JP2780693B2 - Pachinko ball storage and pachinko ball storage averaging device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming island in which a plurality of pachinko machines are arranged, and a so-called combined island in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are installed together.
Alternatively, the present invention relates to a pachinko ball storage amount averaging device in a gaming island constituted by arranging a plurality of gaming machines, such as a so-called wall island in which pachinko machines are arranged on only one side, and in particular, a so-called independent island type pachinko ball storage amount in a gaming island. It relates to an averaging device.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko hall (pachinko game hall), a large number of pachinko game islands (hereinafter referred to as "game islands") in which a plurality of pachinko machines are arranged are provided. There is known a system in which pachinko balls that are paid out as payouts or paid out from customers as ball rental machines are stored in storage tanks of each game island. Then, the pachinko balls returned to the premium ball counter are returned to the game islands again so that the storage amount of the pachinko balls on each game island does not become insufficient. As a pachinko ball collection and replenishment mechanism, an all-store system, an island return system, and an independent island system are known.

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[0005] an independent island system, those as by installing a prize ball counter to each game island, only to return the pachinko balls into the storage tank of a game island which are each placed from the prize ball counter der Ru.

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[0008] The present invention provides a pachinko game arcade employing an independent island system, that pachinko balls from which the game island is so whether been returned be seen as a first object, which game Which from the island to which premium ball counter
To know if only pachinko balls were returned
This has a second purpose. Also, which pachinko machine
Prize ball paid out was returned to which prize ball counter
The third object is to make it possible to know whether the user is in the room or not.
A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko ball storage amount averaging apparatus suitable for averaging the pachinko ball storage amount of each game island.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention according to claim 1 which has been made in order to achieve the first purpose, the game island formed by arranging a plurality of gaming machines is more established, the Each of the gaming islands, a pachinko ball storing means for storing a pachinko ball to be paid out as a prize ball or the like at the time of a prize, and a pachinko ball counting and counting pachinko balls that a player intends to count for prize exchange. And a prize ball counter for returning the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means, in a pachinko game hall provided with a player, for storing prize balls paid out from the gaming machine, and The prize ball storage box used to be inserted into the prize ball counter is provided with a tag for transmitting, by radio, island identification information indicating a game island in which the prize ball storage box is arranged, and the prize ball counting is performed. In the vessel, It provided an antenna for receiving the island identification information from the obtained prize ball collecting box for use in introduction of goods ball
It is characterized. Further, the present invention according to claim 2
Akira has multiple gaming islands consisting of multiple gaming machines
It will be set up as a prize ball at the time of prize, etc.
Pachinko ball storage hand that stores pachinko balls that are paid out
Steps and cracks that the player tries to count for a prize exchange
The pachinko balls are accepted and the pachinko balls are counted and counted.
Return the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means
In a pachinko game hall equipped with a prize ball counter,
The technician stores the prize balls paid out from the gaming machine.
To input the prize ball to the prize ball counter.
The game to which the prize ball storage box belongs to the prize ball storage box to be used.
Each island is colored differently, and each prize ball counter
Detects the color of the prize ball storage box and inputs the prize
Identify which game island the ball was paid from
It is characterized by being constituted so that.

[0009] In order to achieve the second object,
According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of gaming islands configured by arranging a plurality of gaming machines are installed, and each of the gaming islands stores pachinko balls paid out as prize balls or the like at the time of winning. Pachinko ball storage means, and a prize ball counter that the player receives the pachinko balls to count for prize exchange and counts the pachinko balls, and returns the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means, In a pachinko game hall provided with a prize ball, the prize ball is stored in a prize ball storage box used for storing a prize ball paid out from the gaming machine and for putting the prize ball into the prize ball counter. The island identification information indicating the gaming island where the storage box is located is added in advance.
To be used for the injection of prize balls into each of the prize ball counters.
Information detection to detect island identification information of put gift ball storage box
Means and the results of counting the received pachinko balls
Output in accordance with the island identification information detected by the output means.
And a counting result output means.
You. The present invention described in claim 4 provides the present invention according to claim 1.
At the pachinko game hall in
The pachinko ball counting result received is received by the antenna.
Counting result output corresponding to the received island identification information
Means are provided. And the third
The present invention according to claim 5, which has been made to achieve the object.
Is a game island composed of multiple pachinko machines
A number of prizes will be installed on each of the amusement islands, including prize balls at the time of winning.
Pachinko ball storage for storing pachinko balls that are paid out
Means and the pattern that the player wants to count for the prize exchange.
While accepting the dick balls and counting the pachinko balls,
Return the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means
In a pachinko game hall equipped with a prize ball counter
The player stores the prize balls paid out from the pachinko machine.
To put the prize ball into the prize ball counter.
The prize ball storage box is placed in the prize ball storage box used for
Tags that transmit number data representing pachinko machines
The prize ball counter is attached to each prize ball counter.
Receiving the number data from the prize ball storage box used for
A communication antenna. Change
In addition, the present invention described in claim 6 provides the
At the game hall, each prize ball counter receives
Pachinko ball counting results received by the antenna
Counting result output means for outputting in accordance with the number data
Provided.

[0010] Still further, in order to achieve the fourth object,
The present invention according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of gaming islands configured by arranging a plurality of gaming machines are installed, and each of the gaming islands stores pachinko balls paid out as prize balls or the like at the time of winning. Pachinko ball storage means, and a prize ball counter that the player receives the pachinko balls to count for prize exchange and counts the pachinko balls, and returns the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means, Is used in the pachinko game hall provided with, in the pachinko ball storage amount averaging device for averaging the pachinko ball storage amount of each of the gaming islands, in each of the premium ball counters, in preference to the player
A message that guides you to the prize ball counter you want to use
Display means for displaying
The display means includes a table protruding forward in front of the prize ball counter.
It has a display surface .

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1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention;
In the pachinko game hall described in the above, the player stores the prize balls paid out from the gaming machine and places them in a prize ball storage box used for putting the prize ball into the prize ball counter. Transmits island identification information indicating game islands by radio waves
Tags are attached. Then, when the player wants to count prize balls for prize exchange, the player puts the prize balls stored in the prize ball storage box into a prize ball counter provided on any of the game islands. Then, the prize ball counter is adapted to count accept the inserted prize ball, you return <br/> counting the prize ball to the pachinko ball storage section of the game island itself are provided. Here, the prize ball counter counts pachinko balls
At the time, the antenna used to insert the prize ball
Receiving the island identification information from the product ball storage box. Therefore,
Depending on the island identification information received by the antenna,
Through a prize ball storage box located on Gijima (that is,
You can tell if the pachinko ball has been returned (from Gijima).

[0013] In the pachinko game hall according to the second aspect ,
, The prize ball storage box belongs to the prize ball storage box
Each game island is colored differently. And each
The prize ball counter detects the color of the prize ball storage box and
Prize ball paid out from which game island
Identify. Therefore, which game island returns pachinko balls
You can tell if it was rejected. Besides, the prize ball storage box belongs to
You can see at a glance that they have been placed on different gaming islands
You.

Next, the pachinko game hall according to claim 3 is provided.
The game island where they are placed in the prize ball storage box
Is attached in advance. And prizes
When the ball counter counts pachinko balls, the information detection
The column is the island identification of the prize ball storage box used to insert the prize ball.
The information is detected and the counting result detection means
Island discrimination detected by the information detection means based on Kodama counting results
Outputs the information. Therefore, each premium ball counter
Look at the counting results from the counting result output means provided respectively.
If you go through the prize ball storage box located on any game island (immediately
Which game island), which prize ball counter (that is,
To the game island), how many pachinko balls were returned
I understand. In other words, pachinko balls are transferred between each gaming island.
You can see the momentum. A pachinko game hall according to claim 4.
Then, in the pachinko game hall according to claim 1, a prize
When the ball counter performs pachinko ball counting, the counting result check is performed.
Means for counting the number of pachinko balls received
Output in accordance with the island identification information received by the tena
You. Therefore, the counting result provided for each prize ball counter
According to the counting results from the output means,
Through the collected prize ball storage box (that is, from which game island)
To which prize ball counter (ie to which game island) and how much
You can see if the pachinko ball was returned. That is, each game
The amount of movement of pachinko balls between islands is known.

Next, in the pachinko game hall according to the fifth aspect , the pachinko machine in which the prize ball storage box is disposed.
A tag that transmits the number data representing the machine by radio wave is attached
Have been. And the prize ball counter counts pachinko balls
Is used to insert prize balls by the antenna.
Receive the number data from the free gift box. others
The number received by each prize ball counter antenna
According to the data, the prize ball paid out from any pachinko machine
To which prize ball counter was returned. Soshi
In the pachinko game hall according to claim 6,
In the pachinko game hall described, the prize ball counter is pachinko
When counting Kodama, the counting result detection means
The result of counting the number of pachinko balls received is received by the antenna.
And output it in accordance with the number data.

Further, in the pachinko ball storage amount averaging device according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, each of the prize ball counters includes
Guide to the prize ball counter that you want to give priority to
Display means for displaying messages
The display means protrudes forward and in front of the prize ball counter.
Display surface. Therefore, visibility from the side is good
In addition, the player may walk while walking along the path between
Of the two prize ball counters facing the passage from the end of the island,
It is possible to recognize at a glance which should be used with priority
it can.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a pachinko hall of an embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, a number of pachinko machines 1,
A plurality of (six in this embodiment) gaming islands 5A, 5B, ..., in which 1, ... and ball rental machines (not shown) are alternately arranged.
5F are independently arranged side by side.

Each of the gaming islands 5A, 5B,..., 5F has a prize ball counter 7Am, 7Al, 7Ar, 7Bm, 7Pm as a pachinko ball returning means at one end and both sides at the center.
7Bl, 7Br, ..., 7Fm, 7Fl, 7Fr and a bill changer (not shown). This allows
It is configured so that the player can exchange bills and count pachinko balls on any of the game islands 5A, 5B,..., 5F. In the following description of the game island and the prize ball counter, if it is not necessary to particularly distinguish each of them, reference numerals “5” and “7” are used. The game island is simply called an island, and the prize ball counter is also called a counter.

Further, in the pachinko hall of the present embodiment, the number of prize balls (safe balls) to be paid out from each pachinko machine 1 to the player when winning a prize, the number of pachinko balls (out balls) fired from each pachinko machine 1. ) Is counted, and the well-known hall management computer HK for managing the operation state of each pachinko machine 1 and the count data from each prize ball counter 7 are input, and based on the count data, There is provided a host computer HC for restricting the operation of counting the pachinko balls in the prize ball counter 7 (that is, returning the pachinko balls to the gaming island 5 by the player). In FIG. 1, reference numeral 8 denotes a display device connected to the host computer HC.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, each gaming island 5 is provided with a pachinko machine for paying out each of the pachinko machines 1, 1,. A main tank 9 as a pachinko ball storing means for storing balls is provided. In FIG. 2, the prize ball counter 7 provided at one end of the game island 5 is omitted.

The main tank 9 is a large tank capable of storing, for example, 300,000 or more pachinko balls. As shown in the figure, the bottom plates 11, 1 are inclined downward from the left and right toward the center.
1 and is configured in a box shape that opens upward. Further, outlets 15 are provided so that the pachinko balls can be gradually and gradually fed into the doffing and feeding machine 13 in the center of the drawing.

The ball-lifting machine 13 is for lifting the pachinko balls between the leather belt and the cloth belt and raising the pachinko balls to distribute the pachinko balls to the distribution gutters 17, 17 on the upper part of the game island. In addition, the ball lifting machine 13 also performs polishing while pachinko balls are lifted upward with the pachinko balls sandwiched between a leather belt and a cloth belt.

The distribution gutters 17, 17 are arranged so as to be inclined downward to the left and right as shown in the figure, so that the pachinko balls are always full, and the pachinko machines 1, 1,. On the other hand, it is configured so that the required number of pachinko balls can be distributed at any time. In order to maintain this state, the doffing and feeding machine 13 always pumps the balls at all times (sometimes stopped by a timer). Therefore, return gutters 19, 19 for returning the pachinko balls overflowing from the distribution gutters 17, 17 to the main tank 9 again are provided.
Also, out balls from the pachinko machines 1, 1,... Are returned to the main tank 9 through out ball discharge ports 21, 21, 21,. Further, the pachinko balls returned from the premium ball counter 7 are also returned to the main tank 9.

Next, as shown in FIG.
Is provided with a pachinko ball insertion port 23 at the front lower portion thereof. When a player inserts a pachinko ball (prize ball) into the pachinko ball insertion port 23, the inserted pachinko balls are counted and the main tank 9 is provided. At the same time, the counted number of pachinko balls is recorded and output on a prize receipt, a prize card, or a membership card of the pachinko hall. And
The player takes the prize receipt or the like to a predetermined prize exchange and exchanges it for a desired prize.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral "25" denotes a total number button which is pressed when the player wants to count all the prize balls inserted, and reference numeral "27" denotes a prize ball input by the player. This is a return button that is pressed when a surplus smaller than the minimum number that can be exchanged for a prize appears in the number of items. And the code “29” is
It is a prize ball number display for displaying the counting result, and reference numeral “31” is a surplus ball number display for displaying the number of surplus balls returned when the return button 27 is pressed. Reference numeral “33” denotes a prize receipt issuing port for issuing a prize receipt, reference numeral “35” denotes a prize card issuing port for issuing a prize card, and reference numeral “3”.
7 "is a member card slot for the player to insert a member card. Further, reference numeral "39" denotes a surplus ball return device for extending the arm forward when the return button 27 is pressed, and returning the surplus ball to the player.

The pachinko ball insertion port 23 of the prize ball counter 7 has a shutter 4 for adjusting the opening of the insertion port.
The shutter 41 is provided with a shutter driving actuator 43 that operates in response to a shutter opening command signal from the host computer HC.
Is controlled in the direction of arrow Y in FIG.

In the center of the front of the prize ball counter 7,
Main display 45 for displaying various messages
Is provided on the front upper part of the prize ball counter 7, a pre-guidance display as a display means for displaying a message for guiding the prize ball counter 7 that the player prefers to use. 47 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pre-guidance display 47 has an arc-shaped display surface protruding forward of the prize ball counter 7, and this shape makes the side view more visible. Have improved. Therefore, a player walking on the path between the game islands can see at a glance which of the two premium ball counters 7 facing the path should be used preferentially.

On the other hand, in the prize ball counter 7, an infrared sensor 49 for detecting that the player has approached to insert a pachinko ball is provided below the main display 45.
And an antenna 51 for detecting from which gaming island 5 the prize ball paid out has been inserted.

Here, the operation of the antenna 51 will be described. First, in the pachinko hall of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, in order for the player to store the prize balls paid out from the pachinko machine 1 and to insert the prize balls into the prize ball counter 7. The prize ball storage box used (so-called,
Dollar boxes) 53 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the pachinko machines 1, and each prize ball storage box 53 has a unit number of the pachinko machine 1 to which it belongs (number 101 in the example shown in FIG. 4). ) Is displayed. And furthermore, in each premium ball storage box 53,
When entering the detection area of the antenna 51, an ID tag 55 for transmitting, via radio waves, number data indicating the machine number of the pachinko machine 1 to which the antenna 51 belongs is attached.

That is, the antenna 51 provided in the prize ball counter 7 has a predetermined detection area (for example, the antenna 51).
When the ID tag 55 receives the detection radio waves, the ID number of the pachinko machine 1 to which the ID tag 55 belongs (number data). ) Is sent. Then, the antenna 51 receives the number data from the ID tag 55, and determines which pachinko machine 1, and
Which game island 5 has been paid out can be identified.

In this embodiment, the number data transmitted from the ID tag 55 corresponds to the island identification information, and the antenna 51 corresponds to the information detecting means. In the present embodiment, each prize ball storage box 53 has a game island 5 to which it belongs.
Each of them is colored differently, and the prize ball storage box 53
Can be seen at a glance that has been placed on the gaming island 5 to which it belongs.

In the pachinko hall of the present embodiment having the hardware configuration as described above, each prize ball counter 7 has a CP
A well-known microcomputer having U, ROM, RAM and the like as main components is provided, and executes the control processing shown in FIGS. Then, the host computer HC
8 to 8 based on the count data from each premium ball counter 7.
By executing the control process of FIG. 11, the amount of stored pachinko balls in the main tank 9 in each game island 5 is averaged.

The following is a description of each control process executed by each prize ball counter 7 and the host computer HC. In the following description, each premium ball storage box 53
The number data transmitted by the ID tag 55 of the
That. First, each prize ball counter 7 executes the counting process shown in FIG. This counting process is started when the carrier ID from the prize ball storage box 53 (ID tag 55) is received by the antenna 51. First, in step (hereinafter simply referred to as "S") 110, 51
Read the carrier ID received in step S120
The number of pachinko balls inserted into the pachinko ball insertion port 23 is counted. Then, in S130, count data is created by adding the carrier ID received at that time to the counted value, and the count data (the count value for each carrier ID in the figure) is stored in the host computer HC.
To perform the processing as the counting result output means,
Thereafter, the counting process ends.

For example, when the carrier ID is "1"
When 4000 pachinko balls are returned via the prize ball storage box 53 of “01”, “101” and “40” are returned.
00 "is transmitted to the host computer HC as count data.

Next, each prize ball counter 7 executes the shutter opening degree changing process shown in FIG. 6 every predetermined time. When the execution of the shutter opening change process is started,
First, at S210, a shutter opening command signal output from the host computer HC as described later is input. Then, in S220, the pachinko ball insertion port 23
The shutter driving actuator 43 is driven such that the opening of the shutter 41 provided in the shutter 41 (hereinafter, also simply referred to as the shutter opening) becomes the opening indicated by the shutter opening command signal input in S210, and then continues. In S230, a message as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on main display 45, and then the shutter opening change process ends.

As shown in FIG. 7, the message displayed by the display process in S230 is to inform the player of the current counting speed (ie, the current shutter opening) and the outline of the present counting system. It is. The display process of S230 is performed when the infrared sensor 49 provided below the main display 45 detects that the player has approached the prize ball counter 7, and at other times, the other processes are performed. Image is displayed.

On the other hand, the host computer HC sequentially stores the count data transmitted from each of the prize ball counters 7 in the reception buffer or the like while identifying the prize ball counters 7 that have transmitted the count data. 8, a shutter control process shown in FIG. 9, and a pre-guidance display control process as a display control unit shown in FIG. 10 are executed at predetermined time intervals.

As shown in FIG. 8, the host computer H
Upon starting execution of the tallying process, C first inputs the received count data (count value for each carrier ID) from each premium ball counter 7 in S310, and then proceeds to S320
Then, a process as a movement amount calculating means for totalizing the input count data and creating the table 1 shown in FIG. 12A is executed.

The table 1 shown in FIG.
The case where 50 pachinko machines 1 are disposed on each game island 5 is illustrated. And in Table 1,
The “A carrier, B carrier,..., F carrier” represent the game islands 5A to 5F to which the premium ball storage box 53 used for returning the pachinko balls belongs, and TXY (X = A to F, Y = A
To F) are game islands Y (Y = 5A), respectively.
５5F) paid out from gaming island X (X = 5AＡ5F)
The number of pachinko balls returned to the prize ball counter 7 of
The amount of movement of the pachinko balls between the game islands 5 is shown.

Here, the processing of S320 is performed by the following (1)
It is executed in the procedure as shown in (3). (1) First, each input count data is converted into the game islands 5A, 5B,.
Every 5F (Table 1, Island A, Island B, ..., Island F)
Classify into.

(2) Next, by checking the count data classified in (1) and further checking the carrier ID assigned to each player, the count value of the prize ball paid out from any game island 5 is determined. It is determined whether or not the game data represents the game data.
B,..., Every 5F (in Table 1, A carrier, B
, F carrier). Therefore, according to the above classifications (1) and (2), each count data is “6”.
× 6 ”in 36 ways.

(3) The count values represented by the count data classified into 36 types as described above are respectively accumulated, and the accumulated values (in Table 1, TAA, TAB,
…, TAF, TBA, TBB,…, TBF, ……, TFA, TF
B,..., TFF) are stored in a storage medium such as a RAM.

That is, each prize ball counter 7Am, 7Al,
7Ar, 7Bm, 7Bl, 7Br, ..., 7Fm, 7F
The count data sent from 1,7Fr represents the pachinko machine 1 to which the prize ball storage box 53 used for returning the prize ball belongs, that is, the pachinko machine 1 from which the returned prize ball is paid out. Since the carrier ID is given, if you look at each count data from each premium ball counter 7, how many pachinko balls are returned from which game islands 5A to 5F to which game islands 5A to 5F I understand. In view of this, the host computer HC sequentially counts the count data from the respective premium ball counters 7 and creates a table 1 representing the movement amount of the pachinko balls between the respective gaming islands 5.

As described above, when the processing for creating the table 1 is completed in S320, the host computer HC
FIG. 12 is referred to in the next S330 with reference to Table 1.
Create Table 2 shown in FIG. That is, this S33
At 0, the number of pachinko balls returned from another gaming island to their own gaming island for each of the gaming islands 5A, 5B, ..., 5F (movement of pachinko balls from other gaming islands to their own gaming island) Amount) and the number of pachinko balls returned from one's gaming island to another gaming island (the amount of movement of pachinko balls from one's own gaming island to another gaming island) (hereinafter, the value of this difference ATG, BTG, ..., FTG are calculated and RA
M and the like.

For example, the other ball A for the game island 5A
TG is “ATG = (TAB + TAC + TAD + TAE + TAF)
− (TBA + TCA + TDA + TEA + TFA) ”, and similarly, the other difference ball FTG for the game island 5F.
Is “FTG = (TFA + TFB + TFC + TFD + TFE) −
(TAF + TBF + TCF + TDF + TEF) ".

Then, at S330, the self-determination balls ATG, BTG,... For each of the gaming islands 5A to 5F.
After calculating each of the FTGs, the process proceeds to S340, in which it is determined whether or not there is a game island 5 in which the calculated value of the self-difference ball is out of the predetermined range. When there is a game island 5 in which the value of the other self difference ball is out of the predetermined range, in subsequent S350, the fact that the investigation is necessary is displayed on the display device 8, and then the counting process is ended.

That is, other self-determination balls ATG, BTG,..., F
Normally, the value of TG should be shifted within a predetermined range. However, for some reason, return of pachinko balls is concentrated only on a specific game island 5 or for a long time. If the pachinko ball is not returned,
There is a possibility that the amount of stored pachinko balls in the gaming island 5 becomes excessive or insufficient. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the other self difference balls ATG to FTG calculated as described above.
However, when the value falls outside a predetermined range that can be taken in normal times, the pachinko hall employees are instructed to conduct a survey.

Next, when the host computer HC starts executing the shutter control processing shown in FIG.
At 10, another self-determination ball AT calculated in S330 of the tallying process
G to FTG are read, and at S420, the values of the read other self-determination balls ATG to FTG are stored in Table 3 shown in FIG.
To calculate the opening of the shutter 41 provided in the prize ball counter 7 for each of the gaming islands 5A to 5F. Then, in S430, a shutter opening command signal indicating the calculated shutter opening is output to the corresponding prize ball counter 7 of each game island 5, and then the shutter control process is temporarily terminated. In this embodiment,
For the premium ball counter 7 provided on the same game island 5,
A shutter opening command signal representing the same opening is output.

Then, in each prize ball counter 7, the execution of the above-described shutter opening change process (FIG. 6) causes the opening of the shutter 41 provided at the pachinko ball insertion port 23 to be changed to the shutter opening command signal. The opening degree is controlled so as to represent the opening degree.
As shown in FIG. 13, in this embodiment, the values of the other self-determination balls ATG to FTG are within the range of -30,000 to +30,000, and as the value increases, the opening degree of the shutter 41 increases. (That is, the return speed of the pachinko balls is reduced). The opening of the shutter 41 is 100% when the value of the other self-determination ball is −30,000 or less, becomes 80% when the value of the other self-determination ball is 0, and the value of the other self-determination ball is When it is +30,000 or more, it is maintained at 20%.

Further, in this embodiment, S2 of the shutter opening degree changing process (FIG. 6) executed by each prize ball counter 7 is performed.
10, S220, S330 of the tallying process (FIG. 8) and the shutter control process (FIG. 9) executed by the host computer HC correspond to the process as the return control means.

Next, the pre-guidance display control process shown in FIG. 10 is repeatedly executed for each of the prize ball counters 7 at predetermined time intervals. Therefore, every time this process is executed 18 times, control of all the prize ball counters 7 is performed.

When the host computer HC starts executing the advance guidance display control processing, first, in step S510,
In step S420, the shutter opening for each game island 5 calculated in S420 of the shutter control process is read, and in S520, the prize ball counter 7 (advance guidance display 47) to be controlled in the current process is determined. In this embodiment,
7Am, 7Al, 7Ar, 7Bm, 7Bl, 7Br,
, 7Fm, 7Fl, 7Fr, the prize ball counter to be controlled is determined.

Then, in S530, a prize ball counter 7 (hereinafter, referred to as S7) determined in S520 as an object to be controlled this time.
Control counter) is a face-to-face arrangement,
That is, it is determined whether or not it is provided on both sides at the center of the game island 5, and if it is determined that the game is a face-to-face arrangement, the process proceeds to S540 to count the number of prize balls facing the control counter. It is determined whether the container 7 is present.

Then, when it is determined in S540 that there is no prize ball counter 7 to face, that is, in S520, FIG.
If the prize ball counter 7Al or 7Fr in is determined as the control counter, the process proceeds to S550, and the message "Please put in the prize ball" is displayed on the advance guidance display 47 of the control counter. After that, the advance guidance display control process is temporarily ended.

If it is determined in S540 that there is a prize ball counter 7 facing the control counter, the process proceeds to S560, where the prize ball counter 7 facing the control counter counts the pachinko balls. It is determined whether or not counting is in progress. If it is determined that counting is in progress, the process proceeds to S550. If it is determined that counting is not in progress, the process proceeds to S570.

In S570, the shutter opening of the control counter is compared with the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 facing the shutter, and the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 facing the shutter is 5% or more. It is determined whether it is large or not. If the opening degree of the shutter on the facing side is not larger than 5%, the process proceeds to S550. If it is larger than 5%, the process proceeds to S580.
After the message "Please use the counter in front" is displayed on the advance guidance display 47 of the control counter, the advance guidance display control process is temporarily terminated.

On the other hand, in S530, the control counter is not of the face-to-face arrangement, that is, the control counter is provided at one end of the game island 5 (7Am, 7Bm,..., 7Fm in FIG. 1).
If it is determined that the pre-guidance display control process has been performed, the process proceeds to S590, where the adjacent guidance process is executed, and then the advance guidance display control process ends.

Here, the adjacent guidance processing is executed as shown in FIG. 11, and when the execution of this processing is started, first, at S6.
At 00, it is determined whether or not the control counter is an end counter, that is, whether or not the prize ball counter 7Am or 7Fm in FIG. If it is determined that the control counter is an end counter, the process proceeds to S610, and the shutter opening of the premium ball counter 7 provided on the adjacent island is smaller than the shutter opening of the control counter. Is greater than or equal to 5%, and if it is determined that is not greater than or equal to 5%, the subsequent S6
At 20, a message “Please give me a prize ball” is displayed on the advance guidance display 47 of the control counter, and then the adjacent guidance processing is terminated.

If it is determined in S610 that the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 on the adjacent island is larger than the shutter opening by 5% or more, the flow shifts to S630, where the advance guidance display 47 of the control counter is displayed. After displaying the message “Please give priority to the next counter”, the adjacent guidance process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in S600 that the control counter is not the end counter, the flow shifts to S640, where the shutter opening of the control counter is changed to the prize ball counter 7 provided on the island on the right. Is not larger than 5% or more than the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 provided on the island on the left side, and 5% or more than the shutter opening degree on the right side. If it is determined that the counter is not large and is smaller than the left neighbor by 5% or more, a message "Please give priority to the counter on the left side" is displayed on the advance guidance display 47 of the control counter at S650. Is displayed, and the adjacent guidance process ends.

If a negative determination is made in S640,
That is, the shutter opening of the control counter is 5% or more larger than the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 on the right side, or 5% or more smaller than the shutter opening degree of the prize ball counter 7 on the left side. If not, the flow shifts to S660, and this time, the shutter opening of the control counter is not larger than the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 provided on the island on the left by 5% or more, and the shutter opening of the control counter is right. It is determined whether or not the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 provided on the adjacent island is at least 5% smaller than the shutter opening, and it is determined that it is not larger than the left neighbor by 5% or more and smaller than the right neighbor by 5% or more. In this case, in S670, the message "Please give priority to the counter on the right" is displayed on the advance guidance display 47 of the control counter, and then the adjacent guidance processing is terminated.

On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in S660, that is, the shutter opening of the control counter is 5% or more larger than the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 on the left, or the shutter opening of the control counter is on the right. If it is determined that the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 is not smaller than 5% or more, the process proceeds to S680,
It is determined whether the shutter opening of the control counter is 5% or more larger than the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 on both the left and right sides. If it is determined that the shutter opening is 5% or more, the process proceeds to S690.
Then, the message "Please put in a prize ball." Is displayed on the advance guidance display 47 of the control counter, and then the adjacent guidance processing ends.

At S680, the shutter opening of the control counter is set to be 5 times smaller than the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 on both sides.
If it is determined that the value is not greater than%, the process proceeds to S700, and the adjacent guidance process ends while the display content of the advance guidance display 47 of the control counter is maintained at the previous content.

That is, in the advance guidance display control process, the prize ball counters 7Ar, 7Bl, 7Br,..., 7El, 7Er, 7
For each of Fl (S540: YES), the shutter opening degrees of the facing objects are compared, and the shutter opening degree is 5
A message urging the use of the prize ball counter that is larger by at least% is displayed on each advance guidance display 47 (S580).

Of the prize ball counters 7Am, 7Bm,..., 7Fm provided at one end of the game island 5, the prize ball counters 7Am and 7Fm which are not on both sides are (S600: Y
ES), comparing the shutter opening with the adjacent shutter opening, if the shutter opening on the adjacent side is larger by 5% or more (S610:
YES), a message prompting the use of the adjacent prize ball counter is displayed on the advance guidance display 47 (S630), and the prize ball counters 7Bm, 7 on both sides are displayed.
For each of Cm, 7Dm, and 7Em, (S600: N
O), comparing the shutter openings of adjacent ones (S
640, S660, S680), and a message urging the use of a prize ball counter having a shutter opening degree of 5% or more is displayed on each advance guidance display 47 (S650, S670, S690).

As described above, in the advance guidance display control processing, the shutter opening degrees of the prize ball counters 7 provided on the adjacent game islands 5 are compared, and the advance guidance display of each prize ball counter 7 is set as follows. A message for prompting the player to use the prize ball counter having the larger shutter opening is displayed.

Next, how the amount of pachinko balls stored in each of the game islands 5A to 5F is equalized by executing the above-described control processes will be described with an example. First, when pachinko halls are opened, each game island 5A to 5F
In the main tank 9, a pachinko ball of an initial amount prepared in advance is stored, and other self-determination balls ATG, BT calculated in the totalizing process (S 330) of the host computer HC.
G,..., FTG are each “0”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, the shutter opening of each premium ball counter 7 is
All are controlled to 80% as initial values.

Thereafter, for example, the prize ball counters 7B1, 7Bm, 7Br provided on the game island 5B are added to the other game islands 5B.
A, a large number of prize balls paid out from 5C to 5F are input (returned), and the prize balls paid out from the game island 5B are:
Other game island 5A, prize ball counter 7Am, 7 of 5C-5F
Al, 7Ar, 7Cm, 7Cl, 7Cr, ..., 7Fm,
When a state occurs in which only a small amount is supplied to 7Fl and 7Fr, the stored amount of pachinko balls in the game island B becomes excessive.

In this case, however, since the difference ball BTG for the game island 5B calculated by the host computer HC for the game island 5B becomes larger than 0, the prize ball counters 7B1 and 7Bm provided on the game island 5B. , 7Br are smaller than 80%. Then, the players in the pachinko hall, including those playing on the game island B, return the pachinko balls to other game islands without such restrictions. As a result, the return amount of pachinko balls from the other game islands is reduced, and the game island B
The amount of pachinko balls returned to other amusement islands increases, and the amount of pachinko balls stored decreases.
Is also small, and the prize ball counters 7Bl, 7Bm, 7
The shutter opening of Br increases again. In this way, it is possible to prevent an excessive amount of pachinko balls from being stored in any of the game islands.

On the other hand, in a completely opposite manner to the above example, for example, a prize ball paid out from the game island 5B is replaced with another game island 5A, 5A.
Premium ball counters 7Am, 7Al, 7Ar, 7C for C to 5F
m, 7Cl, 7Cr,..., 7Fm, 7Fl, 7Fr
Bl, 7Bm, and 7Br have other gaming islands 5A, 5C to 5
When a state occurs in which only a small amount of prize balls paid out from F are thrown in, the storage amount of pachinko balls on gaming island B tends to be short.

In this case, however, since the difference ball BTG for the game island 5B calculated by the host computer HC is smaller than 0, the prize ball counters 7B1 and 7Bm provided on the game island 5B. , 7Br are greater than 80%. Then, the player in the pachinko hall will return the pachinko balls to gaming island B having a large shutter opening, so that for gaming island B,
As the amount of pachinko balls returned from other gaming islands increases, the amount of pachinko balls returned from gaming island B to other gaming islands decreases, and the amount of pachinko balls stored increases. The value of the difference ball BTG also increases, and the prize ball counter 7B
The shutter opening of 1, 7Bm, 7Br becomes smaller again. In this way, the shortage of pachinko balls in any of the game islands 5 is prevented from being insufficient.

As described in detail above, in the pachinko hall of the present embodiment, the prize ball storage box 53 arranged one-to-one with each pachinko machine 1 is provided with the corresponding pachinko machine 1
Is attached, and the prize ball put into each prize ball counter 7 is paid out from which pachinko machine 1 and, consequently, which game island 5. So that it can be identified.

Then, the host computer HC moves the pachinko ball between the game islands 5 based on the count data indicating the count value of the prize ball and the carrier ID transmitted from each prize ball counter 7. Quantity (T in Table 1)
XY: X = A to F, Y = A to F), and based on the calculation results, for each of the gaming islands 5, the amount of movement of the pachinko ball from another gaming island to the own gaming island and Calculate other difference balls ATG, BTG,..., FTG, which are the differences from the amount of movement of the pachinko ball from one's own game island to another game island, and provide the corresponding game island 5 in accordance with each value. Prize ball counter 7
Is controlled such that the larger the value of the other self difference ball, the smaller the opening.

According to the pachinko hall of this embodiment, as described with reference to the above example, the amount of stored pachinko balls in each game island 5 can be kept constant.
It is possible to prevent a problem that the amount of stored pachinko balls becomes excessive or insufficient on a specific game island in advance.

In this embodiment, the other self-determination balls ATG, B
Since the value of TG,..., FTG is in the range of -30,000 or more, and the larger the value, the smaller the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 is,
While a prize ball (especially a prize ball obtained on another game island) is being thrown into the prize ball counter 7 provided in the game machine, the pachinko ball cannot be suddenly returned. Therefore, the pachinko ball storage amount can be averaged without impairing the comfort of the player.

Further, in this embodiment, the other self-determination ball AT
Even if the value of G, BTG,..., FTG becomes +30,000 or more, the return of the pachinko ball is completely prohibited because the shutter opening of the prize ball counter 7 is maintained at 20%. Never. Therefore, for example, when a large number of players want to count pachinko balls at the same time, for example, immediately before the pachinko hall is closed, the pachinko balls cannot be counted, and the pachinko balls are maintained without impairing the player's comfort. The averaging of the ball storage amount can be achieved.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the shutter opening degree of each of the prize ball counters 7 provided on the adjacent gaming islands 5 is constantly compared, and the advance guidance display 47 of each of the prize ball counters 7 displays the shutter opening. A message is displayed to urge the player to use the prize ball counter with the higher degree. Therefore, it is possible to naturally guide the player to the prize ball counter 7 having a large shutter opening degree, that is, the prize ball counter 7 having a small degree of restriction on the return of the pachinko balls. Averaging of the amount of stored pachinko balls at the time can be achieved more smoothly.

As described above, since the advance guidance display 47 has an arc-shaped display surface protruding forward of the prize ball counter 7, the player can pass through the path between the game islands 5. During walking or from the end of each game island 5, it is possible to recognize at a glance which of the two premium ball counters 7 facing the passage should be used preferentially.

In the above embodiment, the other self-determination balls ATG, B
When the value of TG,..., FTG is -30,000 or more, the shutter opening of the premium ball counter 7 is reduced from 100%,
Although the return of the pachinko balls was restricted, the value of the self-determination ball which starts the reduction of the shutter opening degree is the initial amount of the pachinko balls stored in each game island 5, the capacity of the main tank 9, or Furthermore, it can be set appropriately according to the characteristics of each pachinko machine 1 and the like.

In the above embodiment, the prize ball storage box 53 is provided.
Are arranged in correspondence with each of the pachinko machines 1, and ultimately, it can be detected which prize ball paid out from which pachinko machine 1 has been returned to which prize ball counter 7. However, the prize ball storage box 53 may be arranged so as to correspond only to each game island 5.

In this case, the ID tag 55 attached to the prize ball storage box 53 only needs to output the identification code of the game island 5 to which the ID tag 55 belongs, and the type of the ID tag 55 can be reduced. Can be. When the prize ball storage box 53 is arranged only for each game island, each prize ball counter 7 detects the color of the prize ball storage box 53, so that the prize ball that has been inserted is determined by which game You may comprise so that it may identify whether it is paid out from the island 5.

On the other hand, in the above embodiment, the shutter opening of the three premium ball counters 7 provided on each game island 5 is controlled to the same value.
For example, as for the prize ball counters 7Al and 7Fr in FIG. 1, since there is a distance to the other prize ball counters 7, in consideration of the convenience of the player, the shutter opening that is variably controlled is set to be larger than the other ones. It may be set large or fixed at 100%.

By the way, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the other self-determination ball AT
Paying attention to the fact that the amount of stored pachinko balls on the gaming island 5 also increases or decreases according to the increase or decrease of G to FTG, the shutter opening of the premium ball counter 7 is controlled in accordance with the value of the other self difference ball. However, for example, in a specific game island 5, a player stores a large amount of prize balls without returning them to their own island, and a large amount of prize balls paid out to other game islands to that game island 5 In the special case of being returned, the value of the other self-determined ball calculated for the gaming island 5 is increased even though the actual amount of stored pachinko balls is reduced, and the prize ball counter The shutter opening of No. 7 is set to be small, and as a result, there is a possibility that a decrease in the amount of stored pachinko balls is promoted.

Therefore, hereinafter, as a second embodiment, a pachinko hall which can cope with a case where a player stores a large number of prize balls at his / her feet without returning it will be described. In the following description, the prize balls stored by the player without being returned are referred to as possessed balls, and the number thereof is referred to as the possessed ball amount or the possessed ball number.

The pachinko hall of the second embodiment is different from the pachinko hall of the first embodiment in that a ball holding amount setting switch 61 shown in FIG. 14 is connected to a host computer HC. FIG.
In that the self-ball difference correction process shown in FIG.

The holding amount setting switch 61 is connected to each game island 5A.
.. Are used to input the ball holding amount in the first to fifth floors to the host computer HC. As shown in FIG. 14, six slide switches 63a, 63b,... Corresponding to the game islands 5A to 5F, respectively. , 63f. The switches 63a to 63f are provided with grooves 67a, 67b, provided on the board surface 65 of the ball holding amount setting switch 61, respectively.
, 67f, and the board 65 is provided with a scale 69 indicating the amount of balls held in each of the gaming islands 5A to 5F in ten thousand units.

Such a ball holding amount setting switch 61 is operated by an employee of the pachinko hall. That is,
After grasping the ball holding amount in each of the game islands 5A to 5F by eye measurement, the employee sets the switches 63a to 63f corresponding to the game islands 5A to 5F to the position of the scale 69 indicating the ball holding amount measured, respectively. Slide.

Then, a value corresponding to the slide position of each of the switches 63a to 63f is output from the possessed ball amount setting switch 61 to the host computer HC as the possessed ball amount of each of the game islands 5A to 5F. On the other hand, the host computer
By executing the different ball difference correction process shown in FIG.
ATG to FTG calculated in S330 of the aggregation process
Is corrected based on the ball holding amount output from the ball holding amount setting switch 61. Note that the other self-ball difference correction process is repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals, similarly to the other processes described above.

As shown in FIG. 15, when the host computer HC starts executing the self-ball difference correction process, first,
In S810, the ball holding amount (hereinafter, referred to as a set value) K of each of the gaming islands 5A to 5F output from the ball holding amount setting switch 61.
A, KB,..., KF are read. Then, the following S820
Calculates the average value KH of the read set values KA, KB,..., KF, and at S830, sets the set values KA, K
, KF and the average value KH are calculated as deviation values SA, S
B,..., SF.

Then, in subsequent S840, S in the totalizing process is performed.
ATG, BTG, ..., FTG calculated by 330
, The deviation values SA, SB,
…, SF is reduced, and each value is replaced with a new other self-determination ball ATG,
BTG,..., FTG, and then the other self-ball difference correction process ends.

Then, in S420 of the shutter control process shown in FIG. 9, the other self-determination ball AT set in S840 is set.
Based on G, BTG,..., FTG, each prize ball counter 7
Is calculated. Therefore, such a second
According to the pachinko hall of the embodiment, the value of the other difference balls ATG, BTG,..., FTG is corrected so as to be smaller in the gaming island 5 having a larger amount of balls, as in the special example described above. On a gaming island where a large amount of balls are generated and the amount of stored pachinko balls is reduced, the shutter opening of the premium ball counter 7 provided on the gaming island is set to be larger than that in the normal control. Therefore, the amount of stored pachinko balls can be quickly increased.

Next, a third embodiment will be described. Third
The pachinko hall of the embodiment is different from the pachinko hall of the second embodiment in that the ball holding amount setting switch is configured as shown in FIG.
In addition to the multi-ball difference correction process shown in FIG.
7 in that an automatic correction process shown in FIG. 7 is executed.

First, as shown in FIG. 16, a ball holding amount setting switch 71 used in the third embodiment has a
, And a plurality of operation buttons respectively associated with the gaming islands 5A, 5B,..., 5F. That is, the ball holding amount setting switch 71 includes automatic setting buttons 75a, 75b,.
, 79f and decrease buttons 79a, 79b,..., 79f, and a plurality of light emitting diodes () for representing the current set values KA, KB,. (Hereinafter referred to as LED) 83
And are provided.

Incidentally, also in the third embodiment, the unit of the scale 81 is "ten thousand". Also, in FIG. 16, the automatic setting buttons 75a, 75b,.
a, 77b,..., 77f, two red LEDs and two blue LEDs are provided at the positions of the “○” marks, respectively.
The LED 83 refers to one set of red and blue LEDs.

In such a ball holding amount setting switch 71, the automatic setting buttons 75a to 75f are used to set the respective set values KA to KF used in the above-described other self-ball difference correcting process (FIG. 15).
Either automatically calculated or entered manually,
Is selected, and each time the button is pressed, the mode is switched between automatic and manual.

The increase buttons 77a to 77f and the decrease buttons 79a to 79f are automatically set buttons 75a to 75f.
f, the set value KA of the corresponding gaming island 5A to 5F
It becomes effective only when it is set to input KF manually. Each time the increase buttons 77a to 77f are pressed once, the set values KA to KF of the corresponding gaming islands 5A to 5F are
Each time the scale 81 is increased by one (50,000 in the present embodiment), conversely, each time the decrease buttons 79a to 79f are pressed once,
The set values KA to KF of the corresponding gaming islands 5A to 5F are reduced by one scale 81.

Next, an automatic correction process executed by the host computer HC will be described. This automatic correction process
5A, 5B, 5C, 5 for each of the gaming islands 5
The set values KA to KF are calculated in the order of D, 5E, and 5F, and are repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals. Therefore,
Every time this process is executed six times, all game islands 5A to 5A
The set values KA to KF are calculated for F.

In the following, the case of the game island 5A, that is, the case of calculating the set value KA will be described as an example. As shown in FIG. 17, the host computer HC
When the execution of the automatic correction process is started, first, in S910, a game island for which a set value is to be calculated in this process execution is determined, and the determined game island (in this example, the game island 5) is determined.
It is determined whether or not the calculation of the set value KA is set to be automatic by the automatic setting button 75a of FIG. 16 corresponding to (A). Then, when it is determined that the number is set to be automatic, the process proceeds to S920, and the number of safe balls SFA and the number of out-balls OTA in the game island 5A are input from the hall management computer HK.

In this embodiment, the hall management computer HK always accumulates the number of pachinko balls supplied from the distribution gutter 17 of FIG. 2 to each pachinko machine 1 as the safe ball number of each pachinko machine 1. In addition, the number of pachinko balls returned to the main tank 9 from each out ball discharge port 21 in FIG. 2 is always accumulated and counted as the number of out balls of each pachinko machine 1. Further, the hall management computer HK also constantly accumulates and counts the number of pachinko balls paid out to the player from each ball lending machine. The safe ball number SFA is a value obtained by summing the number of safe balls of all the pachinko machines 1 provided on the game island 5A, and the number of pachinko balls paid out from all the ball rental machines on the game island 5A. The number of out-balls OTA is the sum of the number of out-balls of all the pachinko machines 1 arranged on the game island 5A.

Then, in the subsequent S930, FIG.
With reference to Table 1, the total number AG of pachinko balls paid out from the gaming island 5A and returned to any of the prize ball counters 7 is represented by "AG = TAA + TBA + TCA + TDA + TEA + TF".
A ”, and in S940, S920
The number of outgoing balls OTA is subtracted from the number of safe balls SFA input in step (1), and the value (SFA-OTA-AG) is obtained by subtracting the total number AG calculated in S930 from the value (SFA-OTA).
Is stored as the number of balls AM in the game island 5A. Then, in the subsequent S950, the number of possessed balls A calculated in S940
M is set to S820 and S8 of the other self difference ball correction process (FIG. 15).
In step S960, the LED 83 provided between the automatic setting button 75a and the increase button 77a is set at the position of the scale 81 corresponding to the ball number AM calculated in step S940. A certain red LED is turned on, and thereafter, the automatic correction process ends.

That is, the difference (SFA) between the number of safe balls SFA and the number of out-balls OTA from the hall management computer HK.
-OTA) represents the sum of the pachinko balls paid out to the player from the pachinko machine 1 and the ball lending machine on the gaming island 5A, and is paid out from the gaming island 5A based on the value (SFA-OTA). Subtracting the total number of pachinko balls AG returned to any of the prize ball counters 7 by using the value (SFA-OTA)
-AG) is the number AM of the balls held without being returned by the player among the pachinko balls paid out from the game island 5A. Therefore, in the processing of S920 to S950, the number of safe balls SF from the hall management computer HK.
A and the number of balls AM calculated based on the number of out-balls OTA
Is automatically set as the set value KA.

On the other hand, in S910, the automatic setting button 75
If it is determined that the calculation of the set value KA is not set to automatic according to a, the scale 81 corresponding to the current set value KA among the LEDs 83 provided between the automatic setting button 75a and the increase button 77a. Blue LE in position
After lighting D, the process proceeds to S970.

Then, in S970, the increase button 77a
It is determined whether or not has been pressed, and if it is determined that the button has been pressed, in subsequent S980, the blue LED to be turned on is moved upward by one in FIG. Then, the process of S980 is executed, or the increase button 77 is pressed in SS970.
If it is determined that “a” has not been pressed, the process proceeds to S990, and it is determined whether or not the decrease button 79a has been pressed. LED is moved downward in FIG.
Move one.

Then, the process of S1000 is executed,
Alternatively, if it is determined in SS990 that the decrease button 79a has not been pressed, the flow shifts to S1010, where the value corresponding to the position of the currently lit blue LED is changed to S820 and S820 in the self-ball difference correction process (FIG. 15). Set value K used in S830
A is set, and then the automatic correction process ends. For example, the LE at the position where the value of the scale 81 is “10”
When D is lit, 100,000 are set as the set values KA.

That is, in the processing of S970 to S1010, when the automatic setting button 75a is set to manual, the set value KA can be arbitrarily set by operating the increase button 77a and the decrease button 79a.
The automatic setting buttons 75b to 75F for the other game islands 5B to 5F are also exactly the same as the above-mentioned game island 5A.
The set values KB to KF are automatically or manually calculated by the switching operation of f.

According to the third embodiment described above, the ball holding amount (ball holding number) in each of the game islands 5A to 5F, that is, the set values KA to KT for correcting the other self difference balls ATG to FTG. Can be automatically calculated, so that each of the gaming islands 5A to 5A
The amount of stored pachinko balls in F can be stabilized more easily than in the pachinko hall of the second embodiment.

On the other hand, the host computer HC executes S920 to S940 of the above-described automatic correction processing for each of the game islands 5A to 5A.
If the processing is performed for each of the 5F, the number of possessed balls AM to FM in each of the gaming islands 5A to 5F can be automatically and accurately calculated. If the calculated number of possessed balls AM to FM is used, each of the gaming islands 5A is used. It is possible to variously control the shutter opening degree of the prize ball counter 7 in 5F to 5F.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. The fourth embodiment is different from the third embodiment in that the host computer HC operates the ball holding amount setting switch 71 shown in FIG.
Regardless of the operation, the point that S920 to S950 of the automatic correction process is executed for each of the gaming islands 5A to 5F and the host computer HC adds the following processes (a) to (e) The difference is that it is repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals.

Hereinafter, the processing additionally executed by the host computer HC will be described by taking the case of the gaming island 5A as an example. Note that the following processes (a) to (e)
The same applies to game islands 5B to 5F other than game island 5A. In the fourth embodiment, the host computer HC: (a) First, the prize ball counters 7Al and 7A of the game island 5A
Based on the count data from m and 7Ar, the total number GKA of the pachinko balls returned to the gaming island 5A is calculated.

(B) The total number GKA, the number of safe balls SFA (the number of safe balls of the pachinko machine 1 + the number of pachinko balls paid out from the ball lending machine), the number of out-balls OTA, and the game Based on the initial amount SKA of the pachinko balls stored in the main tank 9 of the island 5A, the remaining amount ZA of the pachinko balls currently stored in the main tank 9 of the game island 5A is calculated based on the following equation 1.

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ZA = SKA− (SFA−OTA−GKA) Equation 1 (c) Next, the difference between the maximum storage amount MXA of the main tank 9 and the remaining amount ZA calculated as described above, that is, the time point Amount of pachinko balls that can be returned to the game island 5A at (MXA-Z
A) is calculated.

(E) When the predetermined time before the pachinko hall is closed (for example, one hour before), after that, instead of the shutter control process shown in FIG. 9, the allowable amount (MXA-ZA) Is determined to be larger than the number of balls AM calculated in S940 of the automatic correction process, and if the allowable amount (MXA-ZA) is larger, the prize ball counter 7Al provided on the game island 5A is determined. , 7Am, and 7Ar, the shutter opening is set to 100%. On the other hand, when the number of held balls AM is larger, the difference between the number of held balls AM and the allowable amount (MXA-ZA) (AM− (MXA−ZA)). ), The larger the value is, the smaller the shutter opening of the prize ball counters 7Al, 7Am, 7Ar is set.

That is, in the fourth embodiment, the remaining amount of the pachinko balls currently stored in the main tank 9 of each of the gaming islands 5A to 5F is calculated by the above equation 1, and the calculated value is calculated as the maximum value of the main tank 9. The allowable amount of pachinko balls that can be returned to each game island 5 is calculated by subtracting from the stored amount. Then, when a predetermined time before the pachinko hall is closed, thereafter, for the gaming island 5 in which the allowable amount of pachinko balls that can be returned is larger than the number of balls, the shutter opening of the premium ball counter 7 is not limited. For the gaming island 5 in which the allowable amount of pachinko balls that can be returned is smaller than the number of possessed balls, the larger the value, the larger the value according to the difference between the number of possessed balls and the allowable amount. The shutter opening of the counter 7 is set small.

Therefore, according to the fourth embodiment, immediately before the pachinko hall is closed by a large number of players who are going to return pachinko balls at the same time, there is a game in which there is enough room to accommodate all the balls on the island. For the island 5, the pachinko balls are promptly returned, and for the game island 5, where the main tank 9 becomes full when all the balls are to be accommodated, the return of the pachinko balls can be suppressed. .
As a result, it is possible to prevent a problem that only the main tank 9 of the specific game island 5 becomes full just before the pachinko hall is closed, and it is possible to smoothly return the pachinko balls. Become.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pachinko hall of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an internal structure of a game island according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a prize ball counter provided on the gaming island of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a prize ball storage box used in the pachinko hall of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a counting process executed by the premium ball counter of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a shutter opening degree changing process executed by the premium ball counter of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a message displayed on the main display of the premium ball counter.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a tallying process executed by the host computer of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating shutter control processing executed by the host computer of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating advance guidance display control processing executed by the host computer of the embodiment.

FIG. 11: S590 of advance guidance display control processing
It is a flowchart showing the adjacent guidance process performed in.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating tables 1 and 2 created by the host computer when executing the tallying process.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a table 3 that the host computer refers to when executing the shutter control process.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a ball holding amount setting switch used in the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating another self-ball difference correction process executed by the host computer of the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a plan view showing a held ball amount setting switch used in a third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic correction process executed by the host computer of the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Pachinko machine 5, 5A-5F: Game island 7, 7Al, 7Am, 7Ar-7F1, 7Fm, 7Fr
... Premium ball counter HC ... Host computer HK ... Hall management computer 9 ... Main tank 13 ... Ball lifting machine 23 ... Pachinko ball insertion port 41 ... Shutter 43 ... Shutter drive actuator 45 ... Main display 47 ... Prior guidance display 51 ... Antenna 53 ... Premium ball storage box 55 ... ID tags 61,71
… Position setting switch

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of gaming machines configured by arranging a plurality of gaming machines, pachinko balls storing means for storing pachinko balls to be paid out as prize balls or the like at the time of a prize on each of the gaming islands. A pachinko game hall provided with a prize ball counter for accepting a pachinko ball to be counted for a prize exchange and counting the pachinko balls, and returning the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means. A game in which the prize ball storage box is arranged in a prize ball storage box used by a player to store prize balls paid out from the gaming machine and to insert the prize ball into the prize ball counter. Attach a tag that sends the island identification information indicating the island by radio wave
In addition, each of the prize ball counters is provided with an antenna for receiving the island identification information from the prize ball storage box used to insert the prize ball, . 2. A pachinko ball storing means in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged by arranging a plurality of gaming machines, and a pachinko ball storing means for storing pachinko balls to be paid out as prize balls or the like at the time of winning in each of the gaming islands. A pachinko game hall provided with a prize ball counter for accepting a pachinko ball to be counted for a prize exchange and counting the pachinko balls, and returning the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means. A prize ball storage box used by a player to store prize balls paid out from the gaming machine and to insert the prize ball into the prize ball counter, a game island to which the prize ball storage box belongs; different colors of the colored is made for each, the respective prize ball counter detects the color of the prize ball collecting box
The prize ball that was thrown in was paid out from any game island
A pachinko game hall configured to identify whether the game is a game. 3. Pachinko ball storage means for storing a plurality of gaming machines arranged side by side with a plurality of gaming machines, wherein each of the gaming islands stores pachinko balls to be paid out as prize balls or the like at the time of winning. A pachinko game hall provided with a prize ball counter that receives a pachinko ball that the person intends to count for prize exchange and counts the pachinko balls, and returns the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means. You
The player stores the prize balls paid out from the gaming machine.
To input the prize ball to the prize ball counter.
A play box in which the prize ball storage box is placed in the prize ball storage box to be used.
The island identification information indicating the technique island is given in advance , and the prize used for inserting the prize ball is added to each of the prize ball counters.
An information detecting means for detecting island identification information of the ball storage box;
The counting result of the inserted pachinko balls is obtained by the information detecting means.
Output counting results corresponding to the detected island identification information
And a force means . 4. The pachinko game hall according to claim 1.
hand, Each of the prize ball counters counts the number of pachinko balls received.
The result corresponds to the island identification information received by the antenna.
A counting result output means for outputting A pachinko game hall characterized by the following. 5. A plurality of pachinko machines are arranged side by side
A plurality of gaming islands are set up, and each of the gaming islands
A pachi that stores pachinko balls that are paid out as prize balls, etc.
Nko ball storage means and count by the player for prize exchange
Accept the pachinko balls to be tried and count the pachinko balls
And the counted pachinko balls are stored by the pachinko ball storage
A pachinko game hall equipped with a prize ball counter returned to the stage
At The player stores the prize balls paid out from the pachinko machine.
To put the prize ball into the prize ball counter.
The prize ball storage box is placed in the prize ball storage box used for
Tags that transmit number data representing pachinko machines
Attached, The prize used for introducing the prize ball to each of the prize ball counters.
An antenna for receiving the number data from the ball storage box is installed.
That A pachinko game hall characterized by the following. 6. The pachinko game hall according to claim 5.
hand, Each of the prize ball counters counts the number of pachinko balls received.
Result corresponding to the number data received by the antenna.
A counting result output means for outputting A pachinko game hall characterized by the following. 7. A game constituted by arranging a plurality of gaming machines.
Multiple islands are set up, and each of the gaming islands will have a prize at the time of prize
Pachinko that stores pachinko balls that are paid out as balls
Ball storage means and players trying to count for prize exchange
When a pachinko ball is accepted and counted
Both, the counted pachinko balls to the pachinko ball storage means
For a pachinko game hall equipped with a prize ball counter to be returned
Average the amount of pachinko balls stored in each of the game islands
Pachinko ball storage amount averaging device for Each of the prize ball counters may be used in preference to the player.
Display a message to guide you to the free gift counter
Display means for providing
Has a display surface protruding forward in front of the prize ball counter.
Doing things, A pachinko ball storage averaging device for gaming islands.