage unit 12. The status flag includes a jackpot flag indicating that the jackpot is being hit, a probability change flag indicating that the jackpot is being changed, and the like.

The setting unit 121 stores a threshold value input by the operator using the keyboard 160. In this example, 250 balls are set as the threshold for the holding balls.
The unit price information storage means 122 of this example stores 4 yen per ball as rental unit price information and 3 yen per ball as replay unit price information.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the stored ball storage unit 123 is a unit that stores stored balls for each player (for each card ID). The stored ball storage means 123 stores the stored balls separately into the normal stored balls and the same day stored balls. Ordinary savings balls are savings before the day before the business day. In this example, when a re-playing ball is lent (replayed) in consideration of ordinary saving balls, a predetermined fee is added to the re-playing ball to be lent (in this example, a fee of 42 balls for 125 re-playing balls). The number of balls is subtracted from the normal storage ball. The same day storage ball is a storage ball deposited by the player on the business day. In this example, when replaying with the current day's savings as a consideration, only the replaying balls that are lent without being charged are subtracted from the current day's savings.

  The ordinary savings balls can be used only by members registered in the amusement hall, and in the case of non-members, only the savings balls on the day can be used. Member day savings will be transferred to regular savings after the amusement hall is closed, while non-member day savings will need to be exchanged on the same day. The card ID in FIG. 3 is an identification code that can identify a player by a membership card or a counting card. The card ID of the membership card possessed by a member of the amusement hall is zero at the top, such as “00001”, and the card ID of the counting card possessed by a non-member is “1,” at the top, such as “10001”. Yes.

  The game information storage means 124 is means for storing game information for each gaming machine 2 as shown in FIGS. As game information, there are holding balls, out, B out, safe, B safe, sales balls, corrected sales balls, and virtual sales balls (number of brought-in media). The number of balls is the number of balls acquired by the player with the gaming machine 2 being played. B-out is an out in a normal period that is a generation period of a normal state. B-safe is safe within a normal period. Sales balls are the number of balls that are paid for money. The virtual sales balls represent the number of balls that have been brought in and used from another gaming machine 2 by moving the table among the re-playing balls that are paid for on the day. Note that the holding balls stored in the game information storage means 124 are reset to zero in accordance with the generation of a rental signal and the turn of customers.

Next, the contents of the means provided in the control unit 11 of this example will be supplementarily described.
The theoretically-acquired medium number calculating means 111 is means for calculating for each gaming machine 2 a ball that represents the number of balls that the player has acquired with the gaming machine 2 that is playing. The theoretically acquired medium number calculating means 111 adds 10 balls (predetermined number corresponding to the safe signal) in response to reception of the safe signal and 25 balls (predetermined number corresponding to the sales signal) in response to reception of the sales signal. In accordance with the reception of the out signal, 10 balls (a predetermined number corresponding to the out signal) are subtracted to calculate the holding ball. The theoretically-acquired medium number calculating means 111 determines that each time a customer change occurs (in this example, each time a sales ball or a corrected sales ball occurs, it is determined to be a customer change. Also, as will be described later, a membership card or a counting card is used. ) Is also determined to be a customer change.

  The brought-in medium number calculating means 113 is a means for calculating for each gaming machine 2 virtual sales balls representing the number of balls brought in and used from other gaming machines 2 due to table movement (see FIG. 3). In this example, by adding the replay balls when the determining means 112 determines that the holding balls are below the threshold value (250 balls in this example) among the replay balls lent out as the consideration on the same day, Calculate virtual sales balls.

  When receiving the second replay signal, the brought-in medium number calculating means 113 switches whether to add virtual sales balls according to the determination result of whether there are 250 or more balls. If the number of possessed balls is 250 balls or less, it is determined that the re-playing balls for which the savings of the day acquired by the other gaming machine 2 are paid, and the virtual sales balls are added. On the other hand, when the number of possessed balls exceeds 250 balls, it is determined that the re-playing balls are rented on the day as a consideration for the same day storage balls acquired by the gaming machine 2 being played, and the addition to the virtual sales balls is cancelled.

  The game information calculation means 114 is means for calculating sales balls, out, safe and corrected sales balls for each gaming machine 2 (see FIG. 4). The game information calculation means 114 adds 25 sales balls in response to reception of the sales signal, 10 outs in response to reception of the out signal, and 10 safes in response to reception of the safe signal. The game information calculation means 114 adds the re-game balls to the corrected sales balls every time the re-game balls are rented in consideration of the ordinary saving balls in response to the reception of the first re-game signal. Furthermore, the game information calculation means 114 of this example adds 10 B-outs in response to reception of an out signal within the normal period, and 10 B-safes in response to reception of a safe signal.

The virtual sales information specifying means 115 is means for specifying virtual sales information, which is game information considering virtual sales balls, for each gaming machine 2. The virtual sales information specifying unit 115 specifies the following virtual sales information.
1) Virtual total sales balls (number of virtual lending media): Total number of lending media (total number of sales balls and adjusted sales balls) and virtual sales balls.
2) Virtual total sales (virtual sales): Consideration for virtual total sales.
3) Virtual gross profit (virtual profit amount): virtual total sales amount- (virtual total sales ball- (out-safe)) × exchange unit price.
4) Virtual percent (virtual sales percent): Ratio of exchange balls (premium amount based on unit price) to virtual total sales balls (virtual total sales). (Virtual total sales ball-(out-safe)) x rental unit price / virtual total sales.
5) Virtual ball unit price (virtual medium unit price): ratio of virtual total sales amount to out.
6) Virtual gross profit (virtual medium profit amount): ratio of virtual gross profit to out.
7) Virtual customer delinquency rate: The ratio of difference balls within the normal period to the virtual total sales balls. (B out-B safe) ÷ virtual total sales

  The virtual total sales amount is calculated by multiplying the virtual total sales ball by the virtual unit sales price of 4 yen (1), the amount obtained by multiplying the number of loaned media by the rental unit price, and the virtual sales ball There are two types of virtual total sales (2), which is the sum of the amount multiplied by the unit price of the medium (in this example, the replacement unit price is set).

  When outputting the virtual sales information, the output unit 151 outputs the virtual sales information so that it can be compared with the actual sales information specified by the number of rental media as shown in FIG. The sales target “actual sales” and “correction” columns indicate actual sales information, and the sales targets “virtual 1” and “virtual 2” indicate virtual sales information. “Virtual 1” is virtual sales information based on the virtual total sales amount (1), and “Virtual 2” is virtual sales information based on the virtual total sales amount (2). FIG. 5 shows sales information calculated when the sales target is “actual sale”, “correction”, “virtual 1”, and “virtual 2” based on the gaming information for each gaming machine 2 shown in FIG. is there.

  In this example, as shown in FIG. 5, the sales information for each gaming machine 2 is calculated, but instead, the sales information for each gaming machine group set as a group, such as each model or each island, is displayed. It can also be calculated in the same manner as in FIG. Furthermore, the sales information for sales of “actual sales” or “correction” and the sales information for sales of “virtual 1” or “virtual 2” can be output in a comparable manner, or “virtual 1” or “ The combination when outputting sales information, such as displaying only sales information targeting “virtual 2”, can be changed as appropriate.

  Next, the operation of the management device 1 configured as described above and the operation of the lending device 3 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 6 shows the flow of ball lending processing by the lending device 3. FIG. 7 shows a flow of processing in which the management apparatus 1 determines the gaming state of each gaming machine 2. FIG. 8 shows the flow of processing in which the management device 1 identifies the virtual sales balls for each gaming machine 2.

  First, the flow of the lending process by the lending device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The lending device 3 first determines whether or not money has been accepted (S101). When money is received (S101: YES), the borrowed ball is lent (S111), a sales signal is output (S112), and the next money reception is waited (S101).

  When money is not received (S101: NO), the flag state of the replay flag is determined (S102). If the replay flag is zero (S102: YES), it is determined whether a membership card or a counting card has been accepted (S103). When a membership card or a counting card is received (S103: YES), the holding ball is initialized, the stored ball corresponding to the card ID of the received card is inquired to the management device 1, and the stored ball storage area 371 is updated. The game start process P1 is executed and the re-game flag is set to the on state (S104). When the membership card and the counting card are not received (S103: NO), the reception of the counting ball is determined (S113). When the counting ball is accepted (S113: YES), the re-game flag is set to the on state (S104). On the other hand, when the re-game flag is on (S102: NO), the processing from S103 to S104 is bypassed.

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the replay button 34 has been pressed (S105). If the replay button 34 is pressed (S105: YES), it is determined whether or not there is a storage ball on that day (S106). If there is a storage ball on the day (S106: YES), if the remaining number of storage balls on the day is 125 balls or more, re-playing balls are lent out, and if less than 125 balls, the entire remaining number is lent out and paid. The day storage ball re-game process P2 for subtracting the day storage ball is executed, and the second re-game signal is output (S107). If there is no storage on that day (S106: NO), it is determined whether or not there is a normal storage (S118).

  If there are ordinary saving balls (S118: YES), if the remaining number of ordinary saving balls is 167 balls or more (the total value of 125 balls that are one unit of payout and 42 handling balls), the re-playing balls are 125 balls. Lending, if you have less than 167 balls, lending out replay balls equivalent to the remaining number (for example, if the remaining number is 100 balls, 100 × 125 ÷ 167 = 74 balls etc. Of course, you may pay 100 balls) In step S119, the normal storage ball re-game process P4 is executed to subtract the normal storage balls to be paid at (167 balls, or all remaining numbers), and the first re-game signal is output (S119). Note that the management device 1 may be inquired of the stored ball by the stored ball re-game process P2 or the normal stored ball re-play process P4 on the day. In this case, the storage ball inquiry process by the replay start process P1 can be omitted.

  On the other hand, when the re-game button 34 is not pressed (S105: NO), it is determined whether or not the discharge button 36 is pressed (S115). When the discharge button 36 is pressed (S115: YES), the fact that the player has finished the game and the remaining number of stored balls (ordinary storage ball, that day storage ball) is transmitted to the management device 1 and then the member (count) A re-game end process P3 for discharging the card is executed, and the re-game flag is reset to zero (S116).

  Next, the flow of processing in which the management apparatus 1 determines the gaming state of each gaming machine 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In determining the gaming state of each gaming machine 2, the management device 1 first determines the flag state of the jackpot flag (S201). If the jackpot flag is on (S201: YES), the reception status of the jackpot signal is determined (S202). When the reception of the jackpot signal is finished (S202: YES), the jackpot flag is reset to zero (S203), and it is determined whether or not the reception of the probability variation signal is started (S204). When reception of the probability variation signal is started (S204: YES), the probability variation flag is set to an on state (S205).

  On the other hand, when the jackpot flag is zero (S201: NO), it is determined whether or not reception of the jackpot signal is started (S211). When the jackpot signal has not been received (S211: NO), the flag state of the probability variation flag is determined (S212). If the probability variation flag is on (S212: YES), it is determined whether or not the reception of the probability variation signal has been completed (S213). When the reception of the probability variation signal is completed (S213: YES), the probability variation flag is reset to zero (S214). When reception of the jackpot signal is started (S211: YES), the jackpot flag is set to the on state (S215).

  Next, the flow of processing in which the management device 1 identifies the virtual sales balls (the number of brought-in media) will be described with reference to FIG. In specifying the virtual sales balls, the management device 1 first determines reception of an out signal (S301). When the out signal has not been received (S301: NO), the reception of the safe signal is determined (S302). When the safe signal has not been received (S302: NO), the reception of the sales signal is determined (S303). When the sales signal has not been received (S303: NO), it is determined whether or not the first regame signal has been received (S304). If the first regame signal has not been received (S304: NO), reception of the second regame signal is determined (S305).

  When the second regame signal is received (S305: YES), it is determined whether the number of balls is 250 balls (threshold) or less (S306). When the number of possessed balls is 250 or less (S306: YES), the virtual sales balls are added (S307), the balls are initialized (S308), and the balls are added (S309).

  When the out signal is received (S301: YES), the out is added (S311), and the flag states of the jackpot flag and the probability variation flag are determined (S312). If the jackpot flag and the probability variation flag are both zero (S312: YES), B out is added (S313), and the ball is subtracted (S314). On the other hand, when either the big hit flag or the probability variation flag is in the on state (S312: NO), the B-out is not added, and only the holding ball is subtracted (S314).

  When the safe signal is received (S302: YES), the safe is added (S321), and the flag states of the jackpot flag and the probability variation flag are determined (S322). If the jackpot flag and the probability variation flag are both zero (S322: YES), the B safe is added (S323), and the ball is added (S309). On the other hand, when either the jackpot flag or the probability variation flag is on (S322: NO), the B-safe is not added, and only the holding ball is added (S309).

When the sales signal is received (S303: YES), the sales balls are added (S331), the holding balls are initialized (S308), and the holding balls are added (S309).
When the first regame signal is received (S304: YES), the corrected sales balls are added (S332), the holding balls are initialized (S308), and the holding balls are added (S309).

  As described above, this example is an example of a system that collects no fee for replays that are paid for on the same day, and collects fees for replays that are paid for ordinary saved balls. In the management apparatus 1 of this example, the re-playing balls lent out when the player's holding balls are below a predetermined value are calculated as virtual sales balls (number of brought-in media). According to the management device 1, the virtual total sales ball or the virtual total sales amount can be specified based on the virtual sales ball and the actual sales ball, and the rough total is calculated based on the virtual total sales ball or the virtual total sales amount. Virtual sales information such as interest, divisor, unit price, and gross profit can be output. In particular, the management device 1 of this example can output a virtual total sales amount obtained by summing the amount obtained by multiplying the number of loaned media by the lending unit price and the amount obtained by multiplying the virtual sales balls by the replacement unit price (unit price of the replay medium). It is.

  As described above, the game hall management device 1 according to the present embodiment moves the table for the game hall in which the lending device 3 that can lend the re-playing medium for the storage medium deposited by the player is provided for each gaming machine 2. A highly versatile management device that can properly evaluate each gaming machine 2 even under permitted business forms, and can present accurate gaming information that can be used as a basis for determining whether or not to replace the gaming machine 2 and adjusting nails. It is.

  This example is an example in which two types of replay signals are output, but only one type corresponding to payout of replay balls that are paid for on the day may be used. Also in this case, it is only necessary to switch whether or not to add as a virtual sales ball depending on whether or not the possessed ball is greater than or equal to the threshold value.

  Moreover, in this example, the update of sales balls and the reception of counting cards and membership cards are set as the criteria for determining customer substitution, but it is also possible to determine customer substitution by, for example, biometric authentication. It is. Further, when the counting card is received, if it is the same as the counting card discharged to the previous player, it may be determined that the customer is not replaced because it is determined to be away from the seat for a break.

Moreover, in this example, although it is an example regarding the game hall in which the ball counting is possible for each gaming machine 2, the counting unit 30 may be omitted from the lending device 3 for each gaming machine 2 as long as the re-game based on the same day storage is possible. it can. It may be a game hall where only so-called island edge counters are installed.
The rental unit price information and the replay unit price information only need to be able to specify the unit price per ball, and may not be a direct unit price such as 4 yen per ball, 3 yen per ball as in this example. For example, unit price information of 250 yen for 1000 yen or unit price information of 1667 balls for a prize equivalent to 5000 yen may be used. Furthermore, there is a possibility that relative unit price information such as a replacement unit price (unit price of replay medium) of 0.75 times the rental unit price can be adopted.

  Moreover, this example is an example in which the replacement unit price is set as the unit price of the replay medium. For example, in the case of dealing with a system that collects fees for replays that are paid for on the same day, instead of the replacement unit price, the unit price of the replay medium that takes into account the fees that correspond to the day of savings (for example, 125 If there are 20 commission balls for the game balls, 145 balls for paying out 125 balls, that is, equivalent to 435 yen multiplied by the exchange unit price, is subtracted from the stored balls, so 435 ÷ 125 = 3.48 yen is replayed media It is preferable to calculate the virtual total sales amount (2) by using the unit price of. For example, the virtual total sales amount (2) can be calculated as the total amount of the amount obtained by multiplying the number of rented media by the lending unit price and the amount obtained by multiplying the unit price of the replay medium by the virtual sales amount. Similarly, the unit price of the replay medium may be set separately for the ordinary savings balls.

As a storage medium for the card ID, a coin or a mobile phone having a memory function can be adopted instead of the counting card of this example. Further, in this example, the stored balls are managed in association with the existing card ID recorded on the counting card or the membership card. Alternatively, the management device 1 can be configured to manage the stored balls in association with the ID newly registered in the storage medium. Of course, the stored balls may be stored in a storage medium such as a counting card.
Further, in this example, it is assumed that the non-member day savings balls will be invalidated at the end of the game hall business, but it is also possible to transfer to ordinary savings balls like members.

  Furthermore, this example is an example of the management device 1 that integrates a storage management device that manages the storage ball and a game information management device that manages game information. However, the storage management device and the game information management device are separated. Can also be configured. In this case, it is also possible to employ a configuration in which a re-game signal is transmitted from the storage management device to the game information management device.

Furthermore, a part of the processing of the management device may be executed by a lending device or a repeater. In other words, the game hall management device of the present invention means a broadly defined game hall management system that is not limited to the configuration of only the management device.
Furthermore, the target gaming machine is not limited to the pachinko machine of this example. Any game machine such as a pachislot machine may be used, and the target game medium may be a game medium such as a medal.

In this example, a pulse signal is used as the game signal, but instead of this, all game signals or a part of the game signals may be replaced with data signals.
It is also possible to detect the movement of the table within the same group by associating the ID of the counting card with a table number or the like. In the case of a table movement within the same group, the customer change may not be determined. In this case, it is necessary to add the number of balls stored on the day such as a counting card to the holding ball.

  As described above, specific examples of the present invention have been described in detail. However, these specific examples merely disclose an example of a technique included in the scope of claims. Needless to say, the scope of the claims should not be construed as limited by the configuration, numerical values, or the like of the specific examples. The scope of the claims includes techniques obtained by variously modifying or changing the specific examples using known techniques, knowledge of those skilled in the art, and the like.

1 is a system diagram showing a game hall management system including a game hall management device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. The front view which shows the combination of the game machine and rental apparatus in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing explaining the storage area storage area of the management apparatus in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing explaining the game information which the management apparatus computed for every gaming machine in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the game information which a management apparatus outputs in Example 1. FIG. The flowchart which shows the flow of the lending process by the lending apparatus in Example 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of state determination processing by the management device in the first embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of the virtual sales ball specific process by the management apparatus in Example 1. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Amusement park management device (management device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control part 111 Theoretical acquisition medium number calculation means 112 Judgment means 113 Bring in medium number calculation means 114 Game information calculation means 115 Virtual sales information specification means 12 Storage part 121 Setting means 122 Unit price information storage means 123 Stored ball storage means 124 Game information storage Means 125 Flag storage area 13 Transmission / reception part 131 Game signal reception means 15 Output part 151 Output means 2 Game machine 3 Lending device 371 Storage area 372 Flag storage area 4 Repeater 40 Communication network

Claims (4)

A game hall where each game machine has a lending device that can count the game media acquired by the player for each game machine and can lend re-play media for the storage medium that is a game medium deposited by the player. A management device for a game hall for managing
Use media signal that can specify the number of used media that is the number of game media used in the game, payout media signal that can specify the number of payout media that are paid out by the game, and money as a consideration to the player A game signal receiving means for receiving, as a game signal, a sales signal that can specify the number of loaned media that is the number of rented game media, and a replay signal that can specify the number of replayed media lent to a player;
At least a numerical value that is added based on the number of payout media specified by the game signal received by the game signal receiving means and the number of lent media, and subtracted based on the number of used media, and the game media that the player has on hand A number of theoretically acquired media that is calculated after initializing the number of theoretically acquired media that is a number every time a customer change occurs;
Setting means for setting a threshold for the number of theoretically acquired media;
A determination means for determining whether or not the number of theoretically acquired media is equal to or less than the threshold when the game signal receiving means receives the re-game signal;
Identifies whether the number of replay media corresponding to the replay signal is the number of carry-in media that is the number of game media brought in from another game machine due to the table movement according to the determination result by the determination means And a game area management device comprising: a number of bring-in medium calculating means for calculating the number of carry-in medium and the specified number of game media. Game information calculating means for calculating the number of rented media, the number of used media, and the number of payout media specified by the game signal received by the game signal receiving means;
Specify the number of virtual lending media that is the sum of the number of lending media and the number of brought-in media, or the virtual sales amount that is the price of the number of virtual lending media,
The number of virtual lending media,
The virtual sales amount,
Virtual profit amount obtained by subtracting the theoretical virtual exchange amount from the virtual sales amount, which is a value obtained by multiplying the total number of paid-out media and virtual rental media by the theoretical virtual acquisition medium number obtained by subtracting the number of used media and the replacement unit price. ,
A ratio of the theoretical virtual acquisition medium number to the virtual rental medium number, or a virtual business discount number that is a ratio of the theoretical virtual acquisition medium number multiplied by a lending unit price to the virtual sales amount,
Virtual medium unit price, which is a ratio of the virtual sales amount to the number of used media,
The virtual media profit amount that is the ratio of the virtual profit amount to the number of used media, and the virtual number that is the ratio of the difference between the number of used media and the number of paid-out media within the normal gaming state occurrence period to the virtual rented media number A virtual sales information specifying means for specifying virtual sales information that is at least one of the customer congestion rate,
2. The game hall management device according to claim 1, further comprising output means for displaying or printing out the virtual sales information specified by the virtual sales information specifying means. Unit price information storage means for storing unit price lending information for specifying a unit price for gaming media, and unit price information for replaying for specifying unit prices for the replaying media,
The virtual sales information specifying means determines the actual sales amount, which is a value obtained by multiplying the rental unit number specified by the rental unit price information by the rental unit number, and the unit price specified by the replay unit price information as the number of brought-in media. The game room management device according to claim 2, wherein the virtual sales amount is specified as a total amount with a carry-in sales amount that is a value multiplied by.   4. The game hall according to claim 2, wherein the output means outputs the virtual sales information so that the actual sales information specified based on the number of lending media can be compared. Management device.

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