JP5060082B2 - Game medium lending system, game medium lending device, and game medium lending method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium lending system, a game medium lending apparatus, and a game medium lending method that include a game medium lending device that performs a lending process of game media used for games on a game machine, and in particular, a consumption tax according to a consumption tax rate. The present invention relates to a game medium lending system, a game medium lending device, and a game medium lending method.

  Currently, for example, in a game store such as a pachinko store or a pachislot store, it is common for a game store to bear a consumption tax imposed on a game using game media such as balls and medals on behalf of the player. However, if the consumption tax rate rises in the future, the burden on the game shop will increase, so it is considered that the player will bear the consumption tax related to his game.

  By the way, a prepaid card associated with a valuable value called frequency is often used for lending game media at a game store. A player can purchase a prepaid card of a desired amount in advance at a card vending machine or the like in a game store, and can borrow game media for the number of times associated with the purchased prepaid card. Therefore, for example, in Patent Document 1, it is considered that a consumption tax amount is added to the price of a prepaid card so that the player is charged a consumption tax. However, in Patent Document 1, the price of the prepaid card becomes an odd amount including the consumption tax, and convenience is deteriorated.

  For this reason, for example, Patent Document 2 describes that, instead of changing the price of a prepaid card, the number of balls lent out once is reduced by an amount equivalent to the consumption tax when a game medium using the prepaid card is lent. Has been.

JP-A-11-70264 JP 2006-158635 A

  However, at game stores, the minimum unit amount to circulate is mainly 100 yen, so the number of times associated with a prepaid card corresponds to 100 yen, and the game medium is, for example, one pachinko ball Since it is about 4 yen, there is a problem that even if the number of balls lent out is adjusted once, it is difficult to accurately collect the consumption tax from the player according to the consumption tax rate.

  Specifically, for example, if the unit price by tax of pachinko balls is 4 yen, if consumption tax is not levied, 25 (= 100/4) balls are lent out once. On the other hand, if a consumption tax with a tax rate of 5% is imposed, the tax-included unit price of the pachinko ball will be 4.2 (= 4 × 1.05) yen, so it will be 24 (≈100 / 4.2) ) Balls will be lent out. Here, to be exact, 24 balls are equivalent to 100.8 (= 4.2 × 24) yen including tax, so that 0.8 yen exceeding 100 yen per time will be borne by the amusement store. Don't be.

  On the other hand, if the number of balls that are lent out once is 23 balls, 23 balls will only cost 96.6 (= 4.2 × 23) yen including tax, so you will be charged 100 yen for one degree from the player. Nevertheless, a 96.6-yen pachinko ball will be lent out, and the amusement store will make an unreasonable profit.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a game medium lending system, a game medium lending device, and a game medium lending method capable of collecting a consumption tax according to a consumption tax rate from a player more appropriately. The purpose is to do.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a gaming medium lending system comprising a gaming medium lending device for lending gaming media used for games on a gaming table, and is larger than the minimum unit amount distributed in a gaming store. A setting means for setting an amount that is a multiple of the minimum unit amount as a consumption tax collection unit; a determination means for determining the number of game media that can be lent according to the consumption tax collection unit set by the setting means; and the determination means A distribution deciding means for deciding the number of times of distribution of the number of played game media and determining the distribution of the number of game media at each number of times of distribution and the distribution indicating whether to rent from the game stand or the game medium lending device; based on the allocation determined by the determination means, of the game medium count determined by said determining means, said game machine is dispensing Friendly A first lending process for throwing out a predetermined number of game media from the throwing mechanism of the gaming table, and a second for throwing out game media less than the predetermined number from the throwing mechanism of the game medium lending device And lending processing means for performing the lending process.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the setting means sets a lending unit amount used for lending a game medium for a lending operation by a player as a consumption tax collection unit.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the determining means determines the number of game media inputted by an employee of a game store as the number of game media that can be lent.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the determining means divides the consumption tax collection unit by the tax-included unit price of the game medium and determines the obtained quotient as the number of game media that can be lent.

Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the lending processing means divides the consumption tax collection unit by the minimum unit amount, and divides the number of game media determined by the determining means into the obtained allocation times. The number of times of subtracting 1 from the number of times of distribution is performed by the first lending process, and the remaining one time of investment is performed by the second lending process.

The present invention is also a gaming medium lending device for lending processing of gaming media used for games on an annexed game machine, wherein the amount of money is larger than the minimum unit amount distributed in the game store and is a multiple of the minimum unit amount. Setting means for setting as a consumption tax collection unit, determination means for determining the number of game media that can be lent by the consumption tax collection unit set by the setting means, and the number of distributions of the number of game media determined by the determination means Based on the distribution determined by the distribution determination means, the distribution determination means for determining the distribution of the number of game media in each allocation count and the distribution indicating whether to rent from the gaming table or the game medium lending device Te, of the game medium count determined by said determining means, the game media of the gaming table is by a predetermined number of possible dispensing of the gaming table A lending processing means for performing a first lending process for dispensing from the dispensing mechanism and a second lending process for dispensing less than the predetermined number of gaming media from the dispensing mechanism of the gaming medium lending device; It is characterized by.

Further, the present invention is a gaming medium lending method in a gaming medium lending system comprising a gaming medium lending device that performs lending processing of gaming media used for gaming on a gaming table, and is larger than the minimum unit amount distributed in a gaming store, In the setting step of setting an amount that is a multiple of the minimum unit amount as a consumption tax collection unit, a determination step that determines the number of game media that can be lent by the consumption tax collection unit set in the setting step, and the determination step A distribution determining step of determining the number of times of distribution of the determined number of game media, and determining the distribution of the number of game media at each distribution number and the distribution indicating whether to rent from the gaming table or the game medium lending device; based on the allocation determined by the allocation determining step, of the number of game media is determined by the determining step, a predetermined available dispensing the game platform is A first lending process for dispensing each game medium from the dispensing mechanism of the gaming table, and a second lending process for dispensing less than the predetermined number of game media from the dispensing mechanism of the game medium lending device And a lending process step.

According to the present invention, an amount that is larger than the minimum unit amount distributed in the game store and is a multiple of the minimum unit amount is set as a consumption tax collection unit, and the number of game media that can be lent is determined according to the set consumption tax collection unit. Determining the number of times the determined number of game media is allocated, determining the number of game media to be allocated at each number of times of allocation, and the allocation indicating whether to rent from the game stand or the game media lending device, and based on the determined allocation Then, out of the determined number of game media, a first lending process for throwing out a predetermined number of game media that can be thrown out by the game stand from the throw-out mechanism of the game stand, and game media less than the predetermined number A second lending process of dispensing from the dispensing mechanism of the game medium lending device is performed. For this reason, the consumption tax imposed on the consumption tax collection unit is larger than the consumption tax charged on the minimum unit amount, and at the same time, the consumption tax amount is larger than the unit price of the game media and is lent. The error in collecting the consumption tax can be reduced by adjusting the number of game media to be played. As a result, the consumption tax according to the consumption tax rate can be collected from the player more appropriately. In particular, when the number of game media that can be thrown out from the game machine is fixed, the total number of game media that can be rented can be adjusted while the game media are thrown out from the game machine.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since the lending unit amount used for lending the game medium for one lending operation by the player is set as the consumption tax collection unit, if the consumption tax rate is the same, the lending is performed once. The number of game media lent by operation can always be made equal.

  Further, according to the present invention, the number of game media input by a game store employee is determined as the number of game media that can be lent, so the number of game media for the consumption tax collection unit calculated according to the consumption tax rate is A member can freely enter and set it.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the consumption tax collection unit is divided by the tax-included unit price of the game medium, and the quotient obtained is determined as the number of game media that can be lent, so the game for the consumption tax collection unit according to the consumption tax rate The number of media can be calculated appropriately, and the number of game media for the consumption tax collection unit can be determined simply by inputting the consumption tax collection unit, the consumption tax rate, the unit price of the game media, and the like.

Further, according to the present invention, the consumption tax collection unit is divided by the minimum unit amount, and the determined number of game media is thrown out according to the obtained number of loan allocations. The minimum unit amount is consumed each time a game medium is thrown, because the first lending process is performed and the remaining one investment is performed by the second lending process. This makes it easy to manage the balance of prepaid cards and cash used for lending gaming media.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the minimum unit amount distributed at the amusement store is assumed to be 100 yen, and the amount used for lending a ball for a prepaid card amount or one ball lending operation (hereinafter referred to as “lending unit amount”). Are all multiples of the minimum unit amount.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a game shop according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in the amusement store according to the present embodiment, there are a card terminal controller (hereinafter abbreviated as “card T / C”) 100, an island controller 200, a card issuing device 300, and a card checkout device 400. It is connected. A plurality of ball lending devices 500 are connected to the island controller 200, and a pachinko machine 600 is attached to each ball lending device 500.

  The card T / C 100 manages and manages the entire amusement store, manages the prepaid card ID and balance issued by the card issuing device 300 in association with each other, and uses the ball lending device 500 to lend and process the card. When the balance settlement process is performed, the balance of the prepaid card is notified or updated. In addition, the card T / C 100 accepts inputs such as a lending unit amount and a consumption tax rate used for lending a ball for one ball lending operation, determines the number of balls to be lent according to the lending unit amount, The ball lending device 500 is notified. The determination of the number of borrowed balls will be described in detail later.

  The island controller 200 manages a plurality of ball lending devices 500 for each area called “island” and relays information exchange between the card T / C 100 and the ball lending device 500.

  The card issuing device 300 issues a prepaid card associated with a player's desired amount, and notifies the card T / C 100 of the prepaid card ID and amount. Note that the card issuing device 300 may issue a prepaid card with cash, or may issue a prepaid card by electronic money settlement, for example.

  The card settlement apparatus 400 inquires the card T / C 100 about the balance of the prepaid card, and settles the balance of the prepaid card as cash, electronic money or the like.

  When a prepaid card is inserted, the ball lending device 500 lends the ball up to the balance of the prepaid card. At this time, when the ball lending operation is performed once, the ball lending device 500 lends the balls of the number of lending balls notified from the card T / C 100 in a plurality of times. In addition, the ball lending device 500 determines a lending distribution to determine whether or not the balls to be lending are to be thrown out directly from the ball lending device 500 or to be thrown out from the pachinko machine 600 attached thereto, and the determined lending distribution Lending processing according to

  The pachinko machine 600 is a game machine in which a player injects a ball lent by the ball lending device 500 and plays a game. The pachinko machine 600 has a ball lending button for a player to perform a ball lending operation. When the ball lending device 500 is instructed to lend a ball, the pachinko machine 600 determines in advance that the pachinko machine 600 can be thrown out. Throw balls of the number of balls (hereinafter referred to as “the number of balls rented”).

  FIG. 2 is a front view showing the appearance of the ball lending apparatus 500 and the pachinko machine 600 according to the present embodiment.

  A card accepting unit 510 and a ball throwing unit 520 are disposed on the front surface of the ball lending device 500, and a player inserts a prepaid card into the card accepting unit 510. Then, a player who wants to lend a ball presses a ball lending button 610 on the pachinko machine 600. When it is detected by the ball lending device 500 that the ball lending button 610 has been pressed, a lending process for balls for a lending unit amount is performed.

  That is, according to the lending instruction from the ball lending device 500, balls of the number of balls lent out from the pachinko machine 600 are thrown into the upper plate 630, or balls are thrown directly into the upper plate 630 from the nozzle provided in the ball throwing unit 520. I will be issued.

  The balls lent by the lending process of the ball lending device 500 are held on the upper plate 630 of the pachinko machine 600, and when the player rotates the handle 640, the balls are held on the upper plate 630 with a strength corresponding to the amount of rotation. Balls are injected one by one onto the board surface 650. When the ball injected to the board surface 650 wins a predetermined winning opening, the prize ball is paid out, and the player can exchange the ball acquired as the prize ball for a prize. When the player wishes to return the prepaid card, the prepaid card is ejected from the card reception unit 510 when the return button 620 of the pachinko machine 600 is pressed.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the card T / C 100 according to the present embodiment. A card T / C 100 shown in FIG. 3 includes an input unit 110, a lending ball number determination unit 120, a communication interface unit (hereinafter abbreviated as “communication I / F unit”) 130, and a card balance management unit 140.

  The input unit 110 includes, for example, a numeric keypad, and accepts input of various information by employees in order to determine the number of balls to be lent with respect to the lending unit amount. Specifically, the input unit 110 includes a consumption tax rate setting unit 111, a lending unit amount setting unit 112, and a lending ball number setting unit 113.

  When the consumption tax rate is input, the consumption tax rate setting unit 111 holds the input consumption tax rate and notifies the lending ball number determination unit 120 of the consumption tax rate.

  The lending unit amount setting unit 112, when a lending unit amount withdrawn in one ball lending operation is input, holds the entered lending unit amount and notifies the lending unit number determination unit 120 of the lending unit amount. . The lending unit amount set in the lending unit amount setting unit 112 is assumed to be larger than 100 yen, which is the minimum unit amount distributed at the amusement store, and a multiple of the minimum unit amount.

  When the number of borrowed balls according to the lending unit amount is input, the loaned ball number setting unit 113 holds the input number of balls and notifies the loaned ball number determining unit 120 of the number of borrowed balls.

  In addition to the above, the input unit 110 may be able to input, for example, the unit price of balls. In addition, input regarding all information is not essential, and if at least one of the consumption tax rate and the number of balls to be lent and a loan unit amount are input, the input unit 110 sends the input information to the number of balls to be lent determination unit 120. Notice.

  Based on the information notified from the input unit 110, the number of balls to be lent determining unit 120 determines the number of balls to be lent out with the lending unit amount. Specifically, when the lending unit number determination unit 120 is notified of the lending unit amount and the consumption tax rate from the input unit 110, the lending unit amount and the consumption tax rate are rounded off by dividing the quotient obtained by dividing the lending unit amount by the unit price of tax. It is a number. For example, if the lending unit amount is 500 yen, the consumption tax rate is 5%, and the ball unit price is 4 yen per tax, the lending unit amount is 500 yen divided by the tax-included unit price of 4.2 yen and the quotient is rounded off. The number is calculated as 119 balls. Further, when the lending unit number determination unit 120 is notified of the lending unit amount and the number of lending balls from the input unit 110, the lending ball number determining unit 120 determines the notified number of lending balls as the number of lending balls as it is.

  The communication I / F unit 130 communicates with the ball lending device 500 via the island controller 200 to transmit the lending unit amount and the number of balls to be borrowed to the ball lending device 500 or to receive a prepaid card such as a prepaid card ID and balance. Send and receive information for management.

  The card balance management unit 140 stores the prepaid card ID and the balance in association with each other, and at the time of lending the ball in the ball lending device 500, the balance of the prepaid card is 100 yen which is the minimum unit amount per lending process. Subtract from In other words, the card balance management unit 140 subtracts the lending unit amount from the balance of the prepaid card for one ball lending operation.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the ball lending apparatus 500 according to the present embodiment. The ball lending device 500 shown in FIG. 4 includes a card receiving unit 510, a ball throwing unit 520, a communication I / F unit 530, a lending distribution determining unit 540, a lending processing unit 550, and a ball lending instruction unit 560. .

  Card accepting unit 510 accepts a prepaid card and notifies ID of the accepted prepaid card to lending processing unit 550.

  The ball throwing unit 520 throws the number of balls instructed from the lending processing unit 550 from the nozzle to the upper plate 630 of the pachinko machine 600.

  The communication I / F unit 530 communicates with the card T / C 100 via the island controller 200 to receive the lending unit amount and the number of balls lent from the card T / C 100, and the prepaid card ID and balance such as the prepaid card ID. Send and receive information.

  The lending allocation determining unit 540 allocates lending to the lending instruction to the pachinko machine 600 and direct lending from the ball dispensing unit 520 from the lending unit amount and the number of balls received by the communication I / F unit 530. To decide. That is, the lending distribution determining unit 540 determines the number of times to execute the lending process when lending the number of balls to be borrowed, and throws the balls lending processed at each number of times from the pachinko machine 600 or from the ball throwing unit 520. Decide whether to throw directly.

  The lending processing unit 550 inquires the card T / C 100 about the balance corresponding to the ID of the prepaid card notified from the card receiving unit 510, and lends balls with the lending distribution determined by the lending distribution determining unit 540 with this balance as the upper limit. Process. Specifically, the lending processing unit 550 instructs the ball lending instruction unit 560 to send a lending instruction in accordance with the notification from the lending distribution determining unit 540, and sends a lending instruction to the ball lending instruction unit 560. The number of balls to be thrown out to the ball throwing unit 520 is indicated for the time of directly throwing the ball from the portion 520. Then, the lending processing unit 550 causes the communication I / F unit 530 to transmit an update request signal for requesting the update of the balance of the prepaid card to the card T / C 100, and the ball from the balance of the prepaid card managed by the card T / C 100 The amount used for lending is subtracted.

  The ball lending instruction unit 560 sends out a lending instruction for lending balls of the number of balls lending to the pachinko machine 600 provided therewith. As described above, since the number of balls that can be thrown out by the pachinko machine 600 is determined in advance, the ball lending instruction unit 560 is not a lending instruction that designates the number of balls, but only an instruction to lend balls. Just do it.

  Next, the operation of the ball lending system including the card T / C 100 and the ball lending device 500 configured as described above will be described. Here, first, determination of the number of balls lent by the card T / C 100 will be described.

  When the lending unit amount is input at the input unit 110 of the card T / C 100, the lending unit amount is held by the lending unit amount setting unit 112 and notified to the lending ball number determining unit 120.

  In addition, when the number of balls lent is input at the input unit 110, the number of balls lent is held by the number of balls lent setting unit 113 and notified to the number of balls lent determination unit 120. Since the number of balls to be entered is the number of balls that the employee calculated in consideration of the consumption tax rate and corresponding to the unit amount of the loan, if the number of balls to be borrowed is held in the loan number setting unit 113, The number of balls to be lent is determined as the number of balls to be lent by the number of balls to be lent determining unit 120 as it is.

  On the other hand, when the consumption tax rate is input without inputting the number of balls to be lent in the input unit 110, the consumption tax rate is held by the consumption tax rate setting unit 111 and is notified to the number of balls lent determination unit 120. The lending ball number determining unit 120 multiplies the ball unit price by tax by the consumption tax rate to calculate the tax-included ball unit price. Further, the lending ball number determination unit 120 divides the lending unit amount by the tax-included ball unit price, and the obtained quotient becomes the number of lending balls. At this time, the decimal part of the quotient is rounded off.

  The number of balls that are calculated in this way is based on the unit of consumption tax collection that is larger than the minimum unit amount, so the amount of consumption tax increases with respect to the unit price of the ball, By adjusting the number, the error in collecting consumption tax can be reduced. On the other hand, since the consumption tax is collected by adjusting the number of balls to be lent for each ball of the minimum unit amount, the consumption tax is small compared to the unit price of the balls and the There was a limit to collection.

  Specifically, FIG. 5-1 shows consumption tax collection by the conventional method when the consumption tax rate is changed from 5 to 10%, and FIG. 5-2 similarly changes the consumption tax rate from 5 to 10%. The consumption tax collection by this Embodiment when letting it be shown is shown. In these figures, when the ball unit price by tax is 4 yen, the amount of the ball actually lent (real loan amount) at a lending unit amount of 500 yen is shown.

  In FIG. 5-1, since the number of balls is reduced by 1 or 2 for every lending of the minimum unit amount (100 yen), if the lending unit amount (500 yen) is lent, the number of balls lending is 120 balls. Or it changes every 5 balls like 115 balls. Multiplying this number of balls by the unit price including tax, the real loan amount can be obtained, but as you can see from Fig. 5-1, the actual loan amount is more than 500 yen no matter what the consumption tax rate is. It is getting bigger. This means that when you collect 500 yen as a loan unit amount from a player, you are actually renting balls that exceed 500 yen, and the excess is borne by the amusement store. Don't be.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 5B, since the number of balls to be lent for the lending unit amount (500 yen) is determined according to the consumption tax rate, the number of balls to be rented changes by one ball unit. As in FIG. 5-1, when the real loan amount is calculated, the real loan amount is very close to 500 yen at all consumption tax rates. For this reason, in this embodiment, the burden on the game store is smaller than in the conventional method, and the consumption tax according to the consumption tax rate can be collected more appropriately from the player.

  Next, two ball lending methods in the ball lending apparatus 500 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, respectively. In FIG. 7, the same parts as those in FIG.

  First, in the first method, the lending unit amount (A) input in the card T / C 100 and the lending unit amount determined according to the lending unit amount (A) are transmitted to the communication I / F unit 530 of the ball lending device 500. The number of balls (B) is received (step S101). The received lending unit amount (A) and the number of borrowed balls (B) are output to the lending distribution determining unit 540.

  Then, the lending distribution determining unit 540 determines how many lending processing the number of lending balls (B) is divided for lending. That is, the lending unit amount (A) is divided by the minimum unit amount (C), and the lending allocation count (D) is determined (step S102). For example, if the lending unit amount (A) is 500 yen, the number of lending allocations (D) is five times that 500 yen is divided by 100 yen of the minimum unit amount (C). It will be lent out in five installments.

  When the number of loan allocations (D) is determined, the basic number of unit balls (E) for each loan is determined. Specifically, the number of balls lent (B) is divided by the number of loan allocations (D) so that the number of balls lent out at each time is as uniform as possible, and the unit ball is rounded up after the decimal point of the obtained quotient The number (E) is determined (step S103). For example, when the number of balls (B) is 119 and the number of loan allocations (D) is 5, 119/5 = 23.8, so the number of balls (E) is 24 balls. Become.

  The above determination of the number of loan allocations (D) and the number of unit balls (E) by the loan allocation determination unit 540 is executed when the loan unit amount (A) and the number of balls (B) are received from the card T / C 100. Then, the lending distribution is transmitted to the lending processing unit 550. Thereafter, when the player sits on the pachinko machine 600 attached to the ball lending device 500 and inserts the prepaid card into the card accepting unit 510 of the ball lending device 500, the card accepting unit 510 accepts the prepaid card (step S104). The ID of the prepaid card is notified to the lending processing unit 550. When the ID of the prepaid card is notified to the lending processing unit 550, the lending processing unit 550 inquires of the card T / C 100 about the balance of the prepaid card via the communication I / F unit 530, and holds the obtained balance.

  Further, when a ball lending operation such as the ball lending button 610 of the pachinko machine 600 being pressed by the player is performed, the lending processing unit 550 detects that a ball lending is requested (step S105). The lending processing unit 550 confirms that the balance of the stored prepaid card is equal to or greater than the lending unit amount (B), and executes the first lending process (step S106). The lending process at this time is a process of throwing the balls of the number of unit balls (E) transmitted from the lending distribution determining unit 540 from the ball throwing unit 520 to the pachinko machine 600 (step S107). As a result, the remaining number of balls (B) is updated to the number obtained by subtracting the number of unit balls (E) from the initial number of balls (B).

  When the lending processing unit 550 throws a ball from the ball throwing unit 520, the lending processing unit 550 requests the subtraction of the minimum unit amount (C) from the balance of the prepaid card from the communication I / F unit 530 to the card T / C 100. To send. This update request signal is output from the communication I / F unit 130 of the card T / C 100 to the card balance management unit 140, and the minimum unit amount (C) is subtracted from the balance of the prepaid card managed by the card balance management unit 140. Is done.

  Then, the lending processor 550 determines whether or not the remaining number of balls (B) is less than the number of unit balls (E) (step S108). As a result of the determination, if the remaining number of balls (B) is equal to or greater than the number of unit balls (E) (No in step S108), the second lending process is executed by the lending processor 550 (step S106). In the lending process at this time, similarly to the above, balls having the number of unit balls (E) are thrown from the ball throwing unit 520 to the pachinko machine 600 (step S107), and the card T / C100 is sent from the communication I / F unit 530. An update request signal is transmitted.

  Hereinafter, the same lending process is performed until the remaining number of balls (B) is less than the unit number of balls (E), and the remaining number of balls (B) is less than the number of units of ball (E) (Step S108 Yes), by the lending process of the lending processing unit 550, the remaining number (B) of lending is thrown from the ball throwing unit 520 to the pachinko machine 600 (Step S109), and the card from the communication I / F unit 530 An update request signal is transmitted to the T / C 100. Through this series of processing, the initial number of balls to be lent (B) is lent by the number of times of loan allocation (D). In other words, the unit number of balls (E) is lent in each of the (D-1) lending processes, and the remaining number of balls is lent in the last one lending process.

  Next, in the second method, similarly to the first method, the lending unit amount (A) and the number of balls (B) are received by the communication I / F unit 530 (step S101), and the lending distribution determining unit 540 is received. Is output. Then, the lending allocation amount determining unit 540 divides the lending unit amount (A) by the minimum unit amount (C), and determines the lending allocation number (D) (step S102).

  When the number of loan allocations (D) is determined, the number of edge balls (G) that cannot be lent out by renting out the number of balls lent (F) that can be thrown out from the pachinko machine 600 is calculated. Specifically, the number of balls (G) is calculated by subtracting the number of balls lent out by renting the number of balls lent (D-1) times from the number of balls lent (B) (step S201). For example, if the number of balls lent (B) is 119, the number of loan allocations (D) is 5, and the number of balls lent (F) is 25, 119-25 × (5-1) = Since it is 19, the number of end balls (G) is 19.

  The determination of the number of loan allocations (D) and the number of balls (G) described above by the loan allocation determination unit 540 is executed when the loan unit amount (A) and the number of balls (B) are received from the card T / C 100. Then, the lending distribution is transmitted to the lending processing unit 550. Thereafter, when the player sits on the pachinko machine 600 attached to the ball lending device 500 and inserts the prepaid card into the card accepting unit 510 of the ball lending device 500, the card accepting unit 510 accepts the prepaid card (step S104). The ID of the prepaid card is notified to the lending processing unit 550. When the ID of the prepaid card is notified to the lending processing unit 550, the lending processing unit 550 inquires of the card T / C 100 about the balance of the prepaid card via the communication I / F unit 530, and holds the obtained balance.

  Further, when a ball lending operation such as the ball lending button 610 of the pachinko machine 600 being pressed by the player is performed, the lending processing unit 550 detects that a ball lending is requested (step S105). When the lending processing unit 550 confirms that the balance of the stored prepaid card is equal to or larger than the lending unit amount (B), the lending unit amount (from the prepaid card balance to the card T / C 100 from the communication I / F unit 530) An update request signal for requesting subtraction of B) is transmitted. The update request signal is output from the communication I / F unit 130 of the card T / C 100 to the card balance management unit 140, and the lending unit amount (B) is subtracted from the balance of the prepaid card managed by the card balance management unit 140. Is done.

  As described above, in the second method, the lending unit amount (B) used for lending the ball for one ball lending operation is collectively subtracted from the balance of the prepaid card, and then the first lending process is performed. Execute (Step S202). The lending process at this time is a process of sending out a lending instruction for instructing the lending of the number of balls (F) from the ball lending instruction unit 560 to the pachinko machine 600 (step S203). Thereby, the remaining number of balls lent (B) is updated to the number obtained by subtracting the number of balls rented from the initial number (B). The number of balls lent out (F) is the number of balls that can be thrown out by the pachinko machine 600, and is determined in advance. Therefore, the lending instruction sent from the ball lending instruction unit 560 to the pachinko machine 600 includes Information on the number of rented balls (F) may not be included.

  Then, the lending processing unit 550 determines whether or not the number of lending has reached (D-1) times (step S204). As a result of this determination, if the number of lending has not yet reached (D-1) times (No in step S204), the lending processing unit 550 executes a second lending process (step S202). In the lending process at this time, similarly to the above, a lending instruction for instructing the lending of the number of balls (F) is sent from the ball lending instruction unit 560 to the pachinko machine 600 (step S203).

  Thereafter, the same lending process is performed until the number of lending reaches (D-1) times, and when the number of lending reaches (D-1) times (Yes in step S204), the lending process of the lending processing unit 550 is performed. The number of end balls (G) is thrown directly from the ball throwing unit 520 to the pachinko machine 600 (step S205). Through this series of processing, the initial number of balls to be lent (B) is lent by the number of times of loan allocation (D). In other words, the number of balls lent (F) is lent from the pachinko machine 600 in each of the (D-1) lending processes, and the number of end balls (G) is lent from the ball lending device 500 in the last lending process. It is lent out.

  The ball lending method in the ball lending device 500 is not limited to the above-described two methods. That is, in the above two methods, the number of balls lent out is different only at the time of the last lending processing of the loan allocation number (D). It may be at the time of lending processing, or at least two times of lending processing. In short, the total number of balls lent out in the lending process of the loan allocation number (D) calculated from the loan unit amount (A) and the minimum unit amount (C) may be the initial number of balls (B). Further, the first method and the second method are different in the process for updating the balance of the prepaid card. However, these methods can be applied by being replaced by the respective methods. That is, the lending unit amount (B) may be collectively subtracted from the balance of the prepaid card in the first method, and the minimum unit amount (C) may be subtracted from the prepaid card each time lending processing is performed in the second method. You may subtract from the balance.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the unit of the consumption tax collection is set to a lending unit amount larger than the minimum unit amount distributed at the amusement store, and the number of balls lent out by the lending unit amount is adjusted and Collect sales tax. For this reason, the consumption tax amount relative to the unit price of the balls is relatively larger than when collecting the consumption tax in units of the minimum unit amount, and the error in consumption tax collection due to the adjustment of the number of balls can be reduced. The consumption tax can be collected from the player more appropriately.

  In the above embodiment, for convenience, the unit of collecting the consumption tax is the lending unit amount. However, the unit of collecting the consumption tax is not necessarily matched with the lending unit amount. That is, for example, even if the lending unit amount is 500 yen, the unit of consumption tax collection may be 1000 yen, and the number of balls to be lent corresponding to 1000 yen may be adjusted. On the other hand, for example, even if the lending unit amount is 1000 yen, the unit of consumption tax collection may be 500 yen, and the number of balls to be lent corresponding to 500 yen may be adjusted. However, the amount that is the unit of consumption tax collection is larger than the minimum unit amount distributed at the amusement store and is a multiple of the minimum unit amount.

  In the above embodiment, the consumption tax rate and the lending unit amount are input and set in the card T / C 100. However, the consumption tax rate, the lending unit amount, and the number of borrowed balls are directly set in the ball lending device 500. Etc. may be set. In this case, the ball lending device 500 may determine the number of balls to be lent based on the lending unit amount and the consumption tax rate in the same manner as the card T / C 100 determines the number of balls to be lent corresponding to the lending unit amount.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the balls are lent out by the prepaid card. However, the present invention can also be implemented in the same manner when the game medium is lent out by cash.

  The present invention can be applied to a case where the consumption tax according to the consumption tax rate is more appropriately collected from the player.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the game store which concerns on one embodiment. It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the ball lending apparatus and pachinko machine which concern on one embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of card | curd T / C which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the ball lending apparatus which concerns on one embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the consumption tax collection situation when a consumption tax rate changes. It is a figure which shows another example of the consumption tax collection situation when a consumption tax rate changes. It is a flowchart which shows the ball lending operation | movement of the ball lending apparatus which concerns on one embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the other ball lending operation | movement of the ball lending apparatus which concerns on one embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Input part 111 Consumption tax rate setting part 112 Lending unit amount setting part 113 Lending ball number setting part 120 Lending ball number determination part 130 Communication I / F part 140 Card balance management part 510 Card reception part 520 Ball throwing part 530 Communication I / F part 540 Lending allocation determining part 550 Lending processing part 560 Ball lending instruction part

Claims (7)

A gaming medium lending system comprising a gaming medium lending device for lending gaming media used for gaming on a gaming table,
Setting means for setting a consumption tax collection unit that is larger than the minimum unit amount distributed in the amusement store and is a multiple of the minimum unit amount;
Determining means for determining the number of game media that can be lent by the consumption tax collection unit set by the setting means;
Allocation determination for determining the number of game media allocations determined by the determination means and determining the distribution of the number of game media at each allocation frequency and the distribution indicating whether to rent from the game stand or the game media lending device Means,
Based on the distribution determined by the distribution determining means , out of the number of game media determined by the determining means, a predetermined number of game media that can be thrown out by the gaming table are thrown from the gaming table dispensing mechanism. And lending processing means for performing a first lending process to be put out and a second lending process for throwing out the game media less than the predetermined number from a throwing-out mechanism of the game medium lending device. Game media rental system. The setting means includes
2. The game medium lending system according to claim 1, wherein a lending unit amount used for lending game media for one lending operation by a player is set as a consumption tax collection unit. The determining means includes
2. The game medium rental system according to claim 1, wherein the number of game media input by an employee of the game store is determined as the number of game media that can be lent. The determining means includes
2. The game medium lending system according to claim 1, wherein the consumption tax collecting unit is divided by the tax-included unit price of the game medium, and the obtained quotient is determined as the number of game media that can be lent. The lending processing means includes
Consumption tax collection units divided by the minimum unit amount, which is divided into allocation number obtained throws the number of game media is determined by the determining means, dispensing of times minus 1 from the allocation count The game medium lending system according to claim 1, wherein the first lending process is performed, and the remaining one-time investment is performed by the second lending process. A game medium lending device that lends game media used for games on an attached game machine,
Setting means for setting a consumption tax collection unit that is larger than the minimum unit amount distributed in the amusement store and is a multiple of the minimum unit amount;
Determining means for determining the number of game media that can be lent by the consumption tax collection unit set by the setting means;
Allocation determination for determining the number of game media allocations determined by the determination means and determining the distribution of the number of game media at each allocation frequency and the distribution indicating whether to rent from the game stand or the game media lending device Means,
Based on the distribution determined by the distribution determining means , out of the number of game media determined by the determining means, a predetermined number of game media that can be thrown out by the gaming table are thrown from the gaming table dispensing mechanism. And lending processing means for performing a first lending process to be put out and a second lending process for throwing out the game media less than the predetermined number from a throwing-out mechanism of the game medium lending device. Game media lending device. A gaming medium lending method in a gaming medium lending system comprising a gaming medium lending device for lending processing of gaming media used for gaming on a gaming table,
A setting step for setting a consumption tax collection unit that is larger than the minimum unit amount distributed in the amusement store and is a multiple of the minimum unit amount;
A determination step of determining the number of game media that can be lent according to the consumption tax collection unit set in the setting step;
Allocation for determining the number of game media allocations determined in the determination step, and determining the allocation of the number of game media at each allocation frequency and the allocation indicating whether to rent from the game stand or the game media lending device A decision process;
Based on the distribution determined in the distribution determining step , out of the number of game media determined in the determining step, a predetermined number of game media that can be thrown out by the gaming table are sent from the gaming table dispensing mechanism. A lending process step of performing a first lending process for throwing out and a second lending process for throwing out the game media less than the predetermined number from a throwing mechanism of the game medium lending device. How to rent game media.

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