TWI661377B - Lottery exchange agent system - Google Patents

Abstract

A lottery ticket redemption system includes a redemption platform and one or more redemption machines. The redemption machine is installed in the store and includes an input device, a communication device, an output device, and a read-write device. The input device is used to receive the redeemer information and the redemption invoice information. The communication device is communicatively connected to the redemption platform to transmit the redeemer information and redemption invoice information to the redemption platform. The redemption platform or invoice data center verifies whether the redemption invoice information is the winning value and the corresponding bonus value. The output device is used to output the verification result. When the verification result is the winning result, the reading and writing device writes the bonus value corresponding to the verification result into the electronic ticket according to the verification result.

Description

Lottery redemption system

The present invention relates to a lottery ticket redemption system, and in particular to a lottery ticket redemption system that can directly deposit redeemed bonuses into an electronic ticket.

There are a variety of lottery events in Taiwan, such as unified invoices or lotteries such as lotto and power lottery. Unified invoice redemption was previously only able to redeem bonuses at specific banks. When the public wants to redeem the unified invoice for winning, no matter how much the money is, they need to get a specific bank to redeem the award. And now there are open small bonuses that can be used by convenience stores to exchange bonuses, stored-value gold or equivalent products, which has increased the convenience of people to redeem awards. The redemption of lottery tickets can only be done at lottery dealers or specific banks, and has not been opened at convenience stores for redemption.

When the public wants to redeem the bonus of the winning invoice at the convenience store, they need to hold the winning invoice with their personal information filled in to the store, and present their ID card for confirmation by the store staff to exchange cash. At present, Superstore provides exchange bonuses based on the fact that the store clerks themselves confirm whether the invoices are really winning, and the stores will provide the bonuses to consumers by themselves, and then the stores will hold the invoices to specific banks for exchange.

After the merchants exchange bonuses to consumers, they need to keep the winning invoices and get them to specific banks in exchange for cash, and these bonuses are the advances made by the stores themselves. For the stores, it adds a lot of operating procedures and cash flow. Advance. In addition, when the invoice is redeemed, the clerk confirms whether the invoice is won with the naked eye. It is also possible to give the wrong bonus by mistake.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a lottery redemption system, which includes a redemption platform and a redemption machine. The redemption platform will communicate with the lottery data center. The prize redemption machine is installed in the store. The prize redemption machine includes an input device, a communication device, an output device, and a read-write device. The input device receives the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information. The communication device communicates with the redemption platform to communicate the redeemer information and redemption ticket information to the redemption platform. The redemption platform sends the redemption ticket information to the lottery data center for the lottery data center to verify whether the redemption ticket information is the winning value and the corresponding bonus value. The communication device receives the verification result transmitted by the lottery data center through the redemption platform. The output device outputs the verification result. When the verification result is the winning result, the reading and writing device writes the bonus value corresponding to the verification result into the electronic ticket according to the verification result.

In addition, in another embodiment of the present invention, a ticket redemption system includes a redemption platform and a redemption machine. The redemption platform communicates with the lottery data center, and the redemption platform includes a lottery database and a bonus confirmation module. The lottery database stores a plurality of winning ticket numbers obtained from the lottery data center and the prize value corresponding to each winning ticket number. The bonus confirmation module is connected to the lottery database. The redemption machine is installed in the store, and the redemption machine includes an input device, a communication device, an output device, and a read-write device. The input device receives the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information. The communication device communicates with the redemption platform to communicate the redeemer information and redemption ticket information to the redemption platform. The bonus confirmation module of the redemption platform verifies whether the redemption ticket information is the winning value and the corresponding bonus value. The communication device also receives the verification result transmitted by the prize redemption platform. The output device outputs the verification result. When the reading and writing device wins the verification result, the bonus value corresponding to the verification result will be written into the electronic ticket based on the verification result.

In summary, by applying the embodiment of the present invention, the redeeming person can upload the winning paper ticket, invoice or electronic invoice redemption ticket information to the redemption platform through the redemption machine. The redemption platform is confirmed as the winning ticket After obtaining the corresponding bonus value, the prize redemption machine can directly write the bonus value into the electronic ticket that the redeemer wants to store. The bonus value is verified by the lottery data center, which can reduce the loss of the store operator due to the artificial interpretation errors of the store staff. And the bonuses can be directly deposited into electronic tickets, such as iCash 2.0, Youyou Card or All-in-One Card, so that consumers can use them more flexibly, and stores can reduce cash advances.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a ticket redemption system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a unified invoice for redeeming a winning prize will be taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention can also be applied to redeeming lottery tickets such as lotto. The lottery redemption system includes a redemption platform 100 and a redemption machine set in a store 200. In this embodiment, the redemption machine is a cash register 300. The redemption platform 100 may be connected to the lottery data center 400 via a network communication. The lottery data center 400 may be composed of one or more computers. In this embodiment, since the redemption is a unified invoice, the lottery data center 400 may be set up by the Ministry of Finance and can provide the list of prizes in each unified invoice. The winning list includes a plurality of winning ticket numbers (that is, the winning invoice number) and the prize value corresponding to each winning ticket number. The redemption platform 100 may be composed of one or more computers, or integrated with other application servers.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a block diagram of a prize redemption machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The redemption machine (ie, the cash register 300) in this embodiment includes an input device 310, a communication device 320, an output device 330, and a read-write device 340. The input device 310 is configured to receive information of a redeemer and information of a redeemed ticket. The redeemer information mainly includes the identity card number, but it can also include other information, such as the name of the redeemer, contact information (such as contact phone number, contact address, etc.), ID image or biometric information (such as fingerprint or finger vein, etc.) It can also be any combination of materials. In this embodiment, the redemption of the unified invoice is taken as an example. The redemption ticket information mainly includes the invoice number and the invoice issuance date, but it can also include other information, such as seller information (such as seller name, seller's unified number, etc.), shopping details, Invoice amount, etc.

The input device 310 may be a barcode scanner, a keyboard, a touch screen, a short-range wireless sensor module (such as a near field communication module), a camera, a camera, a fingerprint reader, a finger vein reader, etc., as needed The input method of the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information depends on the input method. For example, the redemption ticket information may be recorded on a paper invoice in the form of a two-dimensional barcode, and the identity card number may be recorded on the identity card in the form of a one-dimensional barcode. Therefore, the bar code scanner is operated by the store clerk 200, and the cash register 300 can read the bar code to obtain the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information. However, some of the data not recorded in the bar code can also be obtained by other forms of input device 310. For example, a store clerk can operate the keyboard to enter other data, use a video camera or a camera to obtain an ID card image, or a redeemer image, or use a fingerprint to read Device to obtain biometric data such as the fingerprint data of the winner.

In one embodiment, the input device 310 is a near field communication module. The redeemer can operate his mobile phone to transmit the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information stored in the mobile phone to the near field communication module by near field communication. In one embodiment, the input device 310 is a card reading device. The redeemer can place the electronic ticket on the card reading device to read the redemption ticket information stored in the electronic ticket.

The communication device 320 may be a wired network module or a wireless network module, and is connected to the reward platform 100 in communication. The communication device 320 transmits the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information to the redemption platform 100. The redemption platform 100 transmits the redemption ticket information to the lottery data center 400 for the lottery data center 400 to verify whether the received redemption ticket information is a winner according to the winning list, and uses the corresponding prize value. The redemption platform 100 transmits the verification result to the cash register 300. Therefore, the communication device 320 of the cash register 300 receives the verification result transmitted by the lottery data center 400 via the redemption platform 100.

The output device 330 may be a screen for outputting a display verification result, that is, whether to win a prize and a bonus value. In an embodiment, the output device 330 may be a sound effect module, and output the verification result through sound, such as winning or not winning with different sound effects, or reading the bonus value by voice. The reading and writing device 340 may be an inductive card reader or a chip card reader. If the verification result is a winner, the redeemer can place or insert the electronic ticket held by the reader-writer 340. At this time, the reader-writer 340 will write the bonus value corresponding to the verification result into the electronic ticket based on the verification result. Complete the stored value. Therefore, the store 200 does not need to give cash to the redeemer directly, and the cash advance of the store 200 can be reduced. At the same time, the bonus data is verified by the lottery data center 400, which can reduce the loss of 200 operators in the store due to artificial interpretation errors by the store staff. Furthermore, the redeemer can choose a nearby store 200 to redeem the winning ticket, which also improves convenience.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cash register 300 further includes a confirmation and redemption device 350, which can be a keyboard, which has a confirmation button, and can respond to one of the store 200 clerks to confirm the redemption input to generate a redemption success notification, so that the communication device 320 transmits The redemption is successfully notified to the redemption platform 100. After the clerk presses the confirm button, the reading and writing device 340 writes the corresponding bonus value corresponding to the verification result received in the cash register 300 into the electronic ticket. With this, the redemption platform 100 can confirm that the store 200 has stored the bonus in the electronic ticket of the redeemer according to the redemption success notification. In one embodiment, the confirmation and redemption device 350 may also be a touch screen, and an operation interface with a virtual button is displayed thereon.

The redemption platform 100 also transmits the redeemer information and the redemption success notification to the lottery data center 400. The profit lottery data center 400 generates a logout record according to the redemption success notification to avoid the redemption of the winning invoice. The cancellation record contains the information of the redeemed ticket and the corresponding redeemer information when the verification result is a winner. Here, the redeemer information is transmitted from the redemption platform 100 to the lottery data center 400 together with the redemption ticket information.

The reading and writing device 340 of the cash register 300 may read the ticket data of one of the electronic tickets in response to the confirmation and redemption input, and transmit the ticket data to the redemption platform 100 via the communication device 320. The redemption platform 100 will transmit the ticket information and bonus value to the electronic ticket center 500. Thereby, the balance information of the electronic ticket of the redeemer in the electronic ticket center 500 is updated.

The number of cash registers 300 in the store 200 is not limited to one, and there may be multiple cash registers 300 in the same store 200.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a lottery redemption system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a lottery redemption system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the difference from the first embodiment described above is that the lottery ticket to be redeemed in this embodiment is described by taking a lottery ticket as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can also be applied as previously described. The unified invoice described. The redemption machine set in the store 200a in this embodiment is a multimedia device 300a (Kiosk). In addition, since the present embodiment is described by taking the redemption of lottery tickets as an example, the lottery data center 400a can be set up by the Taiwan lottery, and can provide a lottery list of Taiwan lotteries. The winning list contains a plurality of winning ticket numbers (ie winning lottery numbers) and the prize value corresponding to each winning ticket number.

Referring to FIG. 4, in contrast to the aforementioned first embodiment, the lottery data center 400 verifies the redemption information, and in this embodiment, the redeem platform 100 verifies the redemption information. The redemption platform 100 includes a lottery database 110 and a bonus confirmation module 120. The bonus confirmation module 120 may be executed by the same processor or multiple processors, and the lottery database 110 may be a hard disk or other form of memory medium. Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 at the same time, the lottery database 110 stores a lottery list obtained by the lottery data center 400a, which has a plurality of winning ticket numbers and a prize value corresponding to each winning ticket number. The bonus confirmation module 120 of the redemption platform 100 verifies whether the redemption ticket information transmitted by the multimedia device 300a is a winning value and confirms the corresponding bonus value, and returns the verification result to the multimedia device 300a.

The winning machine (that is, the multimedia device 300a) in this embodiment includes an input device 310a, a communication device 320a, an output device 330a, and a read-write device 340a. The input device 310a is configured to receive information of a redeemer and information of a redeemed ticket. The redeemer information mainly includes the identity card number, but it can also include other information, such as the name of the redeemer, contact information (such as contact phone number, contact address, etc.), ID image or biometric information (such as fingerprints or finger veins, etc.), It can also be any combination of materials. In this embodiment, the redemption of the unified invoice is taken as an example. The redemption ticket information mainly includes the invoice number and the invoice issuance date, but it can also include other information, such as seller information (such as seller name, seller's unified number, etc.), shopping details, Invoice amount, etc.

The input device 310a may be a barcode scanner, a touch screen, a short-range wireless sensor module (such as a near field communication module), a camera, a camera, a fingerprint reader, a finger vein reader, etc. The input method of personal information and redemption ticket information depends on. For example, the redemption ticket information may be recorded on a paper invoice in the form of a two-dimensional barcode, and the identity card number may be recorded on the identity card in the form of a one-dimensional barcode. Therefore, the redeemer can use the barcode scanner of the multimedia device 310a to read the barcode to obtain the redeemer information and the redeem ticket information. However, some of the data not recorded in the barcode can also be obtained by other forms of input device 310a. For example, the redeemer can operate the touch screen to enter other data, use a camera or a camera to obtain an ID card image, or a redeemer image, or use The fingerprint reader is used to obtain biometric data such as the fingerprint data of the winner.

In an embodiment, the input device 310a is a near field communication module. The redeemer can operate his mobile phone to transmit the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information stored in the mobile phone to the near field communication module by near field communication. In one embodiment, the input device 310a is a card reading device, and the redeemer can place the electronic ticket in the card reading device to read the redemption ticket information stored in the electronic ticket.

The communication device 320a may be a wired network module or a wireless network module, and is connected to the reward platform 100 in communication. The communication device 320a transmits the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information to the redemption platform 100. The redemption platform 100 transmits the redemption ticket information to the lottery data center 400a, so that the lottery data center 400a verifies whether the received redemption ticket information is a winner according to the winning list, and uses the corresponding bonus value. The redemption platform 100 transmits the verification result to the multimedia device 300a. Therefore, the communication device 320a of the multimedia device 300a receives the verification result transmitted by the lottery data center 400a via the redemption platform 100.

The output device 330a may be a screen for outputting a display verification result, that is, whether to win a prize and a bonus value. In one embodiment, the output device 330a may be a sound effect module, and output the verification result through sound, such as winning or not winning by different sound effects, or reading the bonus value by voice. The read / write device 340a may be an inductive card reader or a chip card reader. If the verification result is a winner, the redeemer can place or insert the electronic ticket he holds into the reading and writing device 340a. At this time, the reading and writing device 340a will write the bonus value corresponding to the verification result into the electronic ticket based on the verification result. Complete the stored value. In this way, the redeemer does not need to exchange cash through a cash register or a specific bank, but can directly complete the redemption operation by operating the multimedia device 300a directly. Moreover, the redeemer can choose the nearby store 200a to redeem the winning ticket, which also improves convenience.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lottery redemption system further includes an electronic ticket center 500. The multimedia device 300a also includes a confirmation and redemption device 350a, which can be a touch screen, which displays an operation interface with a virtual button, and has a confirmation button, and can respond to one of the redeemers to confirm the redemption input to generate a redemption success Notice. After the winner has pressed the confirmation button, the read-write device 340a writes the corresponding bonus value of the verification result received in the multimedia device 300a into the electronic ticket, and also reads the ticket data of the electronic ticket. The communication device 320a of the multimedia device 300a sends the notification of successful prize redemption, ticket information and prize value to the electronic ticket center 500. Thereby, the balance information of the electronic ticket of the redeemer in the electronic ticket center 500 is updated, and it is confirmed that the bonus has been stored in the electronic ticket of the redeemer.

Subsequently, the electronic ticket center 500 also sends a redemption success notification to the redemption platform 100, so that the redemption platform 100 can confirm that the bonus has been stored in the redeemer's electronic ticket according to the redemption success notification, and the corresponding ticket has been redeemed. After that, the redemption platform 100 transmits the redeemer information and the successful notification of the redemption to the lottery data center 400a. The profit lottery data center 400a generates a logout record according to the redemption success notification to avoid the redemption of the winning ticket. The cancellation record contains the information of the redeemed ticket and the corresponding redeemer information when the verification result is a winner.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of a ticket redemption system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The same components, structures, and connection relationships of this embodiment as those of the first embodiment will not be repeated. In this embodiment, the unified invoice for redeeming a winning prize is also taken as an example for illustration, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention can also be applied to redeeming lottery tickets such as lotto. The lottery redemption system includes a redemption platform 100 and a redemption machine set in the store 200b. In this embodiment, the redemption machine is an automatic teller machine 300b.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a schematic block diagram of a prize redemption machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The redemption machine (ie, the automatic teller machine 300b) in this embodiment includes an input device 310b, a communication device 320b, an output device 330b, and a read-write device 340b. The input device 310b is configured to receive information of a redeemer and information of a redeemed ticket. The redeemer information mainly includes the identity card number, but it can also include other information, such as the name of the redeemer, contact information (such as contact phone number, contact address, etc.), ID image or biometric information (such as fingerprints or finger veins, etc.), It can also be any combination of materials. In this embodiment, the redemption of the unified invoice is taken as an example. The redemption ticket information mainly includes the invoice number and the invoice issuance date, but it can also include other information, such as seller information (such as seller name, seller's unified number, etc.), shopping details, Invoice amount, etc.

The input device 310b may be a keyboard, a touch screen, a camera, a camera, a fingerprint reader, a finger vein reader, etc., depending on the input mode of the winner information and the ticket information. For example, the redemption ticket information may be recorded digitally on a paper invoice. At this time, the redeemer can enter the redemption ticket information and the identity card number by using the keyboard or touch screen, so that the ATM 300b can obtain the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information, and can also obtain an ID card through a camera or a camera, etc. The image is the image of the redeemer, or a fingerprint reader is used to obtain biometric data such as the fingerprint data of the redeemer.

The communication device 320b may be a wired network module or a wireless network module, and communicates with the redemption platform 100 through communication. The communication device 320b transmits the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information to the redemption platform 100. The redemption platform 100 transmits the redemption ticket information to the lottery data center 400 for the lottery data center 400 to verify whether the received redemption ticket information is a winner according to the winning list, and uses the corresponding prize value. The redemption platform 100 transmits the verification result to the automatic teller machine 300b. Therefore, the communication device 320b of the ATM 300b receives the verification result transmitted by the lottery data center 400 via the redemption platform 100.

The output device 330b may be a screen for outputting a display verification result, that is, whether to win a prize and a bonus value. In one embodiment, the output device 330b may be a sound effect module, and output the verification result through sound, such as winning or not winning with different sound effects, or reading the bonus value by voice. The read-write device 340b may be a card reader. If the verification result is a winner, the redeemer can insert the electronic ticket he holds into the reading and writing device 340b. At this time, the reading and writing device 340b will write the bonus value corresponding to the verification result into the electronic ticket based on the verification result to complete the storage. value. In this way, the redeemer does not need to exchange cash through a cash register or a specific bank, but can directly operate the automatic teller machine 300b to complete the redemption operation. Furthermore, the redeemer may choose an automatic teller machine 300b set in the nearby store 200b to redeem the winning ticket, which also improves convenience.

As shown in FIG. 6, the automatic teller machine 300b further includes a confirmation and redemption device 350b, which can be a keyboard, which has a confirmation button, and can respond to one of the redeemers to confirm the redemption input to generate a redemption success notification, so that the communication device 320b Send the notification of successful redemption to the redemption platform 100. After the redeemer presses the confirmation button, the read-write device 340b writes the corresponding bonus value corresponding to the verification result received in the automatic teller machine 300b into the electronic ticket. With this, the redemption platform 100 can confirm that the automatic teller machine 300b has stored the bonus in the electronic ticket of the redeemer according to the redemption success notification. In one embodiment, the confirmation and redemption device 350b may also be a touch screen, and an operation interface with a virtual button is displayed thereon.

Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing embodiments as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the similar arts can make some changes and retouch without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of patent protection shall be determined by the scope of the patent application attached to this specification.

 100  Redemption platform  110  Lottery Database  120  Bonus Confirmation Module  200, 200a, 200b  Shop  300  cashier  300a  Multimedia device  300b  Cash machine  310, 310a, 310b  Input device  320, 320a, 320b  Communication device  330, 330a, 330b  Output device  340, 340a, 340b  Reading and writing device  350, 350a, 350b  Confirmation redemption device  400, 400a  Lottery Information Center  500  E-ticket center

[FIG. 1] A schematic diagram of a lottery ticket redemption system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Fig. 2] A block diagram of a prize redemption machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a schematic diagram of a lottery redemption system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a block diagram of a lottery ticket redemption system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a schematic diagram of a lottery redemption system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a block diagram of a lottery machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (8)

A lottery ticket exchange system includes: a lottery platform, which communicates with a lottery data center; and a lottery machine, which is installed in a store and includes: an input device that receives one lottery information and one lottery ticket information; a communication Device, which communicates with the redemption platform to communicate the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information to the redemption platform, wherein the redemption platform sends the redemption ticket information to the lottery data center for the lottery data center to verify the redemption Whether the ticket information is a winning value and a corresponding bonus value, the communication device receives a verification result transmitted by the lottery data center via the redemption platform; an output device outputs the verification result; a read-write device, if the verification result In order to win the prize, according to the verification result, the bonus value corresponding to the verification result is written into an electronic ticket; and a confirmation redemption device generates a notification of successful redemption in response to a confirmation of redemption input, and the communication device transmits the notification of successful redemption to The redemption platform; wherein the read-write device reads the electronic ticket in response to the confirmation redemption input One ticket information, and transmits the ticket information to the awarding platform via the communication device, the awarding platform transmits the ticket information and the prize value to an electronic ticket center. A lottery ticket redemption system includes: a lottery redemption platform that communicates with a lottery data center and includes: a lottery database that stores a plurality of winning ticket numbers obtained by the lottery data center and one corresponding to each of the winning ticket numbers Prize value; and a prize confirmation module connected to the lottery database; and a prize redemption machine set in a store, including: an input device, receiving information of a redeemer and a ticket information; a communication device, communication Connect to the redemption platform to transmit the redeemer information and the redemption ticket information to the redemption platform, wherein the bonus confirmation module of the redemption platform verifies whether the redemption ticket information is the winning value and the corresponding bonus value, the communication The device receives a verification result transmitted by the prize redemption platform; an output device outputs the verification result; a read-write device, if the verification result is a winning prize, according to the verification result, writes the bonus value corresponding to the verification result into An electronic ticket; and a confirmation and redemption device, in response to a confirmation and redemption input, a notification of successful redemption, the communication device Sending the notification of the redemption success to the redemption platform; wherein the read-write device reads the ticket data of one of the electronic tickets in response to the confirmation redemption input, and transmits the ticket information to the redemption platform via the communication device, and the redemption platform transmits The ticket information and the bonus value are sent to an electronic ticket center. The lottery redemption system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the redemption machine is a cash register. The ticket redemption system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the redemption machine is a multimedia device. The ticket redemption system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the redemption machine is an automatic teller machine. The lottery redemption system described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the redemption platform further transmits the redeemer information and the redemption success notification to the lottery data center, and the lottery data center generates a logout record based on the redemption success notification. , The cancellation record includes the information of the redeemed ticket and the corresponding information of the redeemed person who have been verified as winning. The lottery redemption system described in claim 1 or 2 further includes an electronic ticket center, and the redemption machine further includes a confirmation redemption device, which generates a notification of redemption success in response to a confirmation redemption input and reads and writes The device obtains the ticket information of one of the electronic tickets, and the communication device transmits the notification of the prize redemption, the ticket information and the bonus value to the electronic ticket center. If the lottery redemption system described in item 7, the electronic ticket center also sends the redemption success notification to the redemption platform, and the redemption platform sends the redeemer information and the redemption success notification to the lottery data center, The lottery data center generates a cancellation record according to the notification of the redemption success. The cancellation record contains the information of the redeemed ticket and the corresponding information of the redeemed person whose verification result is the winning.