JP6464032B2 - Game information display system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game information display system.

  Conventionally, as described in Patent Document 1, for example, it has been generally performed to display information on the number of final games on the previous day for a player. Specifically, the number of games from the time when the most recent special state (a gaming state advantageous to the player such as a bonus state or an ART state) ends is counted and displayed, and the number of games at the time of closing time is displayed. The last game number is stored, and the stored last game number is displayed as the last game number on the previous day when the store is opened the next day. Such a final game number on the previous day is very important information particularly in a model having a ceiling function for relieving a player, and it can be said that the player has a high degree of attention.

JP 2014-14484 A

  By the way, the store closing time is reached when the special state is occurring, and there is a case where the game is inevitably terminated in the special state. In that case, the special state is forcibly terminated by performing a so-called RAM clear operation. In general, the opening of the next day is greeted. In that case, since the number of final games on the previous day at the opening of the next day is immediately after the special state has ended, “0” should be displayed. However, if the above-described RAM clear operation is not performed at an appropriate timing, a situation has occurred in which the number of games at the time when the special state occurs at the end of the previous day is displayed as the last game number of the previous day.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and the object thereof is to appropriately display the number of games played on the previous day when the store is opened the next day even when the store is closed in a special state. The object is to provide a game information display system.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the game machine is in a special state at the time of executing the closing process, the closing notice information for alerting the employee is displayed. Therefore, it is possible to suppress forgetting to operate the special state forced termination means before the closing process is executed. The employee who is urged to perform the reset operation before executing the closing process can forcibly end the special state, return to the normal state, and reset the number of games between special states to zero. As a result, even if the store closes in a special state, the employee performs a predetermined closing process with the number of games between special states reset to zero by performing a reset operation before executing the store closing process. Therefore, not the number of games at the time when the special state occurred at the end of the previous day but the number of games between the special states that were reset to zero is stored as the final game number, and “0” is displayed as the final game number of the previous day when opening the next day To do. As a result, even if the store is closed in a special state, the number of games played on the previous day can be appropriately displayed when the store is opened the next day. It should be noted that whether or not the special state is forcibly terminated by returning to the normal state by performing a reset operation is optional on the game hall side, and the opening of the next day will be held in the special state without performing the reset operation. Is also possible. In that case, it is not necessary to reset the number of final games the previous day to zero.

Overall configuration diagram of game information display system in one embodiment of the present invention Front view of gaming machine Functional block diagram of gaming machine Front view of game information display device Functional block diagram of game information display device Flowchart showing closing instruction reception processing Flowchart showing opening instruction reception processing Flow chart showing zero reset signal light receiving process Figure showing the ART status screen The figure which shows the RAM clear necessity confirmation notice screen in ART state Diagram showing BB status screen The figure which shows RAM clear necessity confirmation notice screen in BB state

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of the game information display system 1. A plurality of gaming machines 2 are installed in a game hall where the game information display system 1 is provided. In the present embodiment, the gaming machine 2 is assumed to be a so-called slot machine. Each gaming machine 2 has a lending device 3 attached to the side and a game information display device 4 attached to the upper side.

  The gaming machine 2, the lending device 3, and the game information display device 4 are each connected to the relay device 5. One relay device 5 is installed for each of the two game machines 2, the lending device 3, and the game information display device 4, and is connected to the management device 7 via the LAN 6. The relay device 5 collects various signals transmitted from devices on the gaming machine 2 side such as the gaming machine 2, the lending device 3, and the game information display device 4, transmits the collected signals to the management device 7, and receives them from the management device 7. Various information is transmitted to the device on the gaming machine 2 side. The management device 7 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall, and is connected to a monitor 8 or the like. The management device 7 manages the operating status of all devices (the gaming machine 2, the lending device 3, the game information display device 4, etc.) installed in the game hall. In the amusement hall, for example, several hundred gaming machines 2 including so-called pachinko machines are installed and are managed by the management device 7.

  FIG. 2 shows a front view of the gaming machine 2. The gaming machine 2 includes a reel 10 that can be viewed through the display window 9, an effective line display unit 11 that indicates an activated winning line, a liquid crystal display unit 12, a speaker 13, a checkout button 14, and a BET button. 15, medal slot 16, start lever 17, left stop button 18, middle stop button 19, right stop button 20, payout number display unit 21, credit number display unit 22, tray 23, The decorative lamp unit 24 and the like are included.

  FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of the gaming machine 2. The control unit 25 (corresponding to a game start unit, a special state generation unit, a special state end unit, and a special state forced end unit) is configured by a microcomputer including a CPU 25a, a ROM 25b, a RAM 25c, an I / O 25d, and the like. The control unit 25 detects the insertion of a medal (game value, game medium) into the start lever 17, the left stop button 18, the middle stop button 19, the right stop button 20, the settlement button 14, the BET button 15, and the medal slot 16. An inserted medal detection unit 26, an employee of a game hall (hereinafter referred to as an employee), a RAM clear operation unit 27 operated to initialize the RAM 25c (to clear the RAM), and an employee sets a set value. Each of the reels 10a to 10c is input by a detection signal from the sensors 29a to 29c for detecting the passage of the reference position pieces provided on the reels 10a to 10c. A detection signal is input from the reference position detection unit 30 that detects the reference position.

  In response to the employee opening the door of the housing and operating the RAM clear operation unit 27 disposed inside the housing (reset operation is performed), the control unit 25 performs the RAM clear operation from the RAM clear operation unit 27 to the RAM. When a clear signal is input, RAM clear processing is performed. When the RAM clear process is performed, the control unit 25 shifts the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 to a normal state described later. In addition, the control unit 25 sets the setting value operation unit 28 in response to the employee inserting the setting change key 36 into the key hole of the housing and changing the setting value by switching, for example, a DIP switch (not shown). When a setting signal is input from, for example, one of six stages of setting values 1 to 6 specified by the setting signal is validated. The set value is a value for setting the winning probability of the internal lottery. The higher the value, the more advantageous for the player, and the lower the value, the unfavorable setting for the player.

  The control unit 25 also includes a reel drive unit 31, a sound output unit 32 that drives the speaker 13, a medal payout unit 33 that pays out medals, a payout number display unit 21, and a credit number display unit 22. Various signals are output to each. When the driving signal is input from the control unit 25, the reel driving unit 31 drives the reel motors 35a to 35c corresponding to the reels 10a to 10c to rotate (start) the reels 10a to 10c.

  The control unit 25 includes a random number generation unit 25e and a random number extraction unit 25f configured by software, and performs the following operations. When the start lever 17 is operated with a medal inserted (when a predetermined game start condition is satisfied), the control unit 25 rotates each reel 10a to 10c (starts the game), and the random number generation unit 25e. One random number is extracted from the random numbers generated by the random number extraction unit 25f and an internal lottery is executed. If there is an internal winning combination, a flag corresponding to the internal winning combination is established. When each of the stop buttons 18 to 20 is operated in this state, the rotation of the corresponding reels 10a to 10c is stopped. Subsequently, the control unit 25 includes a so-called pull-in control (slip control) based on a stop table (not shown) for determining the stop position of each of the reels 10a to 10c according to the internal winning combination flag. Control (control to stop and display each reel 10a to 10c with a winning symbol or a lost symbol according to the type of the internal winning combination flag) is executed. The stop table is set for each type of internal winning combination flag. This pull-in control is a control capable of pulling a symbol within a predetermined pull-in range (up to four symbols at the maximum) from the time when the operation of each stop button 18 to 20 is detected and stopping it. When the symbol corresponding to the internal winning combination flag does not exist within the above-described drawing range, the symbol cannot be drawn on the active line and stopped, so that a winning is not generated and so-called missing is made.

The gaming machine 2 exhibits a normal state, a BB (big bonus) state, and an ART (assist replay time) state as the gaming state. The BB state and the ART state correspond to a special state that is a gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal state.
The normal state is a gaming state in which the winning probability of the small role and the replay role is low, and is a disadvantageous gaming state for the player. The gaming machine 2 executes a lottery in the BB state and the ART state in the normal state.
The BB state is a gaming state that occurs when the BB combination is won with a probability of, for example, about 1/250 in the normal state and the ART state and the BB combination wins (a predetermined special state start condition is satisfied). This is a game state that is advantageous to the player. In the BB state, the winning probability of the small role is greatly improved, and the small role is won almost every game, and a large number of medals are paid out at once. The gaming machine 2 ends the BB state when the number of paid out medals reaches, for example, 300 (a predetermined special state end condition is satisfied), and shifts to the normal state (returns).

  The ART state is, for example, 1000 games continued in the normal state regardless of the lottery result when the player is elected with a probability of about 1/500 in the normal state (a predetermined special state start condition is satisfied) or to rescue the player. This is a gaming state that occurs when a predetermined special state start condition is satisfied, and is a gaming state that is advantageous to the player. In the ART state, the gaming machine 2 executes an end lottery with a probability of, for example, about 1/200 in each game, and when winning (when a predetermined special state end condition is satisfied), ends the ART state and shifts to a normal state (return). To do). Also, the gaming machine 2 executes the BB state lottery in the ART state in the same manner as the normal state, and when the BB combination is won (a predetermined special state termination condition is satisfied), the ART state is ended and the normal state is entered. When the BB combination wins, the state shifts to the BB state. In the ART state, since the winning probability of the replay combination is higher than that in the normal state, and information for assisting the winning of the small combination is notified, the winning frequency of the small combination is increased. That is, since the above-described information is not notified in the normal state, there is a case where the winning combination does not occur even in the game where the small role is won, but the small role can be easily won in the ART state.

The gaming machine 2 transmits various game signals shown below to the relay device 5 in accordance with the execution of the game.
Insertion signal (out signal) = a signal indicating the number of medals inserted at the start of the game, and the number of medals consumed in the game is transmitted in response to the game start operation.
Payout signal (safe signal) = a signal indicating the number of medals paid out by winning, and is transmitted once every time one medal is awarded.
BB signal = a signal indicating that the BB state is in effect, and a level is transmitted during the BB state.
ART signal = a signal indicating that the ART state is in effect, and a level is transmitted during the ART state.

  The lending device 3 has an operation lamp 37 indicating an operation state, a money insertion slot 38, and a medal payout opening 39. The operation lamp 37 is turned on when a malfunction occurs, and notifies the employee of the occurrence of the malfunction. When the player inserts a valuable value (for example, money) into the money insertion slot 38, the lending device 3 pays out (lends) medals corresponding to the inserted valuable value from the medal payout opening 39 to the gaming machine 2. A lending signal (sales signal) indicating the valuable value of the payout is transmitted to the management device 7.

  FIG. 4 shows a front view of the game information display device 4. The game information display device 4 is a liquid crystal display unit 40 for displaying various game information relating to the game (special game number display means, previous day last game number display means, closing notice information display means, opening notice information display means) Equivalent), a lamp unit 41, a call button 42 for calling an employee, a data switching button 43 for switching the type of game information displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 40, and the like.

  FIG. 5 shows a functional block diagram of the game information display device 4. The control unit 44 (corresponding to the final game number storage means and the caution information storage means) is constituted by a microcomputer provided with a CPU 44a, ROM 44b, RAM 44c, I / O 44d, and the like. The control unit 44 receives a remote control signal from the call button 42, the data switching button 43, the touch panel 45 provided corresponding to the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 40, and the remote control 48 (corresponding to the final game number correcting means) carried by the employee. Various signals are input from each of the remote control light receiving units 46 that receive (receive) light, and various signals are output to the liquid crystal display unit 40 and the lamp unit 41, respectively. The control unit 44 is connected to the relay device 5 via a transmission / reception unit 47 that transmits and receives various signals and various information, and game signals (input signal, payout signal, BB signal, ART signal) from the gaming machine 2 side, The game information from the management device 7 side is received via the relay device 5.

  The control unit 44 counts and displays the number of games (number of times the game has been started) as follows. Since three medals are inserted in the gaming machine 2 and one game is executed, the control unit 44 determines that one game has been executed by receiving three pulses of the insertion signal from the gaming machine 2. Note that if the gaming machine 2 transmits the game start signal separately from the insertion signal, the control unit 44 may determine that one game has been executed by receiving the game start signal. The control unit 44 starts counting the number of games at the time of opening the store from “0”, stops the counting when the BB state or the ART state occurs, ends the BB state or the ART state, and returns to the normal state. The number of games is reset to “0” when returning to (the count value of the number of times is reset to zero when the special state is finished), and the counted number of games between special states (the number of games between bonuses) Count as.

  In addition, the control unit 44 starts counting the number of games in the normal state from the time of opening the store from “0”, stops the counting in the BB state or the ART state, and restarts the counting from the time of returning to the normal state. The counted number of times is counted as the cumulative number of games today. The control unit 44 stores the current number of games between special states and the number of games accumulated today in the RAM 44c, and resets it to “0” by performing a store closing process. Further, the control unit 44 stores the number of games between special states at the time when the store closing process is performed in the RAM 44c as the final game number, reads out from the RAM 44c when performing the opening process on the next day, and displays it as the last game number on the previous day. When the first BB state or ART state ends, the display is erased.

  The control unit 44 displays various data such as the above-mentioned number of games between special states, the number of games accumulated today, and the number of final games in the respective areas 40a to 40i shown in FIG. Specifically, the control unit 44 sets each occurrence number of the BB count and ART count for today, each occurrence count for the BB count and ART count for the previous day, each occurrence count for the BB count and ART count for the previous day, respectively. Displayed in the areas 40a to 40c. The control unit 44 also records the number of occurrences of the highest BB state (the highest record BB), the number of games between the current special states (G between bonuses), the number of games played the last day (the last day G), and the total number of games played today (today). The total G) is displayed in each of the areas 40d to 40g. In addition, the control unit 44 displays a graph representing the number of games executed between the special states for 10 times (game number history between special states) in the area 40h, and the difference number (difference) obtained by subtracting the inserted number from the payout number. A graph indicating the transition of the number of medals is displayed in the area 40i.

  In a game hall, for example, when a manager of a game hall (hereinafter referred to as a manager) performs a closing operation on the management device 7, a closing instruction is simultaneously sent from the management device 7 to all the game information display devices 4 in the gaming hall. Sent. When each game information display device 4 receives a store closing instruction, it performs a predetermined store closing process, shifts all data in the storage area for the current day to the storage area for the previous day, and stores the data for the previous day for the previous day. Move to the area. Further, for example, when the manager performs a store opening operation on the management device 7, a store opening command is transmitted from the management device 7 to all the game information display devices 4 in the game hall all at once. When each game information display device 4 receives a store opening instruction, it performs a predetermined store opening process, reads out data in each storage area, and displays it in each region (each display column).

  Now, at the game hall, the store closing time is reached when the BB state or the ART state is occurring, and it is unavoidable that the game may be ended while the BB state or the ART state is unavoidable. When the closing time comes when the ART state is occurring, the employee who has gone to the gaming machine 2 where the ART state has occurred calls the player to stop the game. In this case, in the gaming machine 2, the stored contents of the RAM 25c are not initialized only by turning off the power when the store is closed and turning on the power when the store is opened, and all the stored contents at the time of turning off the power are maintained. The operation of operating 27 is common. That is, when the employee operates the RAM clear operation unit 27, the control unit 25 inputs the RAM clear signal from the RAM clear operation unit 27 and performs the RAM clear process, thereby changing the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 from the ART state. Return to normal state. If the store closing time is reached while the BB state is occurring, the BB state ends in a few minutes, and the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 can be changed to BB even if the employee does not operate the RAM clear operation unit 27. Since the state returns to the normal state, the employee has many operations that allow the player to continue playing the game. However, as with the state in which the ART state occurs, the employee calls the player to stop the game. The employee may operate the RAM clear operation unit 27 to return the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 from the BB state to the normal state.

  However, as described in “Problems to be Solved by the Invention”, the RAM clear operation is performed at an appropriate timing when the store closing time is reached in the state where the BB state or the ART state is generated as described above. Otherwise, there was a situation in which the number of games when the BB state or the ART state occurred at the end of the previous day was displayed as the last game number of the previous day. In this regard, the game information display device 4 performs the following processing.

  Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. In relation to the present invention, the game information display device 4 monitors the start timing (predetermined period) of the store closing command receiving process, the store opening command receiving process, and the zero reset signal receiving process during the main process. If it is determined that the respective start timings have been reached, the process shifts from the main process to each process and starts each process.

(1) Store Close Command Receiving Process When the game information display device 4 determines that the start timing of the store close command receiving process has come, it starts the store close command receiving process. When the game information display device 4 starts the closing instruction reception process, whether the closing instruction is received from the management device 7, whether the closing monitoring timer is operating, whether the closing monitoring timer has timed out. Is determined (S1 to S3).

  When the gaming information display device 4 determines that the store closing instruction has been received from the management device 7 (S1: YES), it is determined whether or not the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 is in a special state (in BB state or ART state). If it is determined (S4) and it is determined that it is not in the special state (normal state) (S4: NO), a predetermined closing process is performed (S5), the closing instruction reception process is terminated, and the process returns to the main process. Wait for the next start timing. On the other hand, when the gaming information display device 4 determines that the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 is in the special state (S4: YES), a notification message for prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clearing operation (calling attention to the employee) For closing the shop) (S6), a closing monitoring timer is started (S7), the closing instruction reception process is terminated, the process returns to the main process, and the next start timing is awaited. That is, the game information display device 4 displays an announcement message before performing the store closing process, thereby allowing the employee to confirm whether or not the RAM clear operation is necessary.

  When the game information display device 4 determines that the closing time monitoring timer is in operation by starting the closing time monitoring timer (S2: YES), it determines whether or not a confirmation command signal is received from the remote control 48 ( If it is determined that the light is not received (S8: NO), the store closing command reception process is terminated, the process returns to the main process, and the next start timing is awaited. On the other hand, when the game information display device 4 determines that the confirmation command signal is received while the closing time monitoring timer is operating (S8: YES), the gaming information display device 4 stops the closing time monitoring timer (S9) and deletes the notification message (S10). ), A predetermined closing process is performed (S5), the closing instruction reception process is terminated, the process returns to the main process, and the next start timing is awaited. That is, by displaying a notification message for prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation, the employee can grasp that the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 is in a special state before the store closing process is performed. If the employee determines that it is necessary to perform a RAM clear operation (reset operation), the RAM clear operation is performed by the RAM clear operation unit 27, thereby making the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 special. It is possible to return from the normal state to the normal state, and thereafter, by operating the remote controller 48 to transmit a confirmation command signal, the notification message can be deleted, and the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 is changed from the special state to the normal state. After returning, the closing process can be performed.

  The game information display device 4 determines that the closing time monitoring timer has timed out because the closing time monitoring timer has been activated for a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) without receiving the confirmation command signal while the closing time monitoring timer is operating. Then (S3: YES), the RAM clear operation no flag indicating that the employee did not perform the RAM clear operation is set to “1” (attention information is stored) (S11), and the notification message is deleted. (S10) A predetermined closing process is performed (S5), the closing instruction reception process is terminated, the process returns to the main process, and the next start timing is awaited. That is, the employee displays a notification message prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation, but if it is determined that there is no need to perform the RAM clear operation due to special circumstances, the RAM clear operation is not performed and the remote control is not performed. Since the confirmation command signal is not transmitted without operating 48, the notification message can be deleted after the fact is memorized, and the closing process is performed while the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 remains in the special state. Can be done.

(2) Store opening command reception processing When the game information display device 4 determines that the opening timing of the store opening command reception processing has come, it starts the store opening command reception processing. When the game information display device 4 starts the store opening command reception process, whether the store opening command is received from the management device 7, whether the store opening monitoring timer is operating, whether the store opening monitoring timer has timed out Is determined (S21 to S23).

  When the game information display device 4 determines that the store opening instruction has been received from the management device 7 (S21: YES), it determines whether or not the RAM clear operation no flag is set to “1” (S24), and RAM clear If it is determined that the no-operation flag is not set to “1” (set to “0”) (S24: NO), a predetermined store opening process is performed (S25), the store opening command receiving process is terminated, and the main Return to the process and wait for the next start timing. On the other hand, when the game information display device 4 determines that the RAM clear operation absence flag is set to “1” (S24: YES), a notification message for prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation (note to employees) (S26), the opening monitoring timer is started (S27), the opening instruction reception process is terminated, the process returns to the main process, and the next start timing is awaited. In other words, the game information display device 4 displays a notification message before the store opening process, thereby allowing the employee to confirm whether or not the RAM clear operation is necessary.

  When the game information display device 4 determines that the opening time monitoring timer is in operation by starting the opening time monitoring timer (S22: YES), it determines whether or not a confirmation command signal is received from the remote controller 48 ( If it is determined that the light is not received (S28: NO), the store opening command receiving process is terminated, the process returns to the main process, and the next start timing is awaited. On the other hand, if the game information display device 4 determines that the confirmation command signal has been received while the opening time monitoring timer is operating (S28: YES), the gaming information display device 4 stops the opening time monitoring timer (S29) and deletes the notification message (S30). ), The RAM clear no operation flag is set to “0” (S31), a predetermined store opening process is performed (S25), the store opening command receiving process is terminated, the process returns to the main process, and the next start timing is awaited. That is, by displaying a notification message prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation, the employee can grasp that the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 is in a special state before the store opening process is performed, It is possible to grasp that the store closing process was performed while the special condition occurred on the previous day. If the employee determines that it is necessary to perform a RAM clear operation, the RAM clear operation unit 27 performs the RAM clear operation, thereby returning the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 from the special state to the normal state. After that, the notification message can be deleted by operating the remote controller 48 to transmit a confirmation command signal, and the game machine 2 is returned from the special state to the normal state and then opened. Processing can be performed.

  The game information display device 4 determines that the opening time monitoring timer has reached a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) without receiving the confirmation command signal while the opening time monitoring timer is operating, and the opening time monitoring timer has timed out. Then (S23: YES), also in this case, the notification message is deleted (S30), the RAM clear operation no flag is set to “0” (S31), a predetermined store opening process is performed (S25), and a store opening command receiving process is performed. To return to the main process and wait for the next start timing. That is, the employee displays a notification message prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation, but if it is determined that there is no need to perform the RAM clear operation due to special circumstances, the RAM clear operation is not performed and the remote control is not performed. By not transmitting the confirmation command signal without operating 48, the notification message can be erased, and the store closing process can be performed while the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 remains in the special state.

(3) Zero reset signal light receiving process When it is determined that the timing for starting the zero reset signal light receiving process has come, the game information display device 4 starts the zero reset signal light receiving process. When the game information display device 4 starts the zero reset signal light receiving process, the game information display device 4 determines whether or not the zero reset signal is received from the remote controller 48 (S41), and determines that the zero reset signal is not received (S41: NO). The signal light receiving process is terminated and the process returns to the main process, and waits for the next start timing. On the other hand, when the game information display device 4 determines that the zero reset signal is received (S41: YES), the game information display device 4 resets the final number of games stored in the RAM 44c to zero (corrects to zero) (S42), and receives the zero reset signal. The process ends and returns to the main process, and waits for the next start timing. That is, as described above, the game information display device 4 stores the number of games between special states at the time when the store closing process is performed as the final game number, and the final game number is used as the final game number on the previous day when the store opening process is performed on the next day. Since it is configured to display, when the RAM clear no operation flag is set to “1”, the number of games when the special state occurs at the end of the previous day is displayed as the last game number of the previous day, and inconsistency occurs. ing. The employee can reset the final number of games to zero by operating the remote controller 48 and transmitting a zero reset signal to eliminate such inconsistencies.

  FIG. 9 shows an ART state screen M1 displayed on the game information display device 4 when the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 changes from the normal state to the ART state. The game information display device 4 displays in the area 40i on the ART state screen M1 the number of ARTs for today (ART total), the number of games since the end of the previous ART state, and the number of games acquired by the current ART state (= the number of payouts− The number of input) (the number acquired this time) and the total number acquired (from today) are displayed. When the game information display device 4 receives a store closing instruction from the management device 7 in this state (when the gaming machine 2 is in the ART state), as shown in FIG. 10, a RAM including a notification message prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation A clear necessity confirmation notice screen M2 is displayed in a pop-up on the ART state screen M1. The employee can grasp that the gaming machine 2 is in the ART state before the closing process is performed by popping up the RAM clear necessity confirmation notification screen M2, and can take appropriate measures. it can.

  The same applies when the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 changes from the normal state to the BB state. FIG. 11 shows a BB state screen M3 displayed on the game information display device 4 when the gaming state of the gaming machine 2 changes from the normal state to the BB state. In the BB state screen M3, the game information display device 4 displays, in the area 40i, the number of BBs of the day (BB total), the number of games from the end of the previous BB state, the number of games acquired by the current BB state (the number of games acquired this time) ), Display the total number of sheets acquired since the opening of the day (the number of sheets acquired today). When the game information display device 4 receives a store closing instruction from the management device 7 in this state (the gaming machine 2 is in the BB state), as shown in FIG. 12, the RAM including a notification message prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation A clear necessity confirmation notice screen M4 is popped up on the BB state screen M3.

  The notification message for prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation at the time of closing the store is, for example, “Now… (Omitted)… Can the store closing process be executed?”, As shown in FIGS. The notification message for prompting confirmation of the necessity of the RAM clear operation at the time of opening the store is not shown, but may be, for example, “Now… (Omitted)… Can the store opening process be executed?” Or the like, and the store closing process is executed. Any notification message may be used as long as it indicates that the RAM clear operation has not been performed before.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
In the game information display device 4, when the gaming machine 2 is in a special state such as a BB state or an ART state at the time of executing the store closing process, a notification message is displayed to alert the employee. Since this is done, it is possible to suppress forgetting to perform the RAM clear operation before the store closing process is executed. The employee who has been cautioned performs a RAM clear operation before executing the store closing process, so that the special state can be forcibly terminated and returned to the normal state, and the number of games between special states can be reset to zero. As a result, even if the store closes in a special state, the employee performs a predetermined closing process with the number of games between special states reset to zero by performing a reset operation before executing the store closing process. Therefore, not the number of games at the time when the special state occurred at the end of the previous day but the number of games between the special states that were reset to zero is stored as the final game number, and “0” is displayed as the final game number of the previous day when opening the next day To do. Thereby, the last game number on the previous day can be displayed appropriately.
In addition, when the store closing process is executed in a state where a special condition has occurred, a notice message is displayed to alert the employee during the store opening process the next day. Employees can reset the number of final games the previous day to zero as needed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
The type of game information displayed by the game information display device 4 is not limited to the exemplified game information, and may be game information other than the exemplified game information.
The special state that is a gaming state advantageous to the player is not limited to the illustrated BB state or ART state, and may be a gaming state other than the BB state or ART state as long as the gaming state is advantageous to the player. For example, a known assist time, challenge time, replay time, or the like may be used. Also, the special condition start condition and end condition may be various conditions other than those exemplified.
An example of a configuration in which the employee operates the remote control to transmit a zero reset signal to reset the number of final games to zero is shown, but the administrator operates the management device to transmit a zero reset signal to determine the number of final games. It may be configured to reset to zero.

The configuration in which the game information display device transmits / receives data to / from the management device is illustrated, but the game information display device may have a configuration that does not have a function to transmit / receive data to / from the management device, that is, the game information display device However, it may be configured to operate independently of the management apparatus.
Although the configuration in which the gaming information display device receives gaming information from the gaming machine via the relay device is illustrated, the gaming information display device may directly receive gaming information from the gaming machine.
The configuration in which the gaming information display device is installed above the gaming machine is illustrated, but the gaming information display device may be installed on the side of the gaming machine, and the gaming information display device may be installed at any installation location. May be. Further, the game information display device may be configured not to have an employee calling function including a lamp unit and a calling button.
Although a slot machine is exemplified as a gaming machine, the present invention can be similarly applied to a pachinko gaming machine. Further, the slot machine of the type that pays out game media is assumed, but a complete credit type slot machine that stores electronic media without paying out game media may be used.

  In the drawings, 1 is a game information display system, 2 is a gaming machine, 4 is a game information display device, 25 is a control unit (game start means, special state generation means, special state end means, special state forced end means), and 40 Liquid crystal display unit (special game number display means, previous day final game number display means, closing caution information display means, opening caution information display means), 44 control unit (final game number storage means, caution information storage means) ) And 48 are remote controllers (final game number correcting means).

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Game starting means for starting a game when a predetermined game start condition is satisfied;
Special state generating means for generating a special state which is a gaming state advantageous to the player over the normal state when a predetermined special state start condition is established in the game;
Special state ending means for ending the special state and shifting to the normal state when a predetermined special state ending condition is satisfied in the game in the special state;
A special machine forcibly ending means capable of forcibly ending the special state by a reset operation of an employee and returning to the normal state regardless of success or failure of the special state ending condition; ,
In a game information display system comprising a game information display device attached to the gaming machine and capable of displaying various game information related to the game to a player,
The game information display device
A special game number display means for counting the number of times the game is started, resetting the count value of the number of times to zero when the special state is completed, and displaying the count value as the number of games between special states; ,
Final game number storage means for storing the number of games between special states as a final game number when a predetermined closing process is executed;
When a predetermined store opening process is executed, the previous day final game number display means for displaying the final game number stored in the final game number storage means as the previous day final game number;
A closing caution information display means for displaying closing caution information for alerting an employee when the gaming machine is in a special state at the time of executing the closing process; A game information display system characterized by that. The game information display device
If the confirmation instruction signal is not received from the remote control carried by the employee until the predetermined time has elapsed after the closing notice information display means displays the closing notice information, the reset is executed before the closing process is executed. Caution information storage means for storing caution information indicating that the operation has not been performed;
When the opening process is executed, if the caution information storage means stores the caution information, the opening caution information display for displaying the opening caution information for alerting the employee The game information display system according to claim 1, further comprising: means.   A final game number correcting means capable of correcting the final game number stored in the final game number storage means to zero when the closing process is executed in a state in which the special state occurs; The game information display system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above.

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