JP3975146B2 - Lottery sales apparatus and lottery sales method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a computer system on a communication network, and more particularly to a lottery selling apparatus and a lottery selling method that enable a lottery purchase via a communication network.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the lottery ticket sales apparatus on the communication network of Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-083996, when a registered member (purchaser) accesses the lottery ticket sales apparatus and purchases an ordinary lottery ticket, Designate part of the set, part of the number, and the number of purchases, and the lottery ticketing device extracts lottery tickets from the database for the number of purchases based on the designation of purchase conditions consisting of the set and number of lottery tickets designated by the member, Techniques have been proposed for selling lottery tickets to members.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described lottery ticket sales apparatus, the lottery ticket sales apparatus searches the database in real time, extracts the lottery ticket, and determines the lottery ticket combination based on the purchase conditions specified by the member. Processing load is applied.
Therefore the present invention is a lottery having a function of pre-combination of sales can lottery ticket stores to determine the (ticket sets), reduce the processing load by selling only ticket sets that apply to the specified purchase condition of the member The object is to provide a sales apparatus and a lottery sales method .
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and receives from the purchaser's terminal information on purchase conditions indicating at least a part of a combination of at least a set / number of lottery tickets designated by the purchaser. A management unit, a lottery database that stores in advance a combination of lottery ticket sets / numbers corresponding to the number of ticket lots for each ticket set of the lottery ticket to be sold, and sets / numbers stored in advance in the lottery database Among the combination of tickets, the ticket set that matches the combination of the combination and number indicated by the purchase condition information is stored in the lottery database with the combination of the combination and number indicated by the purchase condition information. When there are multiple ticket sets that match the combination of the combination and number indicated by the information on the purchase condition, based on the comparison process with the combination of combination and number for each ticket group A lottery sales device, characterized in that it comprises a kind managing unit for determining at least one ticket sets sold to the purchaser from among the plurality of ticket sets based on constant-sale rule, the.
[0005]
Further, according to the present invention, the physical management unit notifies the terminal of information on a ticket set including the combination of the set and number indicated by the purchase condition information, and then receives the purchase determination information received from the terminal. The information of the notified ticket group is determined as a ticket group to be sold to the purchaser.
[0006]
The present invention is also a lottery ticket sales method in a lottery ticket sales apparatus connected to a purchaser's terminal via a network, and the reception management unit of the lottery ticket sales apparatus designates the purchaser's terminal from the purchaser's terminal. Information on purchase conditions indicating at least a part of a combination of lottery tickets / numbers is received, and the lottery database of the lottery ticket sales apparatus stores in advance lottery tickets corresponding to the number of ticket groups of each lottery ticket ticket to be sold. The ticket combination / number combination is stored in association with each other, and the spot management unit of the lottery ticket sales apparatus stores the combination of the ticket / number combination stored in the lottery database and is indicated by the purchase condition information. -The ticket combination that matches the combination of numbers is the combination of the combination / number indicated by the purchase condition information and the combination / number for each ticket set stored in the lottery database. If there are a plurality of ticket sets that are determined based on the comparison process and match the combination / number combination indicated by the purchase condition information, the plurality of ticket sets are based on a predetermined sales rule. The lottery selling method, wherein at least one ticket set to be sold to the purchaser is determined from among the lottery tickets.
Further, the present invention is the above-described lottery selling method, wherein the spot management unit notifies the terminal of information on a ticket set including a combination of a set / number indicated by the purchase condition information, and then receives the information from the terminal. The information on the notified ticket set is determined as the ticket set to be sold to the purchaser based on the information on the purchase determination.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a lottery ticket sales system using a lottery ticket sales apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the lottery ticket sales system. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a lottery mall site (lottery ticket sales apparatus) that performs lottery ticket sales processing. Reference numeral 2 denotes an electronic payment server composed of an internet banking system or the like connected to the lottery mall site 1 via a communication network, and accepts an electronic payment for purchase of a lottery received from a member (purchaser). The electronic payment server 2 may be connected to the lottery mall site 1 via the Internet 4 instead of being connected to the lottery mall site 1 via a communication network such as a dedicated line as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 3 denotes a terminal of a member who accesses the lottery mall site 1 and purchases a lottery ticket. Although there are actually a plurality of member terminals 3, only one representative is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 4 denotes an Internet network that connects the lottery mall site 1 and the member terminal 3.
[0008]
The lottery mall site 1 is an independent functional unit on the Internet 4 and may exist on the Internet. For example, even if each lottery counter existing in the whole country is opened on the Internet 4 independently, Good. In the lottery mall site 1, reference numeral 11 denotes an acceptance management unit that accepts access from the member terminal 3. A winning management unit 12 manages data related to the winning lottery. 13 is a physical management unit that manages the type and number of lottery tickets stored in the lottery mall site 1 and information on combinations of lottery tickets that are determined in advance and stored in the lottery database (hereinafter referred to as ticket groups). It is. A document creating / sending unit 14 creates and sends a document to a member. A member DB (database) 15 stores member information (name, age, member number, password, e-mail address, etc.). Reference numeral 16 denotes a lottery ticket DB for storing a lottery ticket set, lottery purchase application data for each member, and winning result data. Reference numeral 17 denotes a settlement management unit that instructs the electronic settlement server 2 to perform settlement associated with a lottery purchase application and settlement associated with a lottery winning.
[0009]
Next, the operation of the aforementioned lottery ticket sales system will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing lottery ticket purchase processing in the present embodiment.
Here, the lottery DB 16 in the aforementioned lottery mall site 1 holds a plurality of ticket groups to be sold in advance. Information on this ticket set is generated by the spot management unit 13 of the lottery mall site 1, but the lottery DB 16 holds, for example, lottery tickets in pairs 1 to 70 as consecutive ticket sets. And Each group has numbers from 100,000 to 1999, 999. It is assumed that ten sets of tickets are held, such as 100000 to 100009, 100010 to 100019, and 100020 to 100029 in order. In addition, for example, it is assumed that lottery tickets in 70 to 99 pairs are held as roses (non-sequential numbers) as ticket sets. There are no lottery tickets included in this ticket set. The last digit of the number contains 10 numbers from 0 to 9, but the numbers are non-sequential numbers.
[0010]
First, a member accesses the lottery purchase Web site established on the Internet by the lottery mall site 1 from the terminal 3. Access from the member is accepted by the reception management unit 11 via the Internet 4 (step S1). The reception management unit 11 displays a screen for inputting a member number and a password on the member terminal 3 and receives input from the member. Since the member number and password of the member are stored in the member DB 15, the reception management unit 11 checks the received member number and password on the member DB 15, and if the combination of the member number and password is normal, Allow login.
[0011]
Next, the reception management unit 11 presents a purchase application screen (FIG. 3) on which the user can select a lottery ticket that can be purchased at the lottery mall site 1 and specify purchase conditions on the member terminal 3 (step S <b> 2). In this purchase application screen, several types of lotteries held in the lottery DB 16 of the lottery mall site 1 can be selected. In addition, it is possible to designate a specified lottery set, number, number of purchases, and “serial number” or “rose”. The number of purchases is limited to the number that can be specified. Normally, a lottery ticket is assembled every 10 tickets, but the purchase application screen is set so that a purchase application can be made in units of 10 on this purchase application screen.
[0012]
Next, the member designates the lottery purchase conditions from the purchase application screen presented on the terminal 3. At this time, the lottery is designated as “National Autonomous Lottery”, the group as “68”, and the last four digits of the number as “4632”. Suppose that the number of purchases is designated as “10”, “Serial number” is checked and the OK button is clicked. The purchase conditions designated by the member from the purchase application screen are received by the reception management unit 11 of the lottery mall site 1 via the Internet 4, and the purchase conditions are transferred to the physical management unit 13 (step S3).
[0013]
The spot management unit 13 accepts the purchase conditions and confirms whether or not a lottery ticket set that matches the purchase conditions exists in the lottery DB 16. Membership, "national autonomy lottery" lottery, the set "68" and the lower four digits of the number "4632", the purchase number is specified as "10", and since have checked the "serial number", in kind The management unit 13 confirms the serial number data in the item of the national autonomous lottery in the lottery DB 16, and whether or not there is a ticket set including a lottery ticket with the pair “68” and the last four digits of the number “4632”. Is confirmed (step S4).
[0014]
Here, it is assumed that there are a plurality of ticket sets including lottery tickets with the group “68” and the last four digits of the number “4632” in the lottery DB 16. If there are a plurality of ticket sets that match the purchase conditions of the member in the spot management unit 13, the lottery ticket group and number that match the purchase conditions that existed in the lottery DB 16 are determined. It is assumed that a rule is set to sell the ticket group including the smallest value first. In this case, since the group is determined as “68”, the spot management unit 13 determines the ticket group that includes the lowest four-digit number 4632 and includes the smallest number as a ticket group to be sold (step S5). ). For example, if two ticket groups including lottery tickets numbered “104632” and “114632” remain in the lottery DB 16, the spot management unit 13 includes a ticket group including a lottery ticket numbered “104632”. Will be decided to sell.
[0015]
Next, the actual management unit 13 notifies the reception management unit 11 of information on the ticket set including the 104632 lottery ticket. Then, the reception management unit 11 presents a ticket group list screen (FIG. 4) on the member terminal 3. Then, the member receives a determination as to whether or not the purchase with the determined ticket set is OK (step S6). When the member confirms the ticket group list screen of the lottery ticket presented on the terminal 3 and accepts the purchase and clicks the OK button, the reception management unit 11 receives the information. Then, the reception management unit 11 notifies the settlement management unit 17 to settle the price related to the purchase of the member's lottery ticket. Then, the payment management unit 17 transmits the electronic payment amount and member information to the electronic payment server 2, and the electronic payment server 2 executes electronic payment for the purchase price (step S7).
[0016]
Next, the reception management unit 11 notifies the member terminal 3 of the completion of acceptance of the purchase application, and instructs the spot management unit 13 to erase the sold lottery ticket set from the lottery DB 16. Then, the ticket management unit 13 erases the lottery ticket set sold from the lottery DB 16 (step S8).
[0017]
Next, the reception management unit 11 instructs the document creation / sending unit 14 to create a “lottery purchase specification” and send it to the member terminal 3. The document creating / sending unit 14 creates a “lottery purchase specification” as an electronic document and sends it to the member's mail address stored in the member DB 15 via the Internet 4 (step S9). Here, if necessary, the “lottery ticket purchase statement” may be mailed to the member as a hard copy. The contents of the “lottery ticket purchase statement” are also stored in the lottery DB 16. Incidentally, the actual “lottery ticket” purchased by the member may be managed as a “protection deposit” by the provider operating the lottery mall site 1 or delivered to the member by mail or the like according to the request of the member.
[0018]
In step S4, if there is no ticket combination including a lottery ticket that matches the purchase conditions specified by the member in the lottery DB 16, the spot management unit 13 notifies the reception management unit 11 to that effect, and the reception management unit 11 notifies the member's terminal 3 that the lottery ticket matching the purchase conditions cannot be sold. Then, the reception management unit 11 presents a confirmation screen (FIG. 5) on the member's terminal as to whether to change the purchase conditions or stop the purchase application and end the purchase application, and confirms whether to change the purchase conditions (step S10). . If the member clicks the change button on this screen, the process returns to step S3 again, and the acceptance management unit 11 presents the purchase application screen to the member terminal 3 and accepts the input of purchase conditions again.
[0019]
Even if the member confirms the lottery ticket group list screen presented on the terminal 3 in step S6 and does not approve the purchase and clicks the change button, the reception management unit 11 sends the purchase condition to the member terminal. A confirmation screen (FIG. 5) as to whether or not to change the purchase conditions is displayed (step S10). When the member clicks the change button on this screen, the process returns to step S3 again, and the reception management unit 11 presents the purchase application screen to the member and accepts the input of purchase conditions again.
[0020]
In the above-described embodiment, if there are a plurality of ticket sets that match the purchase conditions specified by the member in the lottery DB 16, the spot management unit 13 uses the lottery ticket with the smallest number corresponding to the purchase conditions. Is applied to the ticket group including the ticket, and the ticket group to which the rule is applied is determined as the ticket group to be sold to the member. All the ticket groups including the ticket may be presented on the member's terminal, and the designation of the ticket group by the member may be accepted.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a combination of lottery tickets that can be sold in advance (ticket set) is determined, held in the lottery DB, and only a ticket set that meets the purchase conditions specified by the purchaser is sold. Therefore, the lottery selling apparatus is a process that only checks whether the ticket set based on the purchase conditions designated by the purchaser exists in the lottery DB. Compared to ticket processing, the processing speed can be increased. The load on the lottery ticket sales apparatus can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a lottery ticket sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing lottery ticket purchase processing in the embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a purchase application screen on which a lottery ticket that can be purchased at the lottery mall site 1 and specification of purchase conditions can be specified in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a ticket group list screen of lottery ticket groups determined to be sold by the spot management unit 13 in the same embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a confirmation screen for confirming whether to change the purchase conditions or stop the purchase application in the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lottery mall site 2 Electronic payment server 3 Terminal 4 Internet 11 Reception management part 12 Winning management part 13 Spot management part 14 Document creation / transmission part 15 Member DB
16 Lottery DB
17 Payment Management Department

Claims (4)

A reception management unit that receives information on purchase conditions indicating at least a part of a combination of at least a set / number of a lottery ticket designated by the purchaser from the purchaser's terminal;
Advance, the ticket sets each comprising a non-sequential numbers lottery tickets the last digit is a ten lottery tickets 0-9 set-number, and the lottery database for storing combinations of set-number,
The combination / number combination indicated by the purchase condition information is compared with the combination / number combination for each ticket group sequentially read from the lottery database, and the combination / number combination ticket when the combination matches. When it is determined that the set is a ticket set including a combination of the set and number indicated by the purchase condition information, and there are a plurality of ticket sets that match the combination of the set and number indicated by the purchase condition information , A spot management unit that compares a set / number that matches the purchase conditions included in each ticket set and determines a ticket set including the smallest set / number as a ticket set to be sold to the purchaser;
A lottery ticket sales apparatus characterized by comprising: A reception management unit that receives information on purchase conditions indicating at least a part of a combination of at least a set / number of a lottery ticket designated by the purchaser from the purchaser's terminal;
Advance, the ticket sets each comprising a non-sequential numbers lottery tickets the last digit is a ten lottery tickets 0-9 set-number, and the lottery database for storing combinations of set-number,
The combination / number combination indicated by the purchase condition information is compared with the combination / number combination for each ticket group sequentially read from the lottery database, and the combination / number combination ticket when the combination matches. A spot management unit that determines a set as a ticket set including a combination of a set and a number indicated by the purchase condition information ,
The physical management unit notifies the terminal of information on all ticket groups including the combination of the combination and number indicated by the purchase condition information, and then transmits the information of the ticket group received from the terminal to the purchaser. A lottery ticket sales machine characterized by determining the ticket group to be sold. A lottery ticket sales method in a lottery ticket sales apparatus connected to a purchaser terminal via a network,
The reception management unit of the lottery ticket sales apparatus receives purchase condition information indicating at least part of the combination of the lottery ticket designated by the purchaser / number from the purchaser's terminal,
Lottery database of the lottery sales device, in advance, the ticket sets each last digit comprises a non-sequential numbers lottery tickets a ten lottery tickets 0-9 set-number, the combination of the set-number Remember ,
The spot management unit of the lottery ticket sales apparatus compares the combination of the group / number indicated by the purchase condition information with the combination of the group / number for each ticket group sequentially read from the lottery database . The ticket combination of the combination of the read combination / number is determined as a ticket combination including the combination of the combination / number indicated by the purchase condition information, and matches the combination of the combination / number indicated by the purchase condition information. If the ticket sets there are a plurality compares the set-number matching the purchase conditions including the respective ticket set, the ticket set containing the smallest set-number, and ticket set for sale to the purchaser Lottery sales method characterized by deciding. A lottery ticket sales method in a lottery ticket sales apparatus connected to a purchaser terminal via a network,
The reception management unit of the lottery ticket sales apparatus receives purchase condition information indicating at least part of the combination of the lottery ticket designated by the purchaser / number from the purchaser's terminal,
Lottery database of the lottery sales device, in advance, the ticket sets each last digit comprises a non-sequential numbers lottery tickets a ten lottery tickets 0-9 set-number, the combination of the set-number Remember ,
The spot management unit of the lottery ticket sales apparatus compares the combination of the group / number indicated by the purchase condition information with the combination of the group / number for each ticket group sequentially read from the lottery database . The ticket set of the combination of the read set / number is determined as a ticket set including the combination of the set / number indicated by the purchase condition information ,
The physical management unit further notifies the terminal of information on all the ticket groups including the combination of the group / number indicated by the purchase condition information, and then receives the information on the ticket group received from the terminal. A lottery ticket sales method, characterized in that it is determined as a ticket group to be sold to a buyer.

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