JPH11102405A - Method of issuing lottery ticket and converting it into money in computer network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue a lottery ticket and to convert it into money through a wide area computer network. SOLUTION: When a sales agency outputs an information input image (S2) to the ticket issuing terminal of a purchaser in response to the lottery purchaser request and the purchaser inputs the number of lotteries to be bought and a means to purchase them, database processing and settlement processing (S9) are performed in accordance with it, and the ticket issuing terminal performs a ticket issuing output (S12) at an external storage medium in a wide area computer network. A management number is made by a random number that has no relation to a lottery number for preventing forgeries and is recorded on the external storage device and the database.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for issuing and redeeming lotteries through a wide area computer network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lottery ticket is printed by an advanced printing process for preventing forgery at a printing shop after determining the number of tickets to be issued. This lottery ticket is divided into a serial number and a rose number and packed in bags. The bulk number is packed in a bag with the continuity of the end so that the end does not overlap within 10 sheets. In addition, less than 10 pieces of roses are also prepared. These are issued by the trustworthy local government to the trust bank. The trustee bank sells the above-listed lottery tickets at lottery sales counters and sales contractors at the head office and branches. In addition, the winnings will be redeemed at the sales counter and the bank counter.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned ticket exchange method has the following disadvantages. (1) Since printing is performed on paper, advanced printing processing is required to prevent forgery, and the cost is increased. (2) Bagging work for issuing tickets with serial numbers or loose numbers is necessary, which increases costs. (3) The number of man-hours has been increased in bagging at the end of the line for issuing tickets in bulk. (4) Since the sales are manually performed, labor costs are increased, and the sales time is limited. (5) The lots sold out and unsold are different for each shop, and additional issuance does not produce the correct quantity, resulting in poor sales efficiency. (6) It is difficult to confirm forgery even at the time of redemption. In view of the above problems, the present invention solves these problems by using a wide area computer network.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a wide area computer network in which a plurality of computer terminals are connected via a computer for network connection, a selling computer server receives a lottery purchase information input field and payment information in response to a call from a purchaser's computer terminal. The information input screen including the input fields is sent to the purchaser's computer terminal, and the information input screen displayed on this computer terminal receives the lottery purchase information input by the purchaser, and the received lottery purchase The lottery charge is calculated from the information, the lottery purchase information reception result and the lottery fee are reported to the purchaser, a payment is made based on the contents of the payment information input column, and the payment result and the lottery ticketing result are stored. Means, the lottery ticketing information is sent to the buyer's computer terminal based on the recorded information, and the buyer's Outputs the external recording medium issued from the computer terminal.

[0005] In the invention according to claim 2, purchase can be designated by a serial number or a lot number in the lottery purchase information input box. In the case of a purchase designation by a lot number, the end of the lot number is within 10 sheets. Issue tickets so that they do not overlap.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the lottery ticketing result storage means has lottery numbers and management information based on random numbers unrelated to the lottery numbers allocated and recorded to the lottery numbers, and The lottery number and the management information are also recorded.

[0010] According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a lottery number and management information are recorded in the lottery ticketing result storage means, and the lottery number and encrypted management information are recorded in the external recording medium. .

[0010] According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the key for the encryption and the key for the decryption are held in the selling server computer, and the management information is transmitted to the computer terminal of the purchaser after the encryption.

The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that the selling computer server reads the lottery ticketing information input from the computer terminal of the winning cashier and searches and matches the winning number from the storage means. If there is, the consistency of this number and the management number and the cashed state are checked and authenticated based on the information in the storage means, and the winning payment is executed based on the result.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Specific embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the total operation system including the wide area computer network has the contents shown in FIG. First, there is a local government 66 which is a lottery distributor and a bank 67 which accepts tickets and cash from the local government. This bank operates a distributor computer server 61 (hereinafter referred to as a distributor server). This server is connected to the ticketing terminal 64 on the lottery selling side by a computer network. The connection may be made directly by a dedicated line, directly by a public line or the Internet, or via a server 63 of a provider. The ticket issuing terminal 64 is a computer terminal including a display device, an input device, and a payment device. The input device may be a keyboard, a mouse, a pen, a touch panel, voice recognition, image recognition, or the like. In the case of cash, the settlement apparatus is provided with an opening for depositing and dispensing cash, and has a means for recognizing images and identifying money by the size of coins. In the case of payment using a prepaid card, this reader / writer is provided. IC
In the case of card-type electronic money, it has a communication function with the card, and can exchange data for lottery ticketing and winning payment. In this case, it does not matter whether the card is a contact type or a non-contact type.

In this computer network, a lottery purchaser first makes a purchase at the ticketing terminal 64. This will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 4 and 5. First, the purchaser calls the lottery input screen from the screen of the display device of the ticket issuing terminal 64 (step S1). Then, an information input screen 40 including a lottery purchase information input field 42 and a payment information input field 43 as shown in FIG. The lottery information 41 includes, for example, the type of lottery, the number of times, the unit price, the lottery date, the payment term, and the winning money. The lottery purchase information input field 42 selects a serial number or a rose number, specifies the number of purchases, specifies a set and a number. There is a column. In the case of the number selection type lottery such as Numbers, the lottery purchase information input field 42 displays a selection number, a number of the lot, and a field for entering the number of continuations. The payment information input field 43 is used to specify a payment method such as cash, credit card, prepaid card, or IC card type electronic money, and to input authentication information related thereto. For example, in the case of a credit card, a card brand name, a card number, and an expiration date are input, and in the case of a prepaid card or an IC card type electronic money, an ID number and a password are input.

When the information is input and the transmission is confirmed (step S3), the selling server processes the input information (step S4), calculates the lottery fee based on the received information, Perform authentication according to the content,
The result is displayed on the ticket issuing terminal 64 as a confirmation screen (step S5). If the designated number has already been issued, the fact is displayed on the ticket issuing terminal 64 and the input of a new number is prompted. The display contents of the confirmation include, for example, a list of issued tickets and a list of numbers, a total charge and a payment method together with the lottery guidance. When an input change instruction is issued from the confirmation screen, the input screen is output again (step S13). When the purchase decision instruction is confirmed (step S6), in the case of cash payment, a deposit request is made (step S7), and after a deposit is confirmed by recognizing the size of coins and bills (step S8), settlement processing in the database is performed. (Step S9) is performed. This means of cash deposit, cash authentication and cash settlement,
According to the automatic teller machine (ATM) of the bank. In the case of a prepaid card or IC card type electronic money payment method, a lottery fee is subtracted from the card balance by a reader / writer. In the payment of the credit card, the card brand, the expiration date, and the card number are authenticated by the authentication institution 65 to perform the settlement processing.

Thereafter, a number as management information 55 is created by a random number (step S10), and a lottery set 5 to be issued is issued.
After being assigned as management information 55 corresponding to the 2 lottery number 53, it is recorded in the database 62 of the storage means of the selling server 61 together with the settlement information 54 (step S11). This random number generation uses, for example, a mathematical operation such as a central square method or a square method. The management information 55 may be a combination of numbers, alphabets, or symbols, and the allocation may be one piece of information for each lottery number.
One piece of information may be used for every number of ticket issuances. This random number does not need to be generated each time a ticket is issued, and may be generated and registered when the lottery database is created. Alternatively, a sequential number corresponding to the lottery may be created, and then the allocation of the number to the lottery may be shuffled as a random number.

When the settlement process is completed, the ticket issuing terminal 64 records and outputs the contents of the confirmation on the external recording medium (step S).
12). This external recording medium may print and display ticketing information as paper, or, for example, a paper card in which a magnetic sheet is partially provided, the ticketing content is printed on paper, and the ticketing content and management are printed on a magnetic sheet part. The information 55 may be recorded and output. The external recording medium need not be paper, but may be a plastic magnetic card, a disk recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or the like. For example, the settlement may be made with an IC card type electronic money, and the lottery ticket contents and the management information 55 may be recorded on the IC card to form a lottery ticket.

Here, if the credit card number or the like is transmitted as it is on the network, there is a security problem. Therefore, these data are stored in the ticketing terminal 6.
The encrypted information is transmitted to the selling server 61 at 4, and the payment information is transferred to the payment processing server of the certification organization 65 which has made a settlement contract with the bank and decrypted. If the user is authenticated here, the card payment of the buyer is performed. Here, if encryption and decryption are limited to payment information only, the selling server 61
There is no need for encryption and decryption functions, and the certificate can be decrypted and settled by a certification organization. The encryption uses, for example, a public key cryptosystem, and distributes the public key to each ticket issuing terminal 64 online or offline. The certification authority 65 holds secret keys corresponding to these, and performs authentication settlement after decryption. The result is transmitted to the selling server 61. Here, the present invention does not limit these encryption and decryption methods, nor does it limit the authentication and settlement methods.

The structure of the database is, for example, as shown in FIG. It comprises a lottery guide 51, a lottery set 52, a lottery number 53, settlement information 54, management information 55, encryption key information 56, and cashing information 57. Lottery Information 51
Contains lottery type name, number of times, unit price, sales start date, lottery date,
The payment deadline, the winning money, and the winning number after the lottery are recorded. In the case of a number selection type such as Numbers, the lot number 52 and the lot number 53 are recorded with the selected number in, for example, the lot number 53. The management information 55 is a random number generated value. However, in the case of encrypting and transmitting as in claim 4, a serial number may be used. In addition, not only numbers but also symbols and characters may be used. The encryption key information 56 contains information on an encryption key and a decryption key when the management number is encrypted and transmitted. Here, the encryption method is not limited. The cash information 57 records that the winning payment after the lottery has been completed.
The payment date, payment terminal, payment amount, and the like are recorded.

Next, the input information processing (step S4) will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 2, steps S1 to S3 are the same as described above. Next, it is checked whether the information input from the ticketing terminal 64 is a purchase by a serial number (step S4a). If the number is specified in the case of a serial number, the corresponding number is searched from the database, and no specification is made. In this case, an arbitrary number is searched and extracted (step S
4b) S4c, S4g). If the designated number has been sold, a sold-out display is displayed and a new number designation is prompted (steps S4d, S4h, S4i). Next, the user confirms the purchase of the rose number, and retrieves and extracts numbers corresponding to the number of purchases (steps S4e, S4f). Here, the number designation may be performed even when purchasing the rose number, and the number of digits of the serial number and the rose number designation may not be limited. here,
In the case of bulk purchase, retrieval and extraction are performed so that the end does not overlap within the unit of 10 sheets. This is achieved, for example, by performing a search with tail priority. If there is no number corresponding to the number, the sold-out display is displayed and the change of the number is prompted (step S4).
j, S4k, S41). If there is a number, the ticketing contents of the serial number and the rose number are output on the confirmation screen (step S
5). Steps S5 to S13 after the purchase change are the same as those in FIG.

Next, the procedure for redeeming the winnings will be described with reference to FIG. The ticket issuing terminal 64 outputs a cashing screen upon access of the cashier (steps S71, S72). When the cashier selects and connects to the external recording medium used at the time of issuing a ticket, the data is read and transmitted to the selling server 61 (step S73). The selling server 61 compares this number with the winning number table of the lottery guide 51 of the database 62 (steps S74 and S75), and if there is no corresponding number, performs a failure display (steps S76 and S83) and performs external recording. An invalidation process is performed on the medium (step S84). This is due to deletion of ticketing data, recording of a loss mark, and the like. If the number is a large winning money, the display of the winning money and an instruction to redeem by the bank are issued (steps S77, S81, S82). If there is a small winning amount, the winning number and the winning amount are displayed (steps S77 and S78), and the cashing content is recorded in the cashing information 57 of the database 62 (step S7).
9). On the basis of this result, the ticket issuing terminal 64 performs cashing with cash or electronic money, and performs cashing-out processing on the external recording medium (step S80). This is due to the deletion of ticketing data or the recording of a cashed mark.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) The lottery number issuance and cash management are performed in the database of the selling server, and a check of the management number is performed by using a random number. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform advanced printing in consideration of forgery prevention as in the past. . (2) Even if a ticket is issued with a loose number, the end number is prevented from being duplicated in the data processing, and the result is printed and issued on an external recording medium. Becomes unnecessary. (3) Since the sales status can be managed sequentially on the release server,
As in the prior art, there is no variation such as sold out or unsold at each store, and additional issuance according to sales can be efficiently performed. (4) Even if the issued lottery number is forged by the issuance of the cryptographic management number, the management number cannot be falsified, so that it can be checked at the selling server and it is safe. (5) It is possible to sell 24 hours a day at low cost. (6) The lottery can be efficiently performed by randomly extracting lottery numbers on the server. (7) Since the encryption key and the decryption key of the management information are held and managed only on the server of the selling source, they are not circulated on the network and are not stolen and are safe. (8) The winnings can be freely exchanged on the terminal 24 hours a day.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart from the input of lottery purchase information to the issuance of a ticket according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed flowchart from the input of lottery purchase information to the issuance of a ticket according to the present invention (previous page).

FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart from the input of lottery purchase information to the issuance of a ticket according to the present invention (later page).

FIG. 4 is a display example of an information input screen when a lottery is purchased according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram in a database of a distributor server of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a wide area computer network of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of winning money exchange according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S4 Input information processing S9 Settlement processing S10 Management information issuance S11 DB registration 41 Lottery information 42 Lottery purchase information input field 43 Payment information input field 61 Release source server 62 Database 64 Ticketing terminal

Claims (6)

[Claims] In a wide area computer network in which a plurality of computer terminals are connected via a computer for network connection, a selling computer server receives lottery purchase information in response to a call from a purchaser's computer terminal. Send an information input screen consisting of an input field and a payment information input field to the buyer's computer terminal,
On the information input screen displayed on this computer terminal,
The lottery purchase information input from the purchaser is received, the lottery charge is calculated from the received lottery purchase information, the lottery purchase information reception result and the lottery fee are reported to the purchaser, and the payment information input column Payment is performed based on the input contents, the payment result and the lottery ticketing result are recorded in the storage means, and the lottery ticketing information is transmitted to the purchaser's computer terminal based on the recorded information, and A ticket issuing method using a computer network, comprising issuing an output ticket from a computer terminal to an external recording medium. 2. In the lottery purchase information input field, purchase can be designated by a serial number or a rose number.
2. The ticket issuing method using a computer network according to claim 1, wherein tickets are issued so that the end of the lottery number is not duplicated in units of ten sheets. 3. The lottery ticket issuance result storage means, wherein lottery numbers and management information based on random numbers which are not related to the lottery numbers are allocated and recorded to the lottery numbers, and the lottery numbers are also stored in the external recording medium. 2. The lottery ticketing method according to claim 1, wherein the management information is recorded. 4. The lottery ticketing result storage means stores a lottery number and management information, and the external recording medium stores the lottery number and encrypted management information. A lottery ticket issuing method using the computer network according to claim 1 or 3. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the encryption key and the decryption key are held in the computer server of the selling company, and the management information is transmitted to the computer terminal of the purchaser after the encryption. A method for issuing lotteries using the computer network according to claim 4. 6. The selling computer server reads the lottery ticketing information inputted by the winning cashier from the computer terminal, searches and matches the winning number from the storage means, and if there is a winning number, reads the lottery number from the storage means. Based on the information, check and authenticate the consistency of this number and the management number and the status of cashing,
A winning redemption method using a computer network, wherein the winning payment is executed based on the result.