JP5744664B2 - Amusement park management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management system that manages a game hall in which a plurality of gaming machines are installed.

A technique for managing balance data indicating how much a player has won or lost in a game hall is known (for example, Patent Document 1). As a result, it is possible to manage profits at the game arcade and to execute services that provide the balance data to the players.
Here, the operating rate of the game hall and the operating rate of one gaming machine installed in the gaming hall vary depending on whether or not the player has satisfied and finished the game. In other words, a player who is satisfied with the game can expect to come to the game hall again, while a player who is dissatisfied with the game and ends the game plays the game on the gaming machine that was playing the game at that time. It is possible to refrain from going out or visiting the playground. For this reason, if the number of players who have ended a game with dissatisfaction increases, the operating rate of the entire gaming machine and game hall will decrease, so data that can identify the players who have completed the game with satisfaction will be aggregated It is important to do.

JP 2002-263313 A

However, even if the balance data is managed, it is not possible to specify whether the player is satisfied and finished the game. Specifically, even if the personal balance data of the player is the same, the satisfaction level of the player differs depending on the content of the game. For example, even if the personal balance data of the player is the same, In particular, if the player has acquired many balls, the player's satisfaction will be high.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a game hall management system capable of aggregating data capable of specifying the degree of satisfaction of a player.

The present invention is a gaming hall management system for managing a gaming hall where a plurality of gaming machines are installed,
A player identification means that can identify the player who started the game, a used game value identification means that identifies the magnitude of the game value used by the player in the game, and the game machine to the player as the game progresses The added game value specifying means for specifying the magnitude of the assigned game value, the balance specifying means for specifying the balance data corresponding to the magnitude of the game value reduced or increased by the player in the game, and the player playing the game A maximum possessed game value identifying means for identifying a maximum possessed game value magnitude that is a difference between a minimum value of the balance data in the process performed and a maximum value of the balance data after becoming the minimum value; And a game result managing means for classifying and managing the game results of the player into a plurality of satisfaction levels based on the balance data and the magnitude of the maximum possessed game value (claim 1).

In the game hall management system according to claim 1,
The game result management means increases the satisfaction degree when the maximum possessed game value is large even if the balance data is the same as the game result of the overturning player who has reduced the value of the game value in the game. (Claim 2).

In the game hall management system according to claim 1 or 2,
The gaming machine can generate a special gaming state advantageous to a player, and the gaming result management means is configured to execute the special game state after the special gaming state has occurred, regardless of the balance data. You may make it make the said satisfaction degree higher than the case where a game is complete | finished without a game state having generate | occur | produced (Claim 3).

According to the invention of claim 1, by assigning a satisfaction degree based on the balance data and the maximum possessed game value, even if the balance data is the same, it is managed that the player's satisfaction degree is different. be able to.
Here, supplementing the explanation about the maximum possessed game value, how much the maximum possessed game value is given when the game value given in the unit period becomes larger than the used game value. Indicates whether has grown. In other words, the fact that the maximum possessed game value is large means that the game value possessed by the player is large, even temporarily. For this reason, the greater the maximum possessed game value is, the stronger the player has the image that the game value is given. Therefore, the magnitude of the maximum possessed game value greatly affects the degree of satisfaction of the player.
In this regard, according to the present invention, it is possible to more accurately identify whether the player was playing the game with satisfaction by managing the degree of satisfaction of the player in consideration of the maximum possessed game value. it can. Then, by adjusting the gaming machine and determining the type of gaming machine to be exchanged while specifying the degree of satisfaction, it is possible to increase the operating rate of the gaming machine and the gaming hall.

According to the invention of claim 2, if the maximum possessed game value is large, it indicates that the game value possessed only temporarily is large, and the greater the maximum possessed game value is, the more game value is given. The player feels that he is happy and the level of satisfaction increases. By adopting the present invention, it becomes possible to appropriately specify the degree of satisfaction when the player loses in accordance with the magnitude of the maximum possessed game value, and it is possible to manage the more accurate degree of satisfaction of the player.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the game is terminated without winning the jackpot, the satisfaction degree of the player can be considered to be quite low. In such a case, the satisfaction degree is lowered regardless of the balance data. By doing so, the degree of satisfaction of the player can be managed more accurately.

Schematic which shows the whole structure of the system for game centers in one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example which classified the satisfaction degree of the player when BO is high The figure which shows the example which classified the satisfaction degree of the player when BO is low The figure which shows an example of the total result of the satisfaction degree totaled for every model

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall configuration of a game system. A lending device 2 is installed corresponding to the gaming machine 1 in the game hall, and a management device 3 (player specifying means, used game value specifying means, assigned game value specifying means, balance specifying means, maximum possession game, etc. in the management room. Value identification means and game result management means). The relay device 4 is connected to two gaming machines 1, two lending devices 2 and a management device 3 via a LAN 5. The management device 3 manages game data for each gaming machine 1 by receiving a gaming signal transmitted from the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, etc.) via the relay device 4.

  The game machine 1 to be managed performs a lottery lottery in response to a ball (game medium) fired on the board surface 7 by operating the operation handle 6 constituting the launching device winning a start opening 8 (start winning prize) The lottery result is notified by symbol variation performed on the display unit 9, and a big hit state (corresponding to a special game state) is set according to the variation result. When a big hit occurs, the grand prize winning opening 10 is opened for 15 rounds (R). The balls paid out from the gaming machine 1 by winning are received by the upper tray 11, and the overflowing balls when the upper tray 11 is full are received by the lower tray 12. In addition, the upper limit winning number of 1R is 10, the upper limit opening time is 30 seconds, and 1R is ended when either the upper limit winning number or the upper limit opening time is satisfied.

The next game signal is output from the gaming machine side.
Out signal = a signal that can specify the number of used balls (out, used game media) output from an out BOX that collects used balls (used media). Since one pulse is output for 10 recovered (used and driven) balls, “the number of out signals × 10” is specified as out. A signal output from the gaming machine 1 may be used.
Safe signal = a signal that can specify the number of payout balls (safe, granted game medium) output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for 10 payouts corresponding to a game (winning) in the gaming machine 1, “safe signal number × 10” is specified as safe. The supply signal output from the supply device may be a safe signal.
Start signal = a signal that can specify the number of symbol fluctuations (number of actuated items, start) output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output per symbol change (actual action, start process) in the display unit 9 that changes (actuates) due to winning at the start port 8, “start signal number × 1” is specified as a start. A start winning signal that is output in response to a winning at the start port 8 may be used as a start signal.
-Jackpot signal = a signal that can identify the jackpot output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a status signal that is output at a level during the jackpot, it is determined that the jackpot signal is being received as a jackpot.
Sales signal = signal that can specify sales information (number of sales balls, sales amount) output from the lending device 2. Since one pulse is output for every 25 balls that are valued as valuable to the player, “sales signal number × 25” is specified as the number of sales balls, and the number of sales balls × the rental unit price is specified as the sales amount. .
Replay signal = a signal that can specify the number of replay balls (replay media) output from the lending device 2. Since one pulse is output for every 25 replay balls that are paid for the player's stored balls, “the number of replay signals × 25” is specified as the number of replay balls.

The lending device 2 pays out a ball corresponding to the price from the nozzle 14 when money is inserted from the money insertion slot 13. In addition, a CCD camera 15 is built in, and the upper body centering on the corresponding player's face is photographed obliquely from the front and the face data is output to the management device 3.
The management device 3 creates game data based on various game signals from the gaming machine side. This game data is obtained by accumulating table data and sales data in a range in which it can be determined that one player has continued to play after starting the game based on the face data output from the CCD camera 15. .

  Based on the game data managed as described above, the management device 3 has “BO” (normally out), “maximum MY” (corresponding to the maximum possessed game value), “balance” (corresponding to balance data) for each player. And classifying the players as described later by comparing the data with a preset threshold value. In the present embodiment, the balance is calculated by subtracting the used game value from the assigned game value, that is, out (corresponding to “used game value”) and safe (“ (Equivalent to the amount of game value granted)), but the amount of game value invested in the game by the player is subtracted from the amount of game value possessed by the player. Balance data, that is, the possession balls that the player has acquired (the magnitude of the game value possessed by the player) and the number of balls that are equivalent to the investment amount and the number of stored balls that are withdrawn (the game value that the player has invested in the game) It may be calculated from the difference from

  Here, the significance of classification according to the height of BO will be described. When the BO is high, it means that the player's game time is long. Therefore, when the BO is low while the player (equivalent to the overpassing player) feels strongly that the balance has become negative, Since the game time of the player is short, even if the balance is negative, the player does not feel strongly that he has lost. In other words, even if the balance becomes negative, the feeling of the player losing greatly depends on the height of the BO, so the classification is made according to the height of the BO. However, if the balance is positive, the player feels that the player has won regardless of the height of the BO, so there is no difference due to the height of the BO.

  Next, the significance of classifying according to the maximum MY will be described. MY is sales balls + safe-out, and indicates the number of balls possessed by the player. The maximum MY indicates the maximum value of the number of balls possessed by the player, and is the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the play-out (safe-out) for each player (the balance of each player ( (Safe-out) is the difference between the minimum value and the maximum value of the balance after reaching the minimum value, more specifically, the negative vertex and the negative vertex as seen in the player's individual slump graph The maximum value of the difference from the positive apex after is that the maximum MY is the number of balls to be paid out when the number of balls to be paid out is larger than the number of balls used in the game period of the player. The maximum MY indicates that the game value possessed by the player is large, even if it is temporary, so that the greater the maximum MY is, the more game value is given. Since the player has a strong sense of satisfaction, the balance is negative. Maximum MY of size also it will give a great influence on the satisfaction degree of the player.

  In consideration of the above circumstances, players are classified according to the degree of satisfaction based on “BO”, “maximum MY”, and “balance of payments”. Is extremely high), victorious (high satisfaction), defeat (low satisfaction), and complete (low satisfaction) can be set arbitrarily. In this case, when the balance is positive, the player is treated as satisfied and a win or win is set. On the other hand, when the balance is negative, the player is regarded as not satisfied, and a defeat or complete loss is set. As will be described later, it is counted that the game has been completed by satisfying the defeated player even if the balance is negative as well as the player with a positive balance.

2 and 3 show examples in which player satisfaction levels are classified. FIG. 2 shows a case where BO is high, and FIG. 3 shows a case where BO is low. Then, threshold values are set for “BO”, “maximum MY”, and “balance” that are data for each player, and the players who have played are classified as follows. Each threshold can be arbitrarily set for each model and type.
(1) When the balance is large and positive The player wins regardless of whether the BO is high or low.
(2) When the balance is slightly positive If the maximum MY during the game is high regardless of the BO level, the investment amount is large, or the player ’s balance is reduced after obtaining many balls. Spicy. On the other hand, if the maximum MY is low, the investment amount was small, and it is assumed that there was no danger and the player wins.
(3) When the balance is large and negative The player is completely defeated. However, when the BO is high, if the maximum MY is high even if the balance is large and negative, it is determined that the player has a feeling of being out of play. On the other hand, when the BO is low, the balance is not greatly negative, that is, the B balance (ordinary difference) is also low, so the balance is not large and negative, so this condition is not assumed ( (Indicated by hatching in FIG. 3).
(4) When the balance is slightly negative If the BO is high, the investment amount of the player is large, but if the maximum MY during the game is high, it will be determined that the balance will be positive soon. On the other hand, even if the balance is slightly negative, if the maximum MY is low, it is determined that the loss has been gradually lost. On the other hand, if the BO is low, the balance is positive if the maximum MY is high. Therefore, such a condition is not assumed (indicated by hatching in FIG. 3), and the loss is set only when the maximum MY is low. ing. However, regardless of whether the BO is high or low, even if it is a defeat, if it is a big hit, it is a complete loss. In this way, when the jackpot is 0 times, it is considered that the player's satisfaction level is quite low when the game is finished without winning the jackpot, because it is determined that the defeat is a complete loss. This is because when the game is finished without winning the big hit, the satisfaction level of the player can be managed more accurately by lowering the satisfaction level regardless of the balance data.

As described above, the degree of satisfaction of the player is divided according to BO, balance, and maximum MY, and the distribution is arbitrarily set at the store according to the type of the pachinko gaming machine. In other words, in this embodiment, the complete loss is set when the maximum MY is small when the BO is high, or when the game is finished without winning the big hit regardless of the height of the BO. Whether or not to do so may be set according to the store and model.
The tables shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 correspond to game machines having a jackpot probability of about 1/300 (so-called middle type compatible). In this case, the balance was set to -2500 departures, 0 departures, 2500 departures and 4 divisions, and the maximum MY was divided into 4000 departures.

The management apparatus 3 totals the satisfaction degree for each player determined as described above for each model.
FIG. 4 is an example of a totaling result of satisfaction levels totaled for each model. The manager of the game hall determines the satisfaction level of each model that the player feels based on the satisfaction level summary table output from the management device 3. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 4, considering that the operating rates of all models are the same, model B has the same satisfaction rate as model A but many customers are losing. Is estimated to be high. It is estimated that the satisfaction rate of the model C is extremely lower than that of the model A, and the operation rate is likely to decrease in the future. For this reason, it is necessary to consider model exchange and adjustment. Although the satisfaction rate of the model D is extremely low as with the model C, the ratio of excellent customers with a very high satisfaction rate is also high. For this reason, it can be estimated that the possibility that the operation rate decreases is not as high as that of the model C.

According to such an embodiment, threshold values are set for “BO”, “maximum MY”, and “balance” that are data for each player, and the player's game results are classified into fast wins, hard wins, defeats, and complete losses, Since it is counted as a player who has completed the game with satisfaction until the defeat, it can be effectively used as a new index for analyzing customer trends.
Since the higher the maximum MY is, the higher the satisfaction level is specified, the more accurate player satisfaction level can be managed.
When a player who has lost a game ends the game without making a big hit even once, the complete loss is specified, so that the player's satisfaction level can be managed more accurately.

(Other embodiments)
In the above embodiment, the player is specified by face authentication, but the player may be specified by reading the membership card with the lending machine 2 installed corresponding to the gaming machine 1.
As a gaming machine to be managed, for example, a slot machine, an encapsulated type or a complete credit type may be targeted.
The threshold can be arbitrarily set, and allocation (number of steps) such as complete defeat and defeat may be arbitrarily set.
Data may be aggregated assuming that the player is satisfied with the game up to an arbitrary stage among a plurality of stages.
The balance may be calculated from the amount of money used by the player and the number of used balls, or may be calculated from the player's possession. For example, the balance data may be calculated by subtracting the number of balls according to the amount used by the player for the game from the number of balls possessed by the player.
The degree of satisfaction may be managed for each gaming machine instead of for each gaming machine model. In this case, it is easy to adjust the gaming machine by taking into account the degree of satisfaction of the player.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, and 3 is a management device (player specifying means, used game value specifying means, assigned game value specifying means, balance specifying means, maximum possessed game value specifying means, game result management means).

Claims (3)

A gaming hall management system for managing a gaming hall in which a plurality of gaming machines are installed,
A player identification means capable of identifying the player who started the game;
A used game value specifying means for specifying the magnitude of the game value used by the player in the game;
Granted game value specifying means for specifying the magnitude of the game value given to the player by the gaming machine as the game progresses,
A balance specifying means for specifying balance data corresponding to the magnitude of the game value decreased or increased in the game by the player;
The maximum possessed game value that specifies the maximum possessed game value that is the difference between the minimum value of the balance data in the process of the player's playing and the maximum value of the balance data after reaching the minimum value Specific means,
Game result management means for classifying and managing a player's game results into a plurality of satisfaction levels based on the balance data and the magnitude of the maximum possessed game value;
A game hall management system characterized by comprising:   The game result management means increases the satisfaction degree when the maximum possessed game value is large even if the balance data is the same as the game result of the overturning player who has reduced the value of the game value in the game. The game hall management system according to claim 1. The gaming machine can generate a special gaming state advantageous to the player,
Regardless of the balance data, the game result management means has a higher degree of satisfaction when the game is ended after the special game state is generated than when the game is ended without the special game state being generated. The game hall management system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:

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