JPH06246038A - Game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the disadvantage that one player occupies plural game machines in such a manner that in the case of discontinuing a game, a recording medium capable of specifying the owned point at the time of discontinuing can be discharged to a player, and the player plays the game in another game machine using the data of the number of owned balls recorded in the recording medium. CONSTITUTION:At the time of playing a game using a owned point card discharged with the discontinuing operation of the game, if the owned point card discontinues another game machine (S9), the inserted owned point card is discharged (S11, S12) and the game using the data of the number of owned balls of the owned point card is inhibited.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine or the like, and more specifically, using a valuable value owned by the player. The present invention relates to a gaming device including a gaming machine in which a game is possible and a valuable value of a player changes according to a result of the game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of gaming machine, it is possible to perform a game using what is generally known in the past, for example, by using a valuable value owned by a player that can be specified by recorded information such as a recording medium. Some include game machines such as various ball game machines and slot machines, and some are configured so that the valuable value owned by the player fluctuates according to the result of the game by the game machine.

[0003]

On the other hand, there is a case where the player is forced to temporarily suspend the game during a game due to an urgent need such as movement of a telephone or a car. In such a case, the player or Based on the operation of a staff member in the amusement hall, the player controls the game of the game machine in which the game is being performed to be in a suspended state, and prevents other players from accidentally playing a game from the game machine. It is desirable to configure.

Therefore, a recording medium on which information that can identify the valuable value owned by the player at the time when the game by the gaming machine is interrupted is paid out to the player, and the player makes an urgent need and the same again. When playing a game with a gaming machine, the paid-out recording medium is inserted into a recording medium insertion slot provided in association with the gaming machine, and the valuable value owned by the player specified by the recorded information of the recording medium. It is possible to use so that the game can be continued again.

However, in the case of such a configuration, the recording medium paid out along with the interruption of the game is inserted into the recording medium insertion port or the like provided in association with another gaming machine, and the recording medium is inserted. It becomes possible to play on another gaming machine by using the valuable value owned by the player specified by
There is a possibility that a human player may occupy both the suspended game machine and another game machine, and the operating rate of the game machine in the game hall may decrease.

The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to pay out to a player a recording medium on which information capable of specifying a valuable value owned by the player at the time of interruption is recorded. In order to prevent the inconvenience of playing a game by occupying another gaming machine by using the paid-out recording medium.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a gaming machine including a gaming machine in which a valuable value owned by a player can be used for playing, and the valuable value owned by the player fluctuates according to the result of the game. There is a game interruption operation means capable of interrupting the game by the game machine, and a game machine capable of specifying the valuable value owned by the player at the time when the game is interrupted by the game interruption operation means and being interrupted The recording medium payout means for paying out the recording medium on which the information that can identify the player to the player and the valuable value owned by the player specified by the recorded information of the recording medium paid out by the recording medium payout means are used. When a game is played by a gaming machine, if it is determined that the other gaming machine is suspended by the recorded information of the paid-out recording medium, it is specified by the recorded information of the recording medium. Play Characterized in that it comprises a prohibiting means for prohibiting the game of using negotiable value of-owned.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when the game interruption operation means is operated to interrupt the game, it is possible to specify the valuable value owned by the player at the time of the interruption, and the interrupted gaming machine. A recording medium on which identifiable information is recorded is paid out to the player. When the player uses a valuable value owned by the player specified by the paid-out recording medium to play a game with another game machine different from the interrupted game machine, the game is not played. It is determined that a game machine other than the existing game machine is suspended, and the game using the valuable value owned by the player specified by the recording medium is prohibited.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine is shown as an example of the gaming machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a coin gaming machine, a slot machine, or the like, in short, a valuable value owned by the player. Any gaming device including a gaming machine that can be played using the game and whose valuable value owned by the player fluctuates according to the result of the game is included.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a pachinko gaming machine 10 which is an example of a gaming machine installed on a gaming machine installation island 1 in a game arcade.

When a player plays a game on the pachinko gaming machine 10, he first purchases a gaming card. The gaming card is composed of a magnetic card or the like, and records an example of the remaining value of the valuable value owned by the player corresponding to the purchase amount. The player inserts the purchased game card into the card insertion / discharge port 3 formed in the game card processing device 2. Then, the record information recorded in the inserted gaming card is read by the card reader / writer 100A, and the valuable value (remaining amount data) of the player recorded in the gaming card is displayed on the display unit 5. To be done. The player selects the withdrawal amount selection button 6 within the range of the displayed valuable value of the player, and withdraws the valuable value to be used for the game. The withdrawal amount may be a fixed amount that is uniformly set, or the withdrawal amount may be automatically withdrawn regardless of the operation of the player. Then, the number of balls held corresponding to the withdrawn valuable value is digitally displayed by the number-of-balls data display device 52A and is displayed in analog form by the amount-of-balls display device 53, so that the pachinko machine 10 can play the game. Becomes The ball amount indicator 53 displays the ball hitting amount in an analog manner by increasing the number of lamps that are turned on sequentially from the left as the ball number data increases, and the player intuitively holds the ball amount. There is an advantage that can be grasped.

In this state, the player plays the pachinko game machine 10
By operating the hitting ball operation handle 22 provided at, the hitting motor 62 is driven and the hitting hammer 58 swings intermittently, and the pachinko balls are hit into the game area 42 one by one.

The pachinko balls that are hit in the game area 42 are detected by the launch ball detector 64, and based on the detection signal, the number-of-balls data is held each time the pachinko balls are hit in the game area 42. 1 "each, and the subtracted number of balls held is the number-of-balls data display 52A or ball display 53.
Displayed by. In this embodiment, the firing ball is detected at the entrance to the game area 42 and the foul ball is not detected, but the hitting ball number data is detected when the hitting ball is fired or when the ball is fed, and the number-of-balls number data is The number of balls held may be set to "+1" by detecting foul balls while performing "1".

In the game area 42, a pair of open / close wing pieces 44
The variable winning ball device 43 provided with a and 44b is provided at the central position. Further, at the lower position of the game area 42, start winning holes 48a, 48b, 48c are formed.

When a pachinko ball hit in the game area 42 wins at the starting winning openings 48a, 48b, 48c, the opening / closing blades 44a, 44b of the variable winning ball device 43 open and close once or twice, during that time. When a pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball device 43 wins a specific winning area (V pocket), a specific game state occurs and the opening / closing blades 44a and 44b of the variable winning ball device 43 are continuously opened and closed. Then, it becomes the first state that is advantageous to the player, and the big hit state occurs.

Each time a pachinko ball hit in the game area 42 wins in the winning port or the variable winning ball device, a predetermined number of balls is added to the current dice, and the added podium is added. Ball number data indicator 52A
And the amount of balls held display 53. Incidentally, 49 is an out port for collecting out balls. If the player wants to continue playing the game again when the number of balls held becomes 0, the withdrawal amount selection button 6 is again selected and the valuable value to be used for the game is withdrawn. Then, when all the valuable values recorded in the game card inserted into the game card insertion / discharge port 3 are withdrawn, the game card becomes a zero card and is discharged to the player. On the other hand, the zero card may be collected in the game card processing device 2. 4 in the figure
Is a withdrawable indicator lamp, and the player's valuable value can be withdrawn by selecting and operating the withdrawal amount selection button 6 only when the withdrawable indicator lamp 4 is lit or blinking. .

A point card processing device 7 is provided above the pachinko gaming machine 10. By pressing a game end button 28 provided on the point card processing device 7, a ball is currently held. The number-of-balls number data displayed on the number data display 52A is recorded on a point card of an example of a recording medium by the card reader / writer 100 which is an example of a recording medium payout means, and is discharged from the card insertion / discharge port 27 to the player. To be done. In addition, when the player who is playing the game wants to suspend the game based on an urgent need such as movement of a telephone or a car, the game interrupt button 3 which is an example of the game interrupt operation means.
Press 0. Then, the number-of-balls data displayed on the number-of-balls data display device 52A at the present time and the interruption data including the fact that the game is interrupted and the data that can identify the interrupted gaming machine (for example, machine number) are obtained. It is recorded on the point card by the card reader / writer 100 and is discharged to the player from the card insertion / discharge port 27.

By inserting the point card ejected from the card insertion / ejection port 27 through the card insertion / ejection port 27, the points recorded on the point card are used to play the game by the pachinko gaming machine 10. Is possible. However,
When the point card is ejected based on the game interruption operation, only when the same point card is inserted into the pachinko gaming machine 10 which has ejected the point card and is in the interruption state. A game with the pachinko gaming machine 10 becomes possible. When the point card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 27, the recorded information is read by the card reader / writer 100, and it is determined that the game can be played based on the read information, the inserted card is inserted. The number of balls held corresponding to the number of points recorded on the point card is displayed by the number-of-balls data display 52B and also displayed by the number-of-balls display 53. These ball number data display 52B,
Since the ball amount indicator 53 is provided at a position visible to other players as shown in the figure, the payout status of the other players can be grasped without actually paying the prize balls. It is possible to energize the inside of the game arcade and improve the game motivation of the entire player. The present invention is not limited to the gaming machine in which the game is played using the valuable value specified by the recorded information on the recording medium, and a game medium such as a hitting ball or a value object such as currency is thrown in. When the game is started, the valuable value owned by the player, which consists of the input value object or the score obtained by the player as a result of the game, is stored as the number-of-balls data, and the number-of-balls data is held when the game ends or is interrupted. It may be a so-called credit type gaming machine that pays out a storage medium that can specify Reference numeral 31 in the figure denotes a game interruption display, which is lit or blinks when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is in the game interruption state by pressing the game interruption button 30. Reference numeral 29 denotes a game enable display, which lights up or blinks when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is ready for a game. 33
Is a trouble button, which is used by the player to press the pachinko gaming machine 10 during a game to call a staff member of the game hall by pressing it. Reference numeral 32 denotes an error cause display, which is used to display the cause of any error that has occurred. Reference numeral 51 denotes a speaker, which produces a sound effect when the big hit occurs or an alarm sound when an abnormality occurs. 50 and 26 are game effect lamps which are lit or blinked when a big hit occurs or the like. The card reader / writer 100A for the game machine card and the card reader / writer 100 for the point card have almost the same configuration.

The game card processing device 2, the point card processing device 7, and the card pachinko gaming machine 10 are electrically connected to the hall management computer 8 which is the host computer of the game hall by the connection wiring 9. , Is configured to be able to send and receive data.

FIG. 2 is an overall rear view showing a partial internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine 10. In the figure, 40 is a game board,
A game board fixing member 82 is detachably attached to the game board mounting frame 80. That is, this game board fixing member 82 is configured to be rotatable, and the game board fixing member 82
By rotating the game board 40 to the game board mounting frame 80
It is configured to be removable from. As described above, by configuring only the game board 40 to be replaceable, there is an advantage that the cost at the time of replacing the pachinko game machine 10 in the game hall can be reduced.

On the back side of the game board, a set of winning ball collecting cover bodies 90a, 90b is arranged, which are separable from each other, and one winning ball collecting cover according to the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10. It replaces only the body and is composed of another prize ball aggregate cover body so that it can handle many models. With the winning ball collection cover bodies 90a and 90b, various winning openings 48a to 48c formed in the game board 40,
Furthermore, a specific winning opening (V pocket) 84 or normal winning openings 86a, 8 formed in the variable winning ball device 43.
The pachinko balls that have won the prize 6b are guided to a predetermined path and assembled. Further, a relay terminal board 92, various detectors 94, 96, etc. are attached to the winning ball collecting cover bodies 90a, 90b. 88
a and 88b are opening / closing blades 44a of the variable winning ball device 43,
A solenoid for driving 44b, which is attached to the back side of the variable winning ball device 43.

In the figure, reference numeral 72 denotes a winning ball collecting trough, which is a winning ball collected by the winning ball collecting cover members 90a and 90b and winning balls which are won at the starting winning openings 48a, 48b and 48c (see FIG. 1). Collects the prize balls that have won in the variable prize ball device 43 and collects prize balls and out balls.
It leads to. The winning balls collected by the winning ball collecting gutter 72 are detected by the winning ball detector 73, and the detection output is used for the game control described later. In the present embodiment, all the winning balls collected by the winning ball collecting gutter 72 are configured to be detected by one winning ball detector 73, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is provided for each winning port. Alternatively, each prize hole may be divided into blocks, and a prize ball detector may be provided for each block, and the detection output of each prize ball detector may be added to calculate the total number of prize balls. It may be configured to do so. When the winning ball detector is provided for each block, it is possible to make the value added to the player's number-of-balls data as a prize ball different for each block. In the winning ball / out ball confluence trough 76, the out balls collected from the out port 49 pass through the out ball trough 74, are detected by the out ball detector 75, and then drop into the winning ball and the out ball confluence. Is configured to. Then, the hit ball in which the winning balls and the out balls join together is returned to the hit ball waiting gutter 70 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 10 through the hit ball discharge communication port 77, and the hit ball waiting gutter. The pachinko balls in 70 are supplied to the hitting ball firing position one by one, and are shot by the hitting ball hammer 58 into the game area 42. As described above, in this embodiment, the so-called encapsulation is configured so that all the pachinko balls hit by the hitting ball launching device 54 circulate inside the gaming machine and are returned to the hitting ball waiting trough without being discharged to the outside of the machine. Although the ball circulation type ball game machine is shown, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a ball game machine of a system in which a hit ball is polished and supplied as a ball hit.

The hitting ball launching device 54 for hitting a pachinko ball into the game area 42 is interlocked with the hitting ball 62 and the hitting ball 58 which is intermittently rocked by the hitting motor 62 and the intermittent rocking of the hitting ball 58. And an interlocking lifting body 60 that moves up and down. This interlocking lift 60
Each time a pachinko ball is fired, the pachinko balls waiting in the ball striking standby gutter are supplied one by one to the ball striking position.

A specific winning area (V pocket) 84 and regular winning openings 86a and 86b are formed in the variable winning ball device 43 (see FIG. 1), and the pachinko balls that have won in the specific winning area 84 are All the winning balls detected by the specific winning ball detector 94 and won in the variable winning ball device 43 are detected by the 10-count detector 96. The starting prize balls that have won the starting prize holes 48a, 48b, 48c are detected by the starting prize ball detectors 98a, 98b, 98c, and as described above, the solenoids 88a, 88b are based on the detection signals of the starting prize balls detectors. Are excited once or twice to open / close the open / close wing pieces 44a, 44b once or twice. If a pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball device 43 in the meantime enters the specific winning area 84 and is detected by the specific winning ball detector 94, the opening / closing blades 44a and 44b are continuously opened and closed, which is advantageous for the player. The big hit control in the first state is performed. The opening / closing blades 44a and 44b are opened / closed in this jackpot control a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times).
Number) or the number of winning pachinko balls in the variable winning ball device reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10), whichever comes first ends, and the variable winning ball device 43 plays the game. It becomes a second state that is disadvantageous to the person. If the pachinko balls that have entered the variable winning ball apparatus 43 in the first state enter the specific winning area 84 and are detected by the specific winning ball detector 94, the variable winning ball apparatus 43.
Is once brought to the second state, and then is repeatedly driven to the first state.

A control board box 7 is further provided on the back of the game board.
8 is attached, and is configured to receive a signal from each of the winning ball detectors and perform game control such as the big hit control.

On the back side of the game board 40, a control board 137 for controlling the point card processing device 7 including the card reader / writer 100 (see FIG. 1) is provided. The control board 137 is provided with a microcomputer 138 (see FIG. 4) for controlling the card reader / writer 100.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view for explaining the operation of the card reader / writer 100. The card reader / writer 100 is provided with a card insertion / ejection port 27 into which a point card 102 made of a magnetic card is inserted / ejected. The point card 102 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, but may have a rod shape or the like, and the shape is not limited. Further, in the score card 102, the number of balls held by the player, which is an example of the valuable value owned by the player, is recorded. In addition, in the point card 102, other information such as game hall identification information for preventing the use of the magnetic card of another store and encryption information for determining the authenticity of the card are recorded. Various types of cards are conceivable such as IC cards, heat sensitive cards, cards using optical disk memory, bar code printed cards, and punched cards. The card reader / writer 100 can be appropriately modified according to the type and shape of the card described above.

The point card 102 inserted in the card insertion / ejection port 27 has a first card detector 103 (S
W1), the first conveyance motor 110 (M1) starts normal rotation based on the detection output, the main rotation roller 111 rotates counterclockwise in the drawing, and the conveyance belt 113
Causes the card 102 to move to the left in the figure (the card loading direction)
Be transported to. Incidentally, reference numeral 114 in the drawing denotes a freely rotatable guide roller, which is for reliably carrying the card 102 by pressing the card 102 toward the carrying belt 113. The card 10 by the conveyor belt 113.
While 2 is being conveyed, the data of the card 102 is read by the data reader 107, which is an example of a reading unit, and the data is sent to the control unit (microcomputer) 138 (see FIG. 4). Then, when the card 102 is detected by the second card detector 104 (SW2), the first transport motor 110 (M1) is stopped, and when the second card detector 104 (SW2) is detected. Card 1
02 is once stopped and waits for the determination result from the control unit 138. Then, as a result of the determination, if the card 102 is determined to be proper, the first transport motor 110 (M1)
Rotates again, the card 102 is further conveyed to the left in the drawing, the second conveying motor 115 (M2) rotates normally, the main rotation roller 116 rotates counterclockwise in the drawing, and the conveying belt 118 moves. The card 102 is conveyed leftward in the drawing by the card, and the card is transferred to the third card detector 105 (SW
It is detected in 3). Then, the first transport motor 110
(M1) and the second transport motor 115 (M2) both stop, and the card 102 causes the third card detector 105 (SW
When it is detected in 3), it is stopped and held as it is. In the figure, 119 is a guide roller having the same function as the guide roller 114. Further, 112 and 117 are sub-rotating rollers which are attached so as to freely rotate.

With the point card 102 being held at the detection position of the third card detector 105 (SW3), a pachinko game can be played. Then, the player performs a pachinko game and presses the game end button 28 (see FIG. 1), whereby the second carry motor 115 (M
2) and the first transport motor 110 (M1) reversely rotate,
The card 102 is conveyed in the right direction in the drawing (the card ejection direction), and while the conveyance is in progress, the data eraser 109 erases the number-of-balls held and the data writer 108 records the number-of-balls data at the end of the game Is newly written, and the card 102 is ejected to the player side from the card insertion / ejection slot 27.

Next, if the player's playing game causes the number of balls held to be zero, the card 102
Is held as is. When a new card is inserted, the newly inserted card is detected by the third card detector 105 (SW3) instead of the held card only when the card is proper. The card held in the position and held until then is erased by a data erasing device (not shown), and then stored in the card storage box 136. In addition, in this embodiment, the number-of-balls data is not limited to the case where the number-of-balls data is zero, and the number-of-balls data can be updated by inserting a new card even when it is not zero, that is, during the game. There is. Further, the card storage box 136 is provided with a handle 136a,
A person in charge of the game hall holds the handle 136a and holds the card storage box 1
36, and the point card 102 stored in the card storage box 136 can be taken out.

In this embodiment, the card collection box 136
Although the point cards are accommodated in each gaming machine according to the above, a belt conveyor or the like may be provided on the back surface of the gaming machine to collect them at one end of the installation island.

Above the card collection box 136, a card stocker 120 for stocking point cards is arranged. The bottom plate 122 of this card stocker 120
Is the first card ejection solenoid 124 (SOL1)
By exciting the first card ejecting solenoid 124 (SOL1), the plunger 126 is attracted and the bottom plate 122 is lowered to excite the first card ejecting solenoid 124 (SOL1). Is released, the plunger 126 is extended by the action of a return spring (not shown), and the bottom plate 122 is raised. A fourth card detector 106 (SW4) is provided on the bottom surface of the bottom plate 122, and it is detected whether or not cards are stocked in the card stocker 120.

On the left side of the card stocker 120 in the drawing,
A second card ejection solenoid 128 (SOL2) is provided, and the first card ejection solenoid 12 is provided.
4 (SOL1) is excited to lower the bottom plate 122 to a predetermined position, and the second card ejecting solenoid 128 (SOL2) is excited, so that the plunger 130 is attracted and the card pushing lever 132 is pulled. The front end is inserted from the through hole 134 to the right in the drawing, and the card 102 on the bottom plate 122 is pushed out onto the conveyor belt 118. Then, the second card ejection solenoid 1
When the excitation of 28 (SOL2) is released, the plunger 130 is extended by the action of a return spring (not shown), and the tip of the card pushing lever 132 inserted into the card stocker 120 through the through hole 134 is removed from the inside of the card stocker 120. It retreats and returns to the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in the figure. These first card ejection solenoids 124 (S
LO1) and second card ejection solenoid 128 (SO
L2) and the like are control units (microcomputers) described later.
Controlled by 138.

In the present invention, the card 102 may be locked at the inserted position without being conveyed. In that case, the locked position becomes the predetermined position where the card should be reserved. .

Card reader / writer 100 for playing cards
Regarding A, since it has the same configuration as the card reader / writer 100 shown in FIG. 3 except that the configuration of the card stocker 120 and the like is different because the card insertion slot 3 is vertical, here The description is omitted.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control circuit for controlling the card reader / writer 100 of the point card.

The control circuit includes a microcomputer 138 as a control center. Microcomputer 138
Has a function of controlling the operation of the card reader / writer 100 as described below. Microcomputer 13
Reference numeral 8 denotes, for example, an LSI of several chips, in which a CPU 151 capable of executing a control operation in a predetermined procedure, a ROM 152 storing an operation program of the CPU 151, and a writing / reading of necessary data. And a RAM 153 capable of operating. Furthermore, the CPU 151
I / O port 154 for ensuring signal matching between the external circuit and the external circuit, a power-on reset circuit 155 that gives a reset pulse to the CPU 151 when the power is turned on, and a CPU 15
A clock generation circuit 156 for supplying a clock signal to 1;
A pulse dividing circuit (reset pulse generating circuit) 157 for dividing a clock signal from the clock generating circuit 156 to periodically give a reset pulse to the CPU, and a CPU 151.
Address decode circuit 158 for decoding the address data from.

The CPU 51 can execute the operation of the interrupt control routine according to the interrupt pulse periodically given from the pulse frequency dividing circuit 157. Further, the address decoding circuit 158 decodes address data from the CPU 151, and ROM 152, RAM 153, I / O
A chip select signal is applied to each port 154.

In this embodiment, the programmable ROM 152 is used as the ROM 152 so that the contents can be rewritten, that is, the program for the CPU 151 stored therein can be changed when the need arises. ing. Then, the CPU 151 follows the program stored in the ROM 152, and in response to the input of each control signal described below, the above-described transport motor 11
Control signals are given to 0, 115 and the like.

The microcomputer 138 includes the first to fourth card detectors 103 (SW1) to 106 (S).
The detection signal from W4) is given through the card detection circuit 159. A read data signal from the data reader 107 is given to the microcomputer 138 via the data read / write circuit 162. The player's game end button 28
By the pressing operation (see FIG. 1), the end operation detector 28A
Is turned on, and the signal is given to the microcomputer 138 via the operation detection circuit 163. When the player presses the game interruption button 30 (see FIG. 1), the interruption operation detector 30A is turned on, and the signal is given to the microcomputer 138 via the operation detection circuit 163. The launch ball detection signal from the launch ball detector 64 is provided to the microcomputer 138 via the detection circuit 164. The detection signal from the winning ball detector 73 is given to the microcomputer 138 via the detection circuit 164. Further, the detection signal from the out-ball detector 75 is given to the microcomputer 138 via the detection circuit 164.

Next, the microcomputer gives control signals to the following devices. First, the first and second transport motors 110 (M1) and 115 (M
A drive motor drive control signal is given to 2). Via the solenoid circuit 161, the first and second solenoids 124 (S
Solenoid drive control signals are given to OL1) and 128 (SOL2). In addition, a data writing signal is supplied to the data writer 108 and a control signal for erasing data is supplied to the data erasing unit 109 via the data reading / writing circuit 162. Next, a hit ball motor drive control signal is applied to the hit ball motor 62 via the motor circuit 165. Through the lamp circuit 166, the game possible indicator 29 (L1), the game interruption indicator 31 (L2), and further the ball amount indicator 53.
A display control signal is given to each. A display control signal is given to the error cause display 32 via the LCD circuit 167.
Ball number data indicator 52 via LED circuit 168
A display control signal is given to each of A and 52B.

The microcomputer 138 is connected to the gaming card processing device 2 (see FIG. 1) via the data input circuit 169 and the data output circuit 170, and is recorded on the gaming card from the gaming card processing device 2. The balance update signal in which the valuable value (balance) is updated is input to the microcomputer 138 via the data input circuit 169. On the other hand, via the data output circuit 170 from the microcomputer 138, a game end signal indicating that the game has ended, a stop signal indicating that the game has been stopped, a game interrupt signal in which the game has been interrupted, and its interruption have been released. Suspension release signal,
A stop release signal indicating that the stop has been released is given to the game card processing device 2. The microcomputer 138 is
It is connected to the hall management computer 8 (see FIG. 1) via the data input circuit 171 and the data output circuit 172, and the hall management computer 8 outputs the stop release signal and the interruption release via the data input circuit 171. The signal is provided to the microcomputer 138. The suspension cancellation signal is a signal given to the microcomputer 138 when the suspended point card is directly exchanged for the prize, and if the suspended point card is directly exchanged for the premium, the suspended point card is changed. It is necessary to release the suspended state of the suspended gaming machine so that the game is not resumed by using it in the suspended gaming machine, and the hall management computer 8 gives a suspension cancellation signal to the microcomputer 138. To cancel the suspended state. In addition, through the data output circuit 172 from the microcomputer 138, a stop signal indicating that the game has been stopped and a game interrupt signal indicating that the game is interrupted are given to the hall management computer 8. It should be noted that the hall management computer 8 may determine whether the game machine has stopped, and in that case, it is not necessary to purposely transmit the stop signal from the microcomputer 138 to the hall management computer 8 side. . A predetermined DC current is supplied from the power supply circuit 173 to each circuit having the above configuration.

5 to 7 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

First, in FIG. 5, the first card detector SW1 is turned on in step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S) 1.
It is determined whether or not If the player has not inserted the point card 102 into the card insertion / ejection slot 27, a NO determination is made in S1 and the card detector S
Wait until W1 turns on. Then, if the player inserts the point card 102 into the card insertion / discharge port 27,
Proceeding to S2, the first carrying motor M1 is normally rotated to carry the score card in the left direction (card taking-in direction) shown in FIG. 3, and the data recorded in the score card is read by the data reader 107 in S3. (See FIG. 3), the reading is made to proceed to S4, and it is judged whether or not the second card detector SW2 is turned on. If the second card detector SW2 is not turned on yet, that is, the point card is the second card detector. If the sheet has not been conveyed to the position detected by 104 (SW2) (see FIG. 3), the process returns to S2, and the processes of S2 and S3 are continued. Then, the point card is the second card detector 104 (SW
If it is transported to the position detected in 2), S
When YES is determined by 4, the process proceeds to S5, the first transport motor M1 is stopped, and the score card 10
2 is temporarily stopped at the position of the second card detector 104 (SW2) (see FIG. 3).

Next, in S6, whether the read data read in S3 is data of a card that can be used in this amusement hall, is it a counterfeit card, or has the expiration date of the card not expired? Is judged,
If it is not judged to be proper, S
11, the first carry motor M1 is rotated in the reverse direction to carry the point card in the card discharge direction, and it is determined in S12 whether the first card detector SW1 is switched from ON to OFF. The card ejection process in S11 is continued until it is replaced. Then, when the point card is ejected and the first card detector SW1 is switched from ON to OFF, the process proceeds to S13, the first transport motor M1 is stopped, and the point card ejection is completed. By S14
The cause of the inadequacy is displayed on the error cause display 32 and S1
Return to.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S6 that the read data is proper data, the process proceeds to S7, in which it is determined whether or not the game machine is in game interruption, and if it is not in game interruption. Proceed to S9. In S9, it is determined whether or not the read data in S3 includes interruption data. Insert the point card discharged to the player by pressing the game interruption button 30 in another game machine, even though the game machine in which the point card is inserted and the game is not suspended If a game is to be played, a YES determination is made in S9 and S11 is executed.
The following point card discharge processing is performed and the cause of improperness is displayed, and the game cannot be played.

On the other hand, if the game player is pressing the game interruption button 30 and the game is being interrupted, a YES determination is made in S7 and the process proceeds to S8 to determine whether or not the timer has expired. Done. This timer starts counting when the player presses the game interruption button 30,
For example, the time is up when a predetermined time of about 30 minutes is counted, and the interruption allowable time is measured. And if the timer is up, S
Go to 10. In other words, the game machine is automatically released from the interrupted state when the timer counts a predetermined period (for example, 30 minutes), and if the point card including the interrupted data is inserted as described above, the timer is held. The point card is ejected, and the player cannot play the point card.

If the timer has not expired, the process proceeds to S19, and it is determined whether the interruption data included in the read data read in S3 corresponds to the interruption data of this gaming machine. . Suspended data is data that can identify which game machine has interrupted the data, and if the inserted point card is a card that has been ejected by suspending another game machine, or If the interrupted data is not included, S19 returns N.
When it is determined to be O, the process proceeds to S11, the ejection control of the point card is performed, and the game with the point card is prohibited. On the other hand, when it is determined that the interrupted data is the data that properly matches, the process proceeds to S20, the first and second card transport motors M1 and M2 are normally rotated, and the third card detector SW3 is operated by S21. The normal rotation of the card transport motor is continued until it is switched from OFF to ON. Then, when the point card is conveyed to the position detected by the third card detector SW3, the process proceeds to S22, and the first and second
The card transport motors M1 and M2 are stopped to stop the card transport, and the game interruption is released in S23, S
24, the game interruption display 31 is turned off and the process proceeds to S25.

On the other hand, when a point card is inserted into the gaming machine which is not in the suspended state and the point card does not include interruption data, the process proceeds to S10, and the number of balls of the inserted point card is It is judged whether or not it is "0", and if there is no ball number to be used in the game, S
In step 11, the insertion card ejection control is performed. On the other hand, if the number of balls remaining in the inserted point card is advanced to S15, the first and second card transport motors M1,
M2 is normally rotated to take in the card, and the point card is conveyed in the taking direction until the third card detection switch SW3 is turned from OFF to ON. Then, when the third card detector SW3 is turned from OFF to ON, the first and second card transport motors M1 and M2 are stopped to end the card loading, and the inserted point card is added. The recorded number of held balls is added to the number-of-balls data, and the process proceeds to S25. In this way, after the timer ends in S8, it is not possible to restart the game using that point card, no matter how many balls remain, the point must be exchanged for a prize. . It should be noted that, even after the timer has expired in S8, the restart of the game using the score card may be permitted only when YES is determined in S19.
In S9, S11 to S14, the payout record is made when a game is played by the gaming machine using the valuable value owned by the player specified by the recording medium paid out by the recording medium payout means. When it is determined that the other game machine is suspended based on the recorded information of the medium, a prohibition means for prohibiting the game using the valuable value owned by the player specified by the recorded information of the recording medium is provided. It is configured. In S25 of FIG. 6, the power of the hitting motor is turned on.
The pachinko balls are controlled so that the pachinko balls can be ejected, the process proceeds to S26, the lamp L1 is turned on, and the game available indicator 29 (see FIG. 1) displays that the game is possible. Next, the process proceeds to S27, where it is determined whether or not there is a fired ball, and when there is no winning ball, the process proceeds to S28, where it is determined whether or not there is a winning ball, and if not, S29.
It is determined whether there is an out-ball, and if there is no out-ball, the procedure proceeds to S30. If there is a balance update, it is determined whether there is a balance update. The display is performed by 52A and 52B, and the ball holding amount is displayed by the ball amount display 53.

On the other hand, if a pachinko ball is fired and the fired ball detector 64 detects the fired ball, the result of S27 is Y.
When ES is determined, the process proceeds to S31, the held ball number data is decremented by "1", and the fired ball counter is incremented by "1" in S32, and the process proceeds to S37.

When a pachinko ball hit in the game area wins, the winning ball detector 73 is turned on, a YES determination is made in S28, the process proceeds to S33, and n is added to the number-of-balls data. This n is a number corresponding to the number of prize balls to be given in association with the winning of a pachinko ball, and is a predetermined number such as 13, for example. Then S3
Then, the process proceeds to S4, where the winning ball counter is incremented by "1", and the process proceeds to S35, where the hit ball counter is incremented by "1" and the process proceeds to S37. As an addition condition for the number-of-balls data, instead of or in addition to winning a pachinko ball, for example, establishment of a specific game state may be selected, and a predetermined number is added based on the fact that the specific game state is reached. May be controlled as follows. Also, S34 and S3
The count values of the winning ball counter and the hit ball counter in 5 are used for determining whether or not the hit is achieved in S39 described later.

Next, if a pachinko ball hit in the game area falls into the out mouth, it is detected by the out-ball detector 75, a YES judgment is made in S29, the process proceeds to S35, and the hit ball counter is displayed. After the process of adding "1" is performed, S
Proceed to 37. That is, the process of adding "1" to the hit ball counter in S35 is performed both when the winning ball detector 73 is turned on and when the out ball detector 75 is turned on. As a result, the number of striking balls, which is a collection of winning and out balls, is counted by the striking ball counter. Instead of counting the sum of winning balls and out balls as in the present embodiment, for example, a winning ball detector is provided in the winning ball / out ball confluence trough 76 shown in FIG. The hit ball counter may be controlled to be incremented by "1" every time the device is turned on. Next, if the player selects and operates the withdrawal selection button 6 (see FIG. 1),
A YES determination is made in S30, and the process proceeds to S36, in which the selected withdrawal amount is subtracted from the balance recorded in the gaming card inserted in the gaming machine card processing device 2 to correspond to the withdrawal amount. The number p of held balls is added as the number of held balls data, and then the process proceeds to S37.

Next, in S38, it is judged whether or not the number-of-balls data has become "0". If it has become "0", the process proceeds to S44, in which the power of the hitting motor is turned off.
While making the game impossible to continue, the lamp L1 is turned off and the game possible indicator 29 is turned off, and in S46, it is determined whether or not the number of shot balls and the number of driven balls are in the same state. If it is performed, the process proceeds to S28 if they do not match, but returns to S1 if they match. In other words, if there is no data of the number of balls held, which is an example of the valuable value owned by the player used for the game, the game cannot be continued any further. Therefore, the ball striking motor is turned off in S44 and the continuation of the game is prohibited. -ing Also, turn on the power of the ball striking motor.
Even if it is set to FF so that the pachinko ball cannot be driven into the game area, the number of shot balls does not immediately become equal to the number of driven balls because there are residual balls remaining in the game area 42. Therefore, when all the remaining balls in the game area 42 are collected from the out port 49 and detected by the out ball detector 75, YES is determined in S46 and the process returns to S1. On the other hand, if the remaining balls in the game area 42 are won, YES is determined in S28 and n is added to the ball number data in S33. Therefore, NO is determined in S38 thereafter. On condition that the hit ball has not been reached, the power of the hit ball motor is controlled to be ON again and the game can be started. Further, when the withdrawal amount selection button 6 is selected while the remaining balls are present in the game area 42, p is added to the number-of-balls data in S36 in the same manner. A determination of NO is made in S38, and the game can be continued on the condition that the stop has not been reached. Because of this configuration, the game area 42
It is possible to avoid the situation where the power of the hitting motor is not turned on and the game cannot be continued even though the residual balls remaining inside have won, and it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the player is dissatisfied.

Next, it is determined in S39 whether (the value of the winning ball counter × n−the value of the hitting ball counter) becomes m or more and the stopping is achieved. Then, if the stop is not established, the process proceeds to S40, and it is determined whether or not the ending process is being performed. If the ending process is not being performed, the process proceeds to S41, and whether or not the interrupting process is being performed is determined. If it is performed and the interruption process is not being performed, the process proceeds to S42, and it is determined whether or not the ending operation is performed. If it is not performed, the process proceeds to S43, and it is determined whether or not the interruption operation is performed. If it has been performed, if not, the process returns to S25. When it is determined in S39 that the stop has been reached, S4
7, the power supply of the hitting motor is turned off to make the game inoperative, the lamp L1 is turned off and the game enable indicator 29 is turned off by S48, and the number of shot balls and the number of hit balls are determined by S49. It is judged whether they are equal,
If they are not equal, the process proceeds to S28, and if they are equal, the process proceeds to S55. This S49 has the same purpose as that of S46, and is intended to give a valuable value to the remaining balls remaining in the game area 42 due to the winning, even though the game is temporarily disabled. is there. next,
If the player presses the game end button 28 to turn on the end operation detector 28A, a YES determination is made in S42, and an end processing flag is set in S53. As a result, YES is determined in S40 and S
Proceeding to 47, the end processing is controlled. Next, when the player presses the game interruption button 30, the interruption operation detector 30A is turned on, a YES determination is made in S43, the process proceeds to S54, and the interruption process flag is set. As a result, a YES determination is made in S41 and the process proceeds to S50, the power of the hitting motor is controlled to be OFF and the game is disabled, the lamp L1 is extinguished and the game enable display 29 is extinguished in S51, and S46 and S49. For the same reason, it is determined in S52 whether the number of fired balls is equal to the number of hit balls. If they are not equal, the process proceeds to S28, and if they are equal, the process proceeds to S68.

Next, the ejection control of the recording medium, which is performed when the stop is established or when the game end button is pressed, will be described with reference to FIG. 7A.

First, in step S55, it is determined whether or not the third card detector SW3 is ON, and if the card is retained at the predetermined position detected by the third card detector SW3, YES. Is determined and the process proceeds to S63. If the card is not held at the predetermined position, NO is determined in S55, the process proceeds to S56, and the first card ejection solenoid SOL1
Is controlled to be ON, and the second card ejection solenoid SOL2 is controlled to be ON at S57, and the process proceeds to S58, at which it is determined whether or not the third card detector SW3 is turned ON, until it is turned ON. S56 and S57
Control continues. That is, if the first card ejection solenoid SOL1 is ON-controlled by S56, the bottom plate 122 shown in FIG. 3 is lowered, and the second card ejection solenoid SOL2 is ON-controlled by S57, so that it is shown in FIG. The card pushing lever 132 is moved to the right in the figure, and the card 102 in the card stocker 120 is pushed onto the conveyor belt 118. Then, when the third card detector SW3 is turned on, the ejection of the card in the card stocker is completed. Therefore, the process proceeds to S59, in which the second card ejection solenoid SOL2 is turned off,
In S60, the first and second transport motors M1 and M2 are rotated in the reverse direction to transport the card rightward in FIG.
Then, in S61, it is determined whether or not the third card detector SW3 is switched from ON to OFF, and the control in S60 is continued until it is switched to OFF. In this state, the card is conveyed rightward in FIG.
When the card is moved to a position that cannot be detected by the card detector SW3, the process proceeds to S62, and the first card ejection solenoid SOL1 is controlled to be OFF.

Next, in S63, the first and second transport motors M1 and M2 are rotated in the reverse direction to transport the card to the right in FIG. 3, and the data eraser 109 erases the previously recorded data. Data writer 108 (see FIG. 3)
Write the number of balls that the player has acquired by
Proceed to. Then, by S65, the first card detector SW
The above S63 and S64 until 1 goes from ON to OFF
If it is determined that the control is turned off, the process proceeds to S66, and the first and second transport motors M1 and M2 are stopped and controlled. Then, the first card detector SW
Since a part of the card is projected outward from the card insertion / return opening 27 (see FIG. 3) while the card is being conveyed to a position where 1 cannot be detected, the player holds it. The point card can be pulled out from the card insertion / return port 27. Next, the routine proceeds to S67, where it is judged whether or not the stopping is established. If the stopping is established, the control is ended, but if not, a NO determination is made and the above-mentioned is executed again. Return to S1. If the determination in S67 is NO, the flag in the ending process is cleared.

Next, the discharge control of the point card, which is performed when the game interruption button is pressed by the player, will be described with reference to FIG. 7 (b). From S68 to S75, FIG. Since the contents of S55 to S62 of 7 (b) are completely the same, the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, in S76, the first and second conveying motors M1 and M2 are rotated in the reverse direction to convey the card to the right in FIG. 3, and in S77, the number of balls held and the interruption data are written in the card. Is done. At this point, the possessed ball number data stored in the gaming machine is erased. The control for writing the number of balls and the interruption data to this card is, specifically, the data erasing device 109 that erases the previously recorded data and at the same time writes the data capable of specifying the number of balls and the gaming machine to the data writer 108 ( (See FIG. 3). Next, in S78, the first card detector S
It is judged whether W1 is switched from ON to OFF, and the control of S76 and S77 is continued until it is switched to OFF. Then, the first card detector SW1 is switched from ON to OFF, and the magnetic card 102 is conveyed to a position where it cannot be detected by the first card detector.
A part of the card is projected outward (see FIG. 3), and in this state, the player can pull out the point card 102 from the card insertion / discharge port 27. Then, the process proceeds to S79, the first and second transport motors M1 and M2 are stopped and controlled, and the timer (S8) which measures the allowable interruption time in S80.
(Refer to FIG. 3) is set, the lamp L2 is turned on in S81, and the game interruption display 31 indicates that the game is in a game interruption state. And it returns to S1 again. Point card 102
In addition to the information for specifying the gaming machine, information on the gaming state such as the number of balls held at the time of interruption and whether or not the jackpot control is in progress may be recorded. At the time of canceling the interruption performed when returning to the machine, it may be controlled to return to the game state at the time of interruption.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the control operation of the card reader / writer 100A of the game card. As described above, this card reader / writer 100A also has a card reader / writer 100 (see FIG.
(Refer to FIG. 4), and also has a control circuit similar to the control circuit shown in FIG.

First, in S82, it is judged whether or not the first card detection switch SW1 is turned on, and it is turned on.
Wait until. Then, when the player inserts the game card into the card insertion / ejection slot 3, the first card detection switch SW1 is turned on and the process proceeds to S83, in which the first transport motor M1 is normally rotated and the card is removed. Transported in the loading direction. Next, in S84, the data recorded on the card is read by the data reader 107, and the process proceeds to S85.
The processes of S83 and S84 are continued until the second card detection switch SW2 is turned on. Then, when the card is conveyed in the take-in direction and the second card detector SW2 is turned on, the first conveyance motor M1 is set by S86.
Is controlled to stop the taking-in and carrying of the card. Next, in S87, it is determined whether the read data read in S84 is a card that can be used in this game arcade, is a counterfeit card, or has not expired. If it is determined that the card is not valid, the process proceeds to S91. In S91, the first transport motor M1 is rotated in the reverse direction to transport the card in the ejection direction, and in S92, the first card detection switch SW1 is turned off.
The ejection control of this card is performed until it is switched from N to OFF. Then, when the first card detection switch SW1 is switched from ON to OFF, the first carry motor M1 is stopped in S93 and the process returns to S82.

On the other hand, if the data read in S84 is appropriate, the process proceeds to S88, and it is determined whether or not the game is suspended. If the game is suspended, the process proceeds to S89,
It is determined whether or not the timer (see S80) has expired. If it has not yet expired, the process proceeds to S91, and the insertion card ejection process is performed. That is, even if the player inserts the game card into the card insertion / ejection slot 3 at the stage when the game is suspended and the predetermined period for canceling the suspension has not elapsed, the inserted card is It is not possible to play a game with the game card discharged.

If the game is not interrupted, or if the timer has expired even if the game is interrupted, S90
Then, it is judged whether or not the remaining amount recorded in the gaming card inserted in the card insertion / ejection slot 3 is "0", and if there is no remaining amount remaining in the inserted card, S91 is executed. Then, the insertion card ejection control is performed.
If there is a balance left on the insertion card, proceed to S94,
The first and second transport motors M1 and M2 are normally rotated to transport the inserted card in the loading direction, and in S95, in the loading direction of the card until the third card detection switch SW3 is switched from OFF to ON. Continue to be transported. Then, when the third card detection switch SW3 is switched from OFF to ON, by S96, the first and second transport motors M1, M
Stop 2 to finish the transportation of the card in the loading direction,
In S97, the lamp is turned on to turn on the game-permitted display 29.

The game card inserted and received in the card insertion / discharge port 3 is automatically discharged when the game is stopped, when the game is finished, or when the game is interrupted. Further, when the remaining amount of the inserted gaming card becomes “0”, it may be taken into the machine instead of being discharged to the player side.

In the present embodiment, the game card and the score card are composed of different cards, but one card is divided into a game area (value unused area) and a score area for recording. You may comprise so. Further, when the number of balls held is less than a predetermined number (for example, 100), the game may be controlled so as not to be interrupted, and the misuse of interrupting the game may be prevented. Further, the game card and the point card are not limited to magnetic cards for magnetically recording information, but IC cards, cards using optical disk memory, IC memory cartridges, CD-ROMs.
And so on. In addition, regarding the display of the error cause by the error cause display 32, it is possible to display the error cause on the back surface of the game machine or the like without notifying the player of what is appropriate without notifying the player of the error cause. Only one may know. Further, the card for which the error determination is determined as NO in S86 and S87 may be held at a predetermined position in the game card processor 2 without being returned to the player. In addition, regarding the cards and the zero cards that have been determined to be in error, a belt conveyor or the like is provided on the back surface of the game card processing device 2 without accommodating them in the game card processing device 2, and the end 1 of the island 1 is set.
You may collect it in a place.

Instead of directly recording the number-of-balls data at the time of game interruption, the interruption data that can be specified by the interrupted gaming machine, or the number-of-balls data at the end of the game on the score card, the number-of-balls data and interruptions. Corresponding to the card number of the point card from which data etc. are to be discharged, it is recorded in the hall management computer 8 etc., and the point card only records the card number, and the card number of the discharged point card is recorded. The so-called card spine number management of performing the above-mentioned control by indexing the number-of-balls data and the interruption data stored in the hole management computer 8 may be performed, or the point card and the hole management computer. May be recorded in both. Similarly, in the case of a gaming card, the balance data recorded on the gaming card is stored in the hall management computer together with the card number of the gaming card, and the card number recorded on the gaming card is used as a clue. Alternatively, the balance data stored in the hall management computer 8 may be indexed, and a game may be played using the balance data.

[0067]

According to the present invention, when a game is played by a gaming machine using the valuable value owned by the player specified by the record information of the recording medium paid out to the player, the payout is made. When it is determined that the other game machine is suspended based on the record information of the recording medium, the game using the valuable value owned by the player specified by the record information of the recording medium is prohibited. , It is possible to prevent the inconvenience that a certain one player occupies a plurality of gaming machines including the suspended gaming machine and other gaming machines other than the suspended gaming machine, and to reduce the operating rate of the gaming machine in the gaming hall as much as possible. It can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine installed on a gaming machine installation island in a game arcade.

FIG. 2 is an overall rear view showing a partial internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a card reader / writer.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of a card reader / writer.

5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the card reader / writer of the game card.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 is a pachinko gaming machine which is an example of a gaming machine, 42 is a gaming area, 52A and 52B are ball number data indicators, 30 is a game interruption button which is an example of game interruption operating means, 31 is a game interruption indicator, 28 is a game. An end button, 27 is a card insertion / ejection port, 100 is a card reader / writer, 32 is an error cause indicator, 137 is a control board, 40 is a game board, 54 is a ball striking mechanism, and 138 is a microcomputer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine including a gaming machine, which is capable of playing using a valuable value owned by a player, and whose valuable value owned by the player fluctuates according to the result of the game, wherein the gaming by the gaming machine. And a game interruption operation means capable of interrupting operation, and information capable of specifying a valuable value owned by the player at the time when the game is interrupted by the game interruption operation means and specifying an interrupted gaming machine are recorded. A game is played by a gaming machine using a recording medium payout means for paying out the recording medium to the player and a valuable value owned by the player specified by the record information of the recording medium paid out by the recording medium payout means. In such a case, when it is determined that the other game machine is suspended by the record information of the paid-out recording medium, the valuable value owned by the player specified by the record information of the recording medium is used. And a prohibition means for prohibiting the subsequent game.