Management method for gaming hall

Apparatus for detecting fraud in and managing playing conditions of games, the games being played in a gaming hall by using playing media, the gaming hall comprising a plurality of gaming machines for paying out said playing media as dividends when a win occurs, a plurality of playing media dispensers for dispensing said playing media corresponding in number to the amount of inserted money, and at least one playing media counter for counting the number of said playing media to be exchanged for a premium, said detecting and managing apparatus comprising:

• means for retrieving, across a fiber optic cable means, data corresponding to a number of playing media inserted into each of said plurality of gaming machines;
• means for retrieving, across said fiber optic cable means, data corresponding to a number of playing media paid out as dividends;
• means for comparing said retrieved number of used playing media with said retrieved number of playing media paid out as dividends, said comparison means performing a comparison for each of said plurality of gaming machines;
• and
• means for displaying an alarm signal specific to a result generated by said comparison means for each of said plurality of gaming machines.

Method for detecting fraud in and managing playing conditions of games, the games being played in a gaming hall by using playing media, the gaming hall comprising a plurality of gaming machines for paying out said playing media as dividends when a win occurs, a plurality of playing media dispensers for dispensing said playing media corresponding in number to the amount of inserted money, and at least one playing media counter for counting the number of said playing media to be exchanged for a premium, said method comprising the steps of:

• collecting data in electrical form in at least one systems control unit (SCU) from at least one of said gaming machines, from at least one of said plurality of playing media dispensers, and from said at least one playing media counter;
• calculating, using a local computer means, an expected sales amount for each said gaming machine in accordance with data representing a number of said playing media used by said gaming machines and data representing a number of said dividend playing media, said data being supplied from each of said gaming machines;
• calculating an actual sales amount in accordance with data representing one of said inserted money amount and said number of playing media dispensed by said playing media dispenser;
• comparing said expected sales amount with said actual sales amount;
• and
• displaying an alarm signal specific to a result generated by said comparison step.

Method for detecting fraud in and managing playing conditions of games, the games being played in a gaming hall by using playing media, the gaming hall comprising a plurality of gaming machines for paying out said playing media as dividends when a win occurs, a plurality of playing media dispensers for dispensing said playing media corresponding in number to the amount of inserted money, and at least one playing media counter for counting the number of said playing media to be exchanged for a premium, said method comprising the steps of:

• retrieving, across a fiber optic cable means, data corresponding to a number of playing media inserted into each of said plurality of gaming machines;
• retrieving, across said fiber optic cable means, data corresponding to a number of playing media paid out as dividends;
• comparing said data corresponding to said retrieved number of used playing media with said data corresponding to said retrieved number of playing media paid out as dividends, said comparison step being performed for each of said plurality of gaming machines;
• and
• displaying an alarm signal specific to a result generated by said comparison step for each of said plurality of gaming machines.