JP2001350873A - Public lottery selling method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a public lottery selling method for allowing a purchaser to select an arbitrary lottery number, and for preventing the generation of any sellout or unsold ticket, and for preventing the loss of the purchaser's right to receive a prize due to the loss or steal of a lottery ticket or his or her forgetfulness of the confirmation of an election number by allowing the purchaser to confirm the purchase or his or her success/failure in an election anywhere. SOLUTION: An arbitrarily selected lottery number and purchaser identification information are transmitted from a user terminal 10 to a public lottery purchase center system 20. Then, the withdrawal processing of a price for the purchase is requested from the public lottery purchase center system 20 through a public lottery money payment/reception system 30 to a bank system 40. When the widthdrawl is completed, the user terminal 10 is notified of the result. After drawing lots, the public lottery purchase center system 20 operates the transfer processing of the prize according to the inputted election number, and notifies the user terminal 10 of the information of the result of the lottery.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a lottery sales method via a network. In particular, the present invention relates to a lottery sales method in which a buyer can select an arbitrary lottery number.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional lottery, a method is adopted in which a purchaser purchases a lottery with a lottery number given in advance by a lottery seller. In addition, some types are issued with a lottery number desired by the purchaser, but in order to purchase, it is necessary to go to a predetermined lottery counter.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional lottery selling method has the following problems. The first problem is that in the case of a lottery of a type that is sold with a lottery number given in advance, the purchaser cannot select and purchase an arbitrary lottery number, and the purchaser cannot purchase such a lottery number. I can't think of anything about it. The second problem is that when a lottery number is sold with a lottery number given in advance, a situation occurs when the lottery is sold out because the lottery number is within a predetermined finite predetermined range. It is. On the other hand, there is also a problem that a situation of unsold is generated. The third problem is that you need to go to the lottery counter to purchase lottery tickets, go to the lottery counter to check the winning number, buy newspapers, or bother accessing a specific homepage on the Internet. That is what you need to do.

[0004] A fourth problem is that since the lottery is sold as a paper voucher, there is a risk of losing the right to winning due to loss or theft. The fifth problem is that
If the buyer fails to confirm the winning number, even if the purchased lottery has been won, the winning money cannot be paid.

[0005] Further, when a lottery ticket is sold with a lottery number desired by the purchaser, there is a possibility that a plurality of lotteries with the same lottery number may be sold. It becomes necessary to distribute winnings among a plurality of lotteries.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, the purchaser can select an arbitrary lottery number, there is no sold out or unsold, no matter where you are, you can easily purchase or win It is an object of the present invention to provide a lottery sales method that can confirm a loss or a loss, and does not lose the right to receive a winning money due to loss, theft, or forgetting to confirm a winning number. It is another object of the present invention to provide a lottery sales method that enables the distribution of a winning money in a case where a plurality of lotteries with a winning number are sold.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lottery selling method comprising the steps of: receiving purchaser identification information and an arbitrary lottery number selected by the purchaser; A step of storing a lottery number, and a withdrawal step of executing a process of withdrawing a lottery purchase price from the purchaser's financial institution account based on the financial institution account information stored in advance in association with the purchaser identification information. A process of displaying the lottery purchase completion on a screen when the purchase price has been debited.

Further, according to the lottery selling method of claim 2, after the lottery lottery, the lottery number obtained as a result of the lottery is compared with the stored lottery number; It is characterized by having a process of executing a process of transferring a winning money to a financial institution account of the winning buyer, and a lottery result notifying process of displaying notification information of a winning or a loss on a screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the lottery selling method according to the third aspect, when the purchaser receives information indicating that he / she wants to make a continuous purchase, the lottery number is determined by repeatedly executing the charge withdrawal process. The feature is that lottery sales are performed a plurality of times.

Further, in the lottery selling method according to the present invention, when the purchaser receives information indicating that he / she wants to make a continuous purchase, the charge withdrawal step, the winning matching step, and the lottery result notification step are performed. Are repeatedly executed.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a lottery sales system realized by the embodiment. According to FIG. 1, the lottery sales system comprises a user terminal 10,
A lottery purchase center system 20, a lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30, a communication network 100 such as the Internet for interconnecting them, a bank system 40, and a communication network 110 for interconnecting the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 and the bank system 40. It is composed of

The user terminal 10 has an information processing function and a digital data communication function and is used by a lottery purchaser, and is, for example, a personal computer or a mobile phone. The user terminal 10 has a function of inputting an arbitrary lottery number consisting of letters and numbers and purchaser identification information, a function of displaying the input lottery number, and a network 1.
Lottery purchase center system 20 through 00
And a function for receiving and displaying lottery purchase completion information and result information indicating whether the lottery has been won or lost, sent from the lottery purchase center system 20 via the network 100.

The lottery purchase center system 20 comprises an information processing device such as a server computer used by a lottery seller. The lottery purchase center system 20 receives the lottery number and purchaser identification information transmitted from the user terminal 10 via the network 100 by the operation of the lottery purchaser, and uses the function of the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 with the purchaser identification information. The lottery purchase amount is deducted from the lottery purchaser's account, and the lottery number of the lottery purchaser and the purchaser identification information are stored.
And a function of transmitting lottery purchase completion information to the user terminal 10 via the.

Also, the lottery purchase center system 20
Has a function of inputting a lottery winning number and a winning amount. When the lottery winning number and the winning amount are input, the lottery number is checked against the lottery number of each lottery purchaser stored in the lottery purchase center system 20, and the winning number is determined. If the lottery number matches the lottery number, the buyer identification information and the winning amount are transmitted using the function of the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30, and the winning amount is transferred to the account of the winning lottery buyer, and the network 10
A function is provided for transmitting information on whether or not a lottery has been won to the user terminal 10 via the user terminal 10.

Also, the lottery purchase center system 20
If two or more identical lottery numbers are accumulated and the winning number and the lottery number match, the winning amount is divided by the number registered with the same lottery number and distribution is adjusted. It also has functions. In other words, when a lottery with the same lottery number is sold and the lottery number is won, the winning amount is evenly distributed to the lotteries with the lottery number.

The lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 comprises an information processing device such as a server computer used by a lottery seller, has a database of lottery purchaser identification information and lottery price information stored in advance, and has a lottery price information. It is connected to the bank system 40 via a network 110. The lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 stores in advance bank account information (financial institution account information) for withdrawal and transfer of winnings of each purchaser. The bank account information includes a bank name, a branch name, a deposit type, a deposit account number, and code information related thereto. The bank account for the withdrawal and the transfer of the winning money may be the same.

The lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 compares the purchaser identification information transmitted from the lottery purchase center system 20 with the lottery purchaser identification information of the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 and matches them via the network 110. It has a function of accessing the bank system 40 that manages the account for the debit of the buyer, debiting the lottery purchase fee from the account of the lottery purchaser, and transmitting debit completion information to the lottery purchase center system 20 when the debit is completed. .

The lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 manages a winning transfer account of the winner via the network 110 in accordance with the purchaser identification information and the winning amount transmitted from the lottery purchase center system 20. It has a function of accessing the system 40 and transferring the winning amount to the account of the lottery purchaser corresponding to the purchaser identification information.

The bank system 40 is an information processing device such as a server computer owned by each bank affiliated with the lottery seller, and is connected to the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 via the network 110. The bank system 40 has a function of receiving the lottery purchaser information transmitted from the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 and deducting the lottery purchase price from the corresponding account. Further, the bank system 40 has a function of receiving the lottery purchaser information and the winning amount transmitted from the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30, and transferring the winning amount to a corresponding account.

The network 100 is a network that can be accessed by an unspecified number of lottery purchasers using the user terminal 10, and is, for example, the Internet, a local public telephone network, a mobile telephone network, or the like.

Next, the lottery sales procedure will be described. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure and a flow of information at the time of selling lottery. A lottery purchaser inputs purchaser identification information at his / her user terminal 10 (step A).
1) An arbitrary lottery number desired for purchase is input (step A2). These input contents can be confirmed on the screen of the user terminal 10. FIG. 3 shows the user terminal 10 at this time.
3 shows an example of the confirmation screen displayed on the screen. As exemplified in FIG. 3, an ID assigned to the purchaser in advance is used as the purchaser identification information. A password is used as an authentication means together with the ID.

Next, the lottery purchaser enters the user terminal 10
Transmits the purchaser identification information and the lottery number to the lottery purchase center system 20 via the network 100 (step A3).

Upon receiving the purchaser identification information and the lottery number transmitted from the user terminal 10, the lottery purchase center system 20 receives the purchaser identification information and transmits the purchaser identification information to the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 (step A4). . When the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 receives the purchaser identification information transmitted from the lottery purchase center system 20, the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 performs a password check or the like by collating with the lottery purchaser identification information database stored in advance (step). A5).

If they match, the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 connects the bank system 40 via the network 110.
The purchaser information and the lottery price information set in advance are transmitted to the user (step A6, a withdrawal process).
When the bank system 40 receives the purchaser information and the lottery price information transmitted from the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30, the bank system 40 performs a process of withdrawing the lottery price from the account corresponding to the purchaser information and depositing it into the account of the lottery seller (step). A
7, withdrawal process).

When the withdrawal of the lottery price is completed, the bank system 40 sends a notice of completion of the withdrawal to the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 (step A8). Upon receiving the debit completion notification from the bank system 40, the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 transmits a debit completion notification to the lottery purchase center system 20 (step A9).

When the lottery purchase center system 20 receives the debit completion notification from the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30, the lottery purchaser's lottery number and buyer identification information are stored in the lottery purchase center system 20 (step A1).
0), the lottery purchase completion information is transmitted to the user terminal 10 via the network 100 (step A11).
Then, the lottery purchaser sends the purchase completion information transmitted from the lottery purchase center system 20 to the user terminal 1.
0 and confirms the completion of the lottery purchase on the screen of the user terminal 10 (step A12).

Next, the procedure for paying the lottery winning money will be described. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the procedure and data flow of the lottery result notification and the winning payment after the lottery lottery. After the lottery lottery, the lottery seller inputs the lottery winning number and the winning amount to the lottery purchase center system 20 (step B1).

When the lottery purchase center system 20 receives the lottery number and the winning amount, the lottery purchase center system 20 checks the lottery numbers of each lottery purchaser stored in the lottery purchase center system 20 (step B2, win verification process). If the winning number matches the lottery number, the purchaser identification information and the winning amount are transmitted to the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 (step B3). When receiving the purchaser identification information and the winning amount transmitted from the lottery purchase center system 20, the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 transmits the purchaser information and the winning amount to the bank system 40 via the network 110 (step B4). .

Upon receiving the buyer identification information and the winning amount transmitted from the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30, the bank system 40 performs a process of transferring the winning amount to an account corresponding to the purchaser information (step B5). Banking system 40
When the process of transferring the winning amount to the account corresponding to the purchaser information is completed, a transfer completion notification is transmitted to the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 (step B6). Upon receiving the transfer completion notification from the bank system 40, the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 transmits a transfer completion notification to the lottery purchase center system 20 (step B7).

When the lottery purchase center system 20 receives the transfer completion notification from the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30, the lottery purchase center system 20 attaches a winning mark to the lottery purchaser and accumulates it (step B).
8).

If there are a plurality of winning numbers, the operation from step B1 to step B8 is repeated for each winning number. In addition, when the lottery of the lottery number corresponding to the winning number is sold to a plurality of buyers and the winning amount is distributed by the corresponding number of people, the lottery purchase center system 2
At 0, the winning amount is distributed, and the bank deposit / withdrawal system 30 is arranged so that the amount after the distribution is transferred to the account of the lottery purchaser.
Send information to.

When the lottery purchase center system 20 completes the processing up to step B8 for all the lottery winning numbers, the lottery purchase center system 20 establishes the network 100 based on the purchaser identification information of the lottery purchaser stored in the lottery purchase center system 20. Notification information on whether the lottery has been won or lost is transmitted to the user terminal 10 via the terminal (step B).
9, lottery result notification process). The lottery purchaser can display on the screen of the user terminal 10 whether the purchased lottery has been won or lost based on the notification information transmitted from the lottery purchase center system 20 on the lottery lottery date. (Step B10, lottery result notification process).

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, a lottery with the same number can be sold a plurality of times to a purchaser who has once made a purchase procedure. That is, in the present embodiment, after the lottery purchaser purchases the lottery at the lottery purchase center system 20 at the user terminal 10 through the network 100 with the random lottery number and the lottery ends, it is not necessary to purchase again. The next lottery can be automatically purchased with the lottery number of the lottery purchased last time.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase confirmation screen on the user terminal 10 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the purchaser can use the user terminal 10 to input a continuous purchase check in addition to the purchaser identification information and the lottery number.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure and data flow at the time of continuous purchase. According to the purchaser's operation, the purchaser identification information, the lottery number, and the continuous purchase information are transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the lottery purchase center system 20 via the network 100 (step C1). Then, the lottery purchase center system cooperates with the lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30 and the bank system 40 to perform processing for withdrawing the lottery purchase price from the purchaser's bank account (step C2). Note that the detailed procedure of the charge withdrawal process is the same as that in steps A4 to A9 in FIG.

When the lottery purchase center system 20 completes the withdrawal, the lottery purchaser's lottery number, purchaser identification information, and continuous purchase information are stored in the lottery purchase center system 20, and the lottery purchase center system 20 sends the lottery to the user terminal 10 via the network 100. Send purchase completion information (Step C
3).

Then, after the lottery is drawn, FIG.
The transfer of the winning money is performed in the same procedure as in Steps B1 to B8, and the information with the mark of the winner is stored. When the lottery purchase center system 20 completes the transfer for all lottery winning numbers and completes the accumulation with the lottery winners marked, the lottery purchase center system 20 stores the lottery buyer's buyer identification. Based on the information, notification information is sent to the user terminal 10 via the network 100 as to whether the lottery has been won or lost (step C4, lottery result notification process). The lottery purchaser can check this notification information on the screen of the user terminal 10 (step C5, lottery result notification process).

The next time a lottery is issued, the lottery purchase center system 20 checks whether the stored purchaser identification information and the lottery number have a continuous purchase check. The lottery purchase price is deducted from the bank account corresponding to the identification information (step C101, payment debit process), and information indicating that the lottery purchase has been continuously completed with the same lottery number is transmitted to the user terminal 10 via the network 100. (Omitted in FIG. 6). The lottery purchase center system 20 performs the process of transferring the winning money according to the winning number, and transmits, to the user terminal 10 of the lottery purchaser, notification information indicating whether the lottery has been won or lost (step C102, lottery). Notification process). The lottery purchaser can check the notification information on the screen of the user terminal 10 (step C103, lottery result notification process). The notification information of the winning or the loss of the lottery and the purchase completion information of the next lottery may be simultaneously transmitted from the lottery purchase center system 20 to the user terminal 10 so that the user terminal 10 can confirm the information.

Every time a lottery is issued, the procedure of step C100 (including steps C101 to C103) is automatically performed.

When the purchaser cancels the continuous purchase of the lottery ticket, the user terminal 10 transmits the continuous purchase cancellation information to the lottery purchase center system 20 via the network 100 to store the information in the lottery purchase center system 20. The continuous purchase check of the continuous purchase information of the current lottery purchaser is removed, and the purchase of the next lottery is stopped.

All or part of the above-mentioned user terminal 10, lottery purchase center system 20, lottery deposit / withdrawal system 30, and bank system 40 have a computer system inside. The lottery sales and winning payments described above, and the processes of the processes related thereto, are stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the computer reads out and executes the program, thereby Processing is performed. Here, the computer-readable recording medium refers to a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a magnetic hard disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, the lottery can be sold by inputting the lottery number arbitrarily selected by the purchaser from the user terminal. No matter where you are, you can buy lottery tickets with lottery numbers such as anniversaries, which makes the lottery more fun.

According to the present invention, since the lottery of the lottery number requested in response to the request of the purchaser is sold, it is not necessary for the lottery seller to prepare a lottery number to which a lottery number is previously assigned. There is an effect that no sold out or unsold is generated.

Further, according to the present invention, not only the purchase of the lottery but also the confirmation of the winning can be performed on the user terminal, so that the convenience for the purchaser is improved.

Further, according to the present invention, since the purchaser identification information and the lottery number are stored in the system of the seller as the lottery purchase record, it is not necessary to issue the lottery as a paper voucher. There is no danger of theft.

Further, according to the present invention, the winning money is automatically transferred to the bank account of the buyer who purchased the winning lottery, so that the buyer has to bother with the lottery seller to receive the winning money. It is not necessary to go to the place designated by the user, and the right to receive the winning money is not lost due to forgetting to confirm the winning number.

Further, according to the present invention, since the lottery can be purchased a plurality of times in a single purchase procedure, the convenience is improved for the purchaser and the sales are promoted for the seller. There is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure and information flow at the time of selling lotteries according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen displayed on the user terminal 10 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure and a data flow of a lottery result notification and a winning payment according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase confirmation screen on a user terminal 10 according to an additional embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure and data flow at the time of continuous purchase according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 User terminal 20 Lottery purchase center system 30 Lottery deposit / withdrawal system 40 Banking system 100,110 Network

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A step of receiving purchaser identification information and an arbitrary lottery number selected by the purchaser, a step of storing the lottery number, and a financial institution account previously stored in association with the purchaser identification information. Based on the information, there is provided a withdrawal process of executing a process of withdrawing a lottery purchase price from the purchaser's financial institution account, and a process of displaying lottery purchase completion on a screen when the purchase price has been debited. And lottery sales method. 2. After the lottery lottery, a winning collation process for collating the lottery number obtained as a result of the lottery with the stored lottery number, and, as a result of this collation, winning in the financial institution account of the buyer who has won the lottery 2. The lottery sales method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of executing a process of transferring money, and a step of notifying a lottery result of displaying winning or losing notification information on a screen. 3. When the buyer receives information indicating that he / she wants to continue purchasing, the lottery is sold a plurality of times by the lottery number by repeatedly executing the charge withdrawal process. 2. The lottery selling method according to claim 1, wherein 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the purchaser receives the information indicating that he / she wants to continue purchasing, the payment withdrawal step, the winning collation step, and the lottery result notification step are repeatedly executed. Item 2. The lottery sales method according to item 2.