Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
Patent
1995-03-17
1997-05-13
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
273121B, 2731382, A63F 702
Patent
active
056286856
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a game play media lending machine and a gaming machine system each having a charge collection function and a charge collection method in a gaming house and in particular to a game play media lending machine and a gaming machine system which can collect an additional charge when a player again uses previously won game play media to play a new game at a gaming machine and a charge collection method in a gaming house.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
A first collection method of game play charges in a gaming house containing gaming machines such as pinball machines or slot machines is to rent game play media to players.
By the way, when a player satisfies a given condition such as causing a game play medium (pinball) to enter a specific hole while playing a game at a gaming machine such as a pinball machine, a predetermined number of game play media are paid out to the player for a winning game play from the gaming machine. Therefore, as the player wins game plays, he or she holds an increasing number of game play media.
If the player quits playing when he or she holds a reasonable quantity of game play media, the player inputs the held game play media to a game play media counter for counting the number of game play media, and receives a receipt on which the count result is recorded. The player passes the receipt to a person at a prize exchange counter or window for exchanging it for a proper prize. At this time, exchangeable prizes are selected in the range of the conversion amount found by multiplying the lending amount, which in turn found by multiplying the number of game play media by the lending unit price, by a predetermined exchange rate allowing for a profit.
Therefore, when the player exchanges the won game play media for prizes, the gaming house can collect the charge corresponding to the number of the game play media.
By the way, some players might want to use the won game play media again to play a game at a gaming machine later, rather than to exchange them for prizes.
Then, for the convenience of such players, the gaming house can pay out game play media in exchange for a receipt on which the number of game play media is recorded so that the player can use the game play media to play a new game.
In this case, however, the following problems arise: First, it takes time and labor and is undesirable for personnel in the gaming house to receive the receipt and pay out as many game play media as the number recorded on the receipt manually, as a count error may occur. Second, if as many game play media as the number entered on the receipt are paid out as they are, the play charge cannot be collected from the player, which does not make for profitable business in the gaming house. In this case, personnel in the gaming house can also make a manual calculation to find the lending equivalent amount of game play media described above and multiply it by the exchange rate to find the conversion amount and pay out as many game play media as the number equivalent to the amount found manually. In this case, however, it takes more time and labor and is undesirable. Moreover, a calculation error may occur.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a game play media lending machine, a gaming machine system, and a charge collection method in a gaming house, whereby when a player uses a recording medium on which the number of won game play media is recorded to receive dispensed game play media and use them for playing a game, the game play media can be automatically dispensed using the recording medium on which the number of game play media is recorded and at that time, a necessary charge can also be automatically collected.
To this end, according to one form of the invention, there is provided a game play media lending machine being placed in a gaming house containing a gaming machine into which game play media are loaded for game execution and a game play media counter for counting game play media dispensed at the gaming machine and issuing
Saito Hiroshi
Takemoto Takatoshi
Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
Layno Benjamin H.
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