JP2001306747A - System and method for selling public lottery and recording medium with selling program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a public lottery selling system through a network. SOLUTION: A selling managing server 30 discloses the selling information of public lotteries. A purchaser terminal 10 is connected to the selling managing server and transmits information showing a public lottery to be purchased and a purchaser to the selling managing server 30. The selling managing server registers the received information, demands a selling price to a settlement institution terminal 40 and collects the price. Besides, the number of the public lottery sold to each of purchasers is recorded and registered. When the public lottery wins a prize, the payment of prize money is demanded to the settlement institution terminal and that payment is performed. The settlement institution terminal is connected to a financial institution terminal 50 for managing the deposit account of the purchaser and performs required settlement between the deposit account of the purchaser and the account of the sponsor of a public lottery selling system 100.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional lottery system, a lottery ticket in which a lottery number is described is sold at a store that sells lottery tickets, and a lottery ticket with a designated winning number is cashed at the store or the like. Things.

In addition, a lottery purchaser checks whether or not the purchased lottery has been won by checking the announced winning number with the number of the lottery purchased by himself or by checking with the lottery store or the like. He received that verification by bringing it in.

[0003]

However, the conventional lottery sales system has the following problems.

[0004] First, lottery sales are limited to stores, and do not correspond to sales on networks such as the Internet. Buyers need to go to stores for purchases, and in some cases, they are long. I had to line up.

Second, it takes time and trouble to check the winning numbers and redeem the winning lottery. In addition, the buyer had to go to a lottery dealer or a financial institution handling lotteries in order to redeem the cash.

Third, in order to sell lottery tickets, printing costs for printing a large number of lotteries, installation costs for setting up lottery dealers in various places, and a large number of employees who sell or cash for sale. Labor costs for personnel were required and high costs were consumed.

A first object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a lottery sales system via a communication line, a sales method thereof, and a recording medium on which a sales program is recorded.

A second object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to automate a series of processes such as sales, winning determination, cashing and the like in the operation of a lottery system, so that both buyers and sellers can be automated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lottery sales system, a sales method, and a recording medium on which a sales program is recorded.

A third object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and to greatly reduce the cost for selling the conventional lottery, a lottery sales system, a method of selling the lottery, and a record recording the sales program. Is to provide a medium.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, a lottery sales system according to the present invention comprises a sales management server for managing sales of lotteries, a purchaser terminal for purchasers, and settlement of transactions with the purchasers. The sales management server publishes sales information, which is information of lottery to be sold, on a network, and the buyer terminal connects to the sales management server via the network to The sales information is displayed, and the purchase lottery information, which is information indicating the lottery to be purchased, and the purchaser information, which is information indicating the purchaser, are transmitted to the sales management server. Registering the customer information and requesting and collecting the sales price from the settlement institution terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the lottery sales system of the present invention, the sales management server records and registers the number of the lottery sold to each purchaser, receives the data of the winning number of the lottery, and When the lottery sold to the buyer is won, the payment institution terminal is requested to pay the winning prize, and the payment is made.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the lottery sales system according to the present invention, the sales management server notifies a deliverer of an instruction to deliver a lottery ticket purchased by each purchaser to the purchaser. Is delivered.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the lottery sales system according to the present invention, the settlement institution terminal is connected to a financial institution terminal for managing a purchaser's savings account, and the purchaser's savings account and a lottery sales system operator are connected. It is characterized by performing necessary settlement with an account.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the lottery sales system, the network is the Internet.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lottery selling method,
In a selling method for selling lottery tickets over a network, the sales management server managing the sale of lottery tickets discloses sales information, which is information on lottery tickets to be sold, over a network. Displaying the sales information by connecting to the sales management server via a PC, and transmitting to the sales management server purchase lottery information that is information indicating a lottery to be purchased and purchaser information that is information indicating a purchaser. Wherein the sales management server registers the received purchase lottery information and purchaser information, and bills and collects the sales price from a settlement institution terminal that performs settlement of the transaction with the purchaser. I do.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lottery selling method,
A step in which the sales management server records the number of the lottery sold to each purchaser, a step of receiving data of a lottery winning number, and a case where the lottery sold to each purchaser has been won. Requesting the payment institution terminal to pay a prize won by the purchaser, and performing the payment.

The method of selling lotteries according to the present invention according to claim 8 is as follows:
The sales management server includes a step of notifying a delivery person of an instruction to deliver a lottery ticket purchased by each purchaser to the purchaser, and delivering the instruction.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lottery selling method,
The settlement institution terminal includes a step of connecting to a financial institution terminal for managing a purchaser's deposit account, and performing necessary settlement between the purchaser's deposit account and an account of an operator of a lottery sales system. It is characterized by the following.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lottery selling method in which a lottery is sold on a network, wherein a lottery selling side discloses sales information, which is information on a lottery to be sold, on a network. Of the purchaser refers to the sales information published on the network and notifies the seller of purchase lottery information that is information indicating the lottery to be purchased and purchaser information that is information indicating the purchaser. The sales side registers the notified lottery information and the purchaser information, and charges and collects a sales price from a settlement institution that performs settlement of transactions with the purchaser.

According to a eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the lottery selling method according to the present invention, the seller records the number of the lottery sold to each purchaser and accepts the input of the lottery winning number data,
When the lottery sold to each buyer has been won, the payment institution is requested to pay the winning prize to the buyer, and the payment is performed.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lottery selling method according to the present invention, wherein the selling side provides a lottery ticket purchased by each buyer.
Inform the shipper of instructions for delivery to the buyer,
The method further comprises the step of delivering it.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the lottery selling method according to the present invention, the settlement institution provides the financial institution for managing the buyer's deposit account with the buyer's deposit account and the account of the lottery sales system operator. A required settlement is performed between

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the lottery selling method, the network is the Internet.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing a lottery sales program, comprising the steps of: publishing sales information, which is information of a lottery to be sold, on a network; Receiving the purchase lottery information, which is information indicating the lottery to be purchased, and the purchaser information, which is information indicating the purchaser, registering the received purchase lottery information and the purchaser information, and settingtle the transaction for the buyer. The method further comprises a step of requesting and collecting the sales price from the settlement institution terminal to be performed.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium on which a lottery sales program is recorded, wherein the lottery number sold to the purchaser is recorded, and the lottery winning number data is inputted. When the sold lottery has been won, the method further comprises a step of requesting the payment institution terminal to pay the winning prize won by the buyer and paying the prize.

The recording medium storing the lottery sales program of the present invention according to claim 17 notifies the deliverer of an instruction to deliver the lottery ticket purchased by each purchaser to the buyer. Is provided.

[0027]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a lottery sales system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a lottery sales system 100 according to the present embodiment has a purchaser terminal 10 for a user to perform a lottery purchase operation and a lottery seller for inputting lottery data. A seller terminal 20, a sales management server 30, which manages sales of lotteries and controls the processing of the system 100, a settlement institution terminal 40, and a financial institution terminal 50;
Are connected via the network 60.

The purchaser terminal 10 is a terminal for a lottery purchaser who is a user of the present system to connect to the sales management server 30 via the network 60 and perform a lottery purchase operation.

The purchaser terminal 10 includes, for example, an information processing terminal such as a personal computer and a notebook personal computer, a mobile phone having a character data communication function such as i-mode, and a PH.
A communication terminal such as S can be used. In addition, there are other forms of using a dedicated communication terminal for purchasing lottery tickets, and ATMs (automatic teller machines) of financial institutions.
Similar to the above, a mode in which terminal equipment for purchasing a lottery ticket is installed is also possible.

The purchaser terminal 10 connects to the sales management server 30 via the network 60 and
Has the function of displaying lottery sales information provided by the company on the screen of the terminal. For example, in a mode in which the sales management server 30 performs lottery sales information using a web page on the Internet, the sales management server 30 can be implemented by including a web browser for displaying a web page of lottery sales information.

The lottery sales information is, for example, information on the type, name, sales period, lottery date, winning money, number of winning lots, sales unit price, lottery number to be sold, etc. relating to the lottery. For this reason, the buyer is notified of the details of the lottery to be sold.

Further, in order to execute the lottery purchase operation by the purchaser, the purchaser terminal 10 purchase lottery information (name, type, number of purchases, number of the desired lottery, etc.) ) And the buyer ’s name, address,
A function of transmitting purchaser information such as a credit card number and an e-mail address to the sales management server via the network 60 is provided.

The sales management server 30 is an apparatus for managing and operating sales of lotteries on the network 60 by a lottery seller (national, local government, financial institution mediating the sales, etc.). It can be configured by an information processing device such as a server.

The sales management server 30 has a network 60
The information of the lottery to be sold is made public, the connection of the buyer terminal 10 is received, the lottery purchase information and the transmission of the buyer information are received from the buyer terminal 10 by the purchase operation of the buyer, and the received information is transmitted. Sell lottery tickets by registering.

The sold lottery is stored in the sales management server 3
0, the lottery lottery is determined by winning the lottery by receiving lottery information from the sales terminal 20 and comparing the lottery number with the lottery number purchased by each buyer. By doing so, it is possible to determine a winning and a winning amount.

The information on the winning number is information on the type and name of the lottery, and the winning number of each grade (1st, 2nd, etc.).

The sales management server 30 compares the winning number information with the sold lottery number, determines the winning amount of each buyer, and notifies the buyer and seller of the information on the determination result. Do. This notification method includes, for example, a method of transmitting an e-mail indicating the determination result to the purchaser terminal 10 and the seller terminal 20 (or to an e-mail address of each registered purchaser or the like), A method of posting the determination result on a web page on the Internet protected by a password or the like is possible.

The seller terminal 20 stores the lottery seller (country,
It is a terminal for performing operations by a local government, a financial institution that mediates its sales, and the like, and does not necessarily need to be a device independent of the sales management server 30, and may serve as the sales management server 30. In the seller terminal 20,
For example, the seller terminal 20, which can use a personal computer or other information processing device, registers information of the lottery to be sold by the lottery seller with the sales management server 30, and after the lottery lottery, the seller is elected. Register the number information. In addition, the seller terminal 20 receives, from the sales management server 30, data on the sales status of the lottery being sold (number of pieces sold, information on the purchaser, and the like), and the number matching result which is information on the determination result of the winning. Receive information, etc.
The number collation result information includes lottery numbers sold to each purchaser, information on the winning grade or deviation, information on the winning amount, and the like.

As will be described below, the seller terminal 20 transfers the winning amount to the registered account of each purchaser based on the number collation result information, thereby converting the winning lottery to each purchaser. Execute

The settlement institution terminal 40 is a terminal used by the settlement institution that pays the lottery price purchased by each purchaser and the payment of the winning amount. The settlement institution may be a credit company, various financial institutions, or the like, may be a plurality of companies, or may also be a lottery seller.

The settlement institution terminal 40 is connected to the sales management server 30
Receive payment information such as lottery selling expenses, winnings, and commissions. The payment information includes the credit number of the buyer, the payment amount, and the like.

The settlement institution terminal 40 transmits the transfer processing information to the financial institution terminal 50 according to the settlement information, and instructs to transfer a predetermined amount between the purchaser's account and the seller's account.

The financial institution terminal 50 is a terminal used by a bank or other financial institution to manage a seller's deposit account and the like. For this reason, the financial institution terminal 50 may be used by each of a plurality of financial institutions, and may also serve as the settlement institution terminal 40.

The financial institution terminal 50 receives the transfer processing information from the settlement institution terminal 40. The transfer processing information is a purchaser's account, a seller's account, a transfer amount, and the like. Financial institution terminal 5
0 performs a transfer process in accordance with an instruction from the settlement institution terminal 40.

The network 60 is a communication line for the terminals and servers of the lottery sales system 100 to communicate with each other, such as the Internet, i-mode Internet, personal computer communication, telephone lines, wireless telephone lines, and other dedicated lines. Communication line or the like can be used.

For example, in the case of using the Internet as the network 60, the sales management server 30
Is provided with a function of a web server for constructing a site on the Internet and publishing a web page, and can be implemented by a method of publishing a web page in which information on a lottery to be sold is disclosed.

In this case, the sales management server 30 stores objects such as a text area for inputting various data and a transmission button for instructing transmission of the input data to the web server side in the web page. HTML
It can be described using sentences and various scripts.

Each user displays this web page using the web browser in the purchaser terminal 10, inputs necessary information, and transmits it to the server side.
0 is a CGI (Common Gateway) provided in the web server with the data input in the web page.
The above-described processing for selling lotteries can be executed by receiving the information through the use of an interface function or the like.

Next, the lottery sales operation of the lottery sales system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the lottery selling process according to the present embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, the present system 100
A lottery purchaser who is a user accesses lottery sales information provided on the network 60 by the sales management server 30 via the purchaser terminal 10 (step 20).
1).

The sales management server 30 responds by
The lottery sales information is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 10 (step 202).

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a purchase lottery information input page for designating the number of lotteries to be purchased by the user according to the present embodiment. "Purchase decision" which is a button for instructing transmission of the obtained data to the sales management server 30 side
Button is displayed. Lottery sales information as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display screen of the buyer terminal 10 (step 203).

The purchaser sees the displayed lottery sales information, determines the type of lottery to be purchased, and registers the purchase of the lottery on the screen (step 20).
4).

In the example of FIG. 3, the purchaser has input the purchase quantity "150" in the column of the number of purchases of the first national autonomous lottery. The information of the type of lottery to be purchased and the number of purchased pieces thus input are displayed on the display screen, and are temporarily stored in the memory of the purchaser terminal 10 as purchase lottery information.

Next, when the purchaser clicks the “purchase decision” button on the screen of FIG.
A purchaser information input form for transmitting purchaser information by inputting purchaser information such as a credit card number as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display screen (step 205).

The purchaser inputs necessary data such as a name, an address, a credit card number and the like in a predetermined place according to the displayed purchaser information input form (step 206).
The input purchaser information is displayed on the display screen, and is temporarily stored in a memory in the purchaser terminal 10.

Information such as purchaser information stored in the purchaser terminal 10 is transmitted to the sales management server 30 via the network 60 in accordance with the purchaser's instruction (clicking the “order decision” button in FIG. 4 with a mouse). (Step 207).
In addition, both the purchase lottery information and the purchaser information are not limited to the method of transmitting the information at the same time here, and the purchase lottery information may be transmitted when the “purchase decision” button is pressed.

The input of the purchaser information here is performed by registering the data of the purchaser information in the sales management server 30 in advance and replacing the data with an operation of only inputting an identifier for identifying the purchaser. It is also preferred.

Upon receiving the purchase lottery information and the purchaser information (step 208), the sales management server 30 determines the number of the lottery to be sold to the purchaser and transmits the sales lottery number to the purchaser (step 209). ).

The sales lottery number information can be immediately referenced by the purchaser terminal 10 by switching the information on the display screen of the buyer terminal 10 back to the sales lottery number information in response to the click of the “order decision” button. It may be made possible, or may be separately notified to the purchaser by e-mail or the like.

Next, the sales management server 30 prepares payment information based on the purchase lottery information and the purchaser information in order to collect the sales price of the lottery, and transmits the payment information to the payment institution terminal 40.
(Step 210). The collected selling expenses may include a commission as needed in addition to the lottery price.

The settlement institution terminal 40 is connected to the sales management server 30
When the settlement information is received from, the transfer processing information is transmitted to the financial institution terminal 50 so as to transfer the sales price from the buyer's account to the seller's account according to the settlement information (step 211).

When receiving the transfer processing information from the settlement institution terminal 40, the financial institution terminal 50 executes the transfer processing according to the transfer processing information (step 212).

With the above, the lottery sales process is completed. Next, the cashing process of the won lottery will be described.

When the lottery of the sold lottery type is drawn, the seller enters the sales management server 30 via the seller terminal 20.
The lottery winning number information of the lottery type is registered (step 213).

Upon receiving the lottery winning number information, the sales management server 30 compares the lottery winning number information with the sales lottery number information of the lottery type, and determines the winning class (1st, etc.) of the lottery purchased by each buyer. 2 etc.) or loss is identified, and the number collation result information is stored in the sales management server 30 (step 214).

The sales management server 30 transmits the number collation result information to the purchaser and the seller (step 215).

The number collation result information may be confirmed by the purchaser or the seller on a page of the sales management server 30 (for example, on a page linked from the lottery sales page described above), or by e-mail or the like. May be notified to the purchaser or seller.

When the seller receives the number matching result information, the seller converts the winning money of the winning lottery according to the number matching result information (step 216).

The cashing process is performed by the sales management server 30
In order to transfer the winning money to the purchaser, the payment information is created based on the purchase lottery information, the purchaser information, and the number collation result information, and the payment information is transmitted to the payment institution terminal 40 (step 217). ). The transfer amount to the purchaser may be an amount obtained by subtracting a commission from the actual winning amount, if necessary.

Upon receiving the settlement information, the settlement institution terminal 40 transmits transfer processing information to the financial institution terminal 50 so as to transfer the winning money from the seller's account to the buyer's account according to the settlement information (step 218). .

Upon receiving the transfer processing information, the financial institution terminal 50 performs the transfer processing according to the transfer processing information (step 219). In the above description of the present embodiment, the lottery number to be sold is determined by the sales management server 30, but the purchaser may specify the number.
Since the lottery sales system 100 of the present embodiment sells lotteries via a network, it is easy to search and select a desired lottery number from the entire stock.

This is because the sales management server 30 publishes a lottery number held by the seller together with the lottery sales information in a list, or searches whether the number designated to the purchaser is still in stock. Provide the service and the buyer
By freely selecting a lottery number to be purchased and transmitting the selected lottery number information to the sales management server 30, a lottery with the specified number can be purchased.

The number of the lottery to be purchased can be specified by a method other than the method of inputting one number, or by setting the range of the number to be purchased to, for example, "sequential numbers from the first to the 1000th in the set *". Or a method of receiving a specification such as “200 sheets whose last three digits are“ 123 ””.

With the lottery sales system 100 of the present embodiment described above, the sales management server 30 can automatically process a series of processes such as sales of lotteries and cashing of lottery lotteries.

The trouble of purchasing the lottery ticket at the store and the trouble of redeeming the winning lottery are eliminated. Further, it is possible to save the trouble of collating the winning numbers, and at the same time, it is possible to prevent the winning lot from being invalid due to a mistake in collating the winning numbers or forgetting to collate.

The lottery seller can print lottery tickets,
There is no need to set up a lottery dealer, and the costs required for selling lotteries can be greatly reduced.

Further, in the lottery sales system 100 of the present embodiment, it is also possible to automatically collect the lottery sales service fee from the purchaser's account. ) It is also suitable for providing agency services, etc., and can collect the commission without any trouble.

Next, a lottery sales system 100a according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the lottery sales processing according to the second embodiment of this invention.

Lottery Sales System 1 of First Embodiment
In 00, since the sold lottery is managed electronically by the sales management server 30, the printing is not required. However, lottery buyers also want to see the lottery they have purchased immediately. Thus, the lottery sales system 100a according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the lottery purchased by each purchaser is delivered to the purchaser.

After transmitting the settlement information of the sales price to the settlement institution terminal 40, the sales management server 30 of the present embodiment sends the lottery delivery company (or a post office) to the lottery delivery company (or a post office). The delivery is instructed by transmitting the instruction information.

In the present embodiment, the lottery ticket is delivered to the purchaser, and the purchaser can redeem the ticket at the time of winning using the lottery ticket. Differently, the processing of cashing the winning lottery after the lottery and transferring the winning money is not performed.

However, a service may be provided for notifying the result of determination as to whether or not the lottery purchased by each purchaser has been won. Also in this case, it is not necessary to notify the seller of the determination result of the winning of the lottery purchased by each purchaser.

For this reason, the lottery sales price is transferred to the settlement institution terminal 40 and the financial institution terminal 50, but the winning lottery cash processing need not be performed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

Referring to FIG. 5, lottery sales processing by lottery sales system 100a of the present embodiment is performed up to the transfer of the sold price (steps 501 to 5).
12) is the same as the processing (steps 201 to 212) in the first embodiment.

After transferring the lottery price, the sales management server 30 transmits lottery delivery instruction information to the seller terminal 20 (step 513).

Upon receiving the lottery delivery instruction information from the sales management server 30, the seller sends the lottery to the purchaser by mail or the like according to the lottery delivery instruction information (step 514). The lottery delivery instruction information is information such as a purchaser's name, address (delivery address), sales lottery number, and the like.

When the lottery of the sold lottery type is selected, the seller enters the sales management server 30 via the seller terminal 20.
The lottery winning number information of the navel lottery is registered (step 515).

Upon receiving the lottery winning number information, the sales management server 30 checks the lottery winning number information with the sales lottery number information of the lottery, identifies a winning class or a loss, and sends the information to the sales management server 30. The number collation result information is stored (step 516).

The sales management server 30 transmits the number collation result information to the purchaser (step 517).

[0096] The number collation result information may be confirmed at any time on the web page of the sales management server 30 by the purchaser, or may be separately notified to the purchaser by e-mail or the like.

In the present embodiment, the ticket on which the lottery ticket is printed is used. However, the ticket of the lottery is sent only to the applicant, and the first ticket is sent to the purchaser who does not want to send the ticket. It is also possible to provide a service for automatically judging a winning and showing a service for realizing cash as described in the embodiment.

[0098] When sending to only the applicant, the sales management server 30 may print only the lottery to be sent. For example, the sales management server 30 can transmit the lottery number to be sent to the lottery printing system and execute printing.

Further, the sales management server 30 notifies the printing system of the name and address of the purchaser who is the destination, prints an address label, and attaches the address label to an envelope or a parcel to deliver the lottery ticket. The delivery can be performed by storing the envelopes and the like to be sent to each purchaser in a basket or a box and passing them to the delivery person.

Further, a device is provided for executing processes such as attaching a label to an envelope or the like, inserting a lottery ticket, and putting an envelope in a basket. Can be automated.

Also in the form of printing lottery tickets of all numbers, the sales management server 30 includes an automatic warehouse system for automatically taking out lottery tickets of the number to be delivered from the warehouse. Can be automated.

In the case where the lottery is sold not only on the network but also at the lottery dealer, the lottery ticket according to the present embodiment is required since the lottery ticket is printed as in the conventional case. Sales system 10
0a is also suitable for such a case.

Next, another embodiment will be described.

In each of the above embodiments, the settlement method has been described by taking a credit card as an example. However, other existing settlement methods such as postal money order and bank transfer can be used in the same manner.

Further, the collection of selling expenses and the payment of the winning money
Each type of settlement is settled twice, but it is also possible to settle the settlement once. In other words, after the winning number is announced, payment is collectively executed. In this case, the lottery price may be paid by an operator of the lottery sales system 100.

In addition, the lottery sales system 10
By pre-paying the price to the operator 0 in advance by the purchaser, a mode that does not require connection to the external settlement institution terminal 40 or the financial institution terminal 50 is possible.

The sales method of the lottery sales system according to each of the above embodiments implements the sales of the lottery, settlement of the price, determination of the won lottery, cashing, and other functions of the sales management server 30 by hardware. Of course,
The present invention can be realized by loading a computer program having each function into a memory of a computer processing device. This computer program is stored on a magnetic disk, semiconductor memory, or other recording medium 90.
Then, the functions are loaded from the recording medium 90 to the computer processing device and control the operation of the computer processing device, thereby realizing the above-described functions.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments and examples, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above-described embodiments and examples, and various modifications may be made within the scope of the technical idea. Modifications can be made.

[0109]

As described above, according to the lottery selling system of the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.

First, the buyer does not have to go to the store and purchase the lottery ticket.

The reason is that the sales management server that manages the sales of lotteries can accept the sales of lotteries 24 hours a day on the network, so that the buyer connects to the network from the buyer terminal. By that
This is because lottery tickets can be purchased from anywhere at any time.

Secondly, the lottery sales system automatically executes the process of collating the winning numbers and cashing, so that the trouble of the purchaser is eliminated, and the winning due to an incorrect matching of the winning numbers or forgetting to collate is performed. The occurrence of invalidity of lottery and the like is completely prevented.

Thirdly, since it is unnecessary to print lottery tickets or to set up a store, etc. (or to greatly reduce them), the cost for operating the lottery system, which has been required conventionally, is greatly reduced.

Fourth, the purchaser can freely select and purchase a lottery with his / her favorite number from not only the stock in each store but also the entire sales system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a lottery sales system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a lottery selling process according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a purchase lottery information input page for designating the number of lotteries to be purchased by a user according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an order page according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which a user inputs purchaser information such as his / her credit card number and sends a lottery order;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a lottery selling process according to the second embodiment of this invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 Lottery sales system 10 Buyer terminal 20 Seller terminal 30 Sales management server 40 Payment institution terminal 50 Financial institution terminal 60 Network

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Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A sales management server that manages sales of lotteries, a purchaser terminal for buyers, and a settlement institution terminal that performs settlement of transactions with the buyers. Publish sales information, which is information, on a network, the purchaser terminal connects to the sales management server via the network, displays the sales information, and purchase lottery information, which is information indicating a lottery to be purchased. The purchase management server transmits purchaser information, which is information indicating a purchaser, to the sales management server. Lottery sales system characterized by collection. 2. The sales management server records and registers the number of the lottery sold to each purchaser, receives the data of the lottery winning number, and wins the lottery sold to each buyer. 2. The lottery sales system according to claim 1, wherein, in such a case, the payment institution terminal requests payment of the winning prize won by the purchaser, and the payment is made. 3. The server according to claim 2, wherein the sales management server notifies an instruction to deliver the lottery ticket purchased by each purchaser to the purchaser, and delivers the instruction. The lottery sales system according to 1. 4. The settlement institution terminal is connected to a financial institution terminal that manages a purchaser's deposit account, and performs necessary settlement between the purchaser's deposit account and an account of a lottery sales system operator. The lottery sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein 5. The lottery sales system according to claim 1, wherein the network is the Internet. 6. A sales method for selling lotteries on a network, wherein the sales management server managing sales of lotteries discloses sales information, which is information on lotteries to be sold, on a network. Connecting to the sales management server via the network to display the sales information; and managing the purchase lottery information, which is information indicating the lottery to be purchased, and the purchaser information, which is information indicating the purchaser, in the sales management. Transmitting to the server; and registering the received purchase lottery information and purchaser information with the sales management server, and requesting and collecting a sales price from a settlement institution terminal that performs settlement of the transaction with the purchaser. A selling method characterized by comprising: 7. A step in which the sales management server records a lottery number sold to each purchaser, a step of receiving data of a lottery winning number, and a step in which the lottery sold to each purchaser wins. 7. The selling method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of requesting the payment institution terminal to pay a prize won by the purchaser, and making the payment. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sales management server includes a step of notifying a delivery person of an instruction to deliver a lottery ticket purchased by each purchaser to the purchaser, and delivering the instruction. The sales method according to claim 6, wherein 9. The settlement institution terminal is connected to a financial institution terminal for managing a buyer's deposit account, and a required settlement is made between the buyer's deposit account and an account of a lottery sales system operator. 9. The sales method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of: 10. A sales method for selling lotteries on a network, wherein a lottery sales side publishes sales information, which is information on lotteries to be sold, on a network, and a lottery purchaser side publishes them on the network. The sales information is referred to the purchased lottery information, which is information indicating the lottery to be purchased, and the purchaser information, which is information indicating the purchaser, is notified to the seller, and the sales side is notified of the purchase. A sales method comprising: registering lottery information and the purchaser information; and requesting and collecting a sales price from a settlement institution that settles a transaction with the purchaser. 11. The sales side records the number of the lottery sold to each purchaser, accepts the input of the lottery winning number data, and if the lottery sold to each buyer has been won, 11. The selling method according to claim 10, further comprising a step of requesting a payment institution to pay the winning prize to the purchaser and making the payment. 12. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of: notifying a delivery person of an instruction to deliver the lottery ticket purchased by each purchaser to the purchaser, and delivering the ticket. Item 10. The sales method according to Item 10. 13. The settlement institution performs a necessary settlement between a purchaser's deposit account and an account of an operator of a lottery sales system with respect to a financial institution that manages the buyer's deposit account. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein
The sales method according to any one of claims 1 to 12. 14. The selling method according to claim 6, wherein the network is the Internet. 15. A step of publishing sales information, which is information on a lottery to be sold, on a network; receiving a connection from a purchaser terminal; Receiving the purchaser information, which is information indicating the purchase lottery information and the purchaser information, and charging and collecting the sales price to a payment institution terminal that performs settlement of the transaction with the purchaser. A recording medium for recording a sales program for managing sales of lotteries, comprising: 16. A step of recording the number of the lottery sold to each purchaser, and receiving the data of the lottery winning number, and when the lottery sold to each buyer has been won, the settlement institution The recording medium according to claim 15, further comprising a step of requesting the terminal to pay a prize won by the purchaser and making the payment. 17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of notifying an instruction to deliver a lottery ticket purchased by each purchaser to the purchaser to the buyer and delivering the instruction. Recording medium on which the sales management program is recorded.