JP2002041712A - Distributing method for lot - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lottery selling method which enables a user to buy a lottery through the Internet, eliminates the need to store the lottery ticket, and makes it possible to securely receive its prize. SOLUTION: This is distributing method for distributing lotteries to users who access a www server 21 through the Internet 11 and includes a step where lotteries are extracted out of lotteries stored in an undistributed information storage part 62, according to retrieval conditions and displayed, a step where one user is prompted to select a desired lottery to be distributed out of the extracted lotteries, a step where the selected lottery is allowed to be distributed to the user when information regarding the selected lottery is stored in the undistributed information storage part 62, a step where information regarding the allowed lottery is stored in a purchase reservation information storage part 63, and a step where it is stored in a user information storage part 64 while related to the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a lottery distribution method,
In particular, it relates to a method for selling lotteries using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, lottery tickets having a lottery number printed thereon have been sold in stores. Then, after the predetermined distribution period is over, a lottery is performed to determine a prize such as 1st, 2nd, etc. and a lottery ticket corresponding to a prize, and a winner is declared during a predetermined exchange period. You were receiving prizes and prizes.

[0003] Therefore, a person who intends to purchase a lottery ticket actually goes to the store and purchases it, keeps the lottery ticket until the lottery is completed, further confirms whether the lottery ticket has hit or not, and If you bring your lottery and do not declare it during the predetermined exchange period, the winning of the lottery ticket will be invalid. In addition, many people lose their lottery tickets or forget to receive prizes during the redemption period, so that many people cannot receive prizes or prizes.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a lottery sales method which allows lotteries to be purchased through the Internet, eliminates the necessity of storing lottery tickets, and ensures that prizes and prizes can be received. Make it an issue.

[0005]

The present inventors have conducted various studies in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and as a result, issued a lottery having a plurality of lottery numbers which are continuously attached and issued a predetermined number of lotteries. A lottery distribution method for distributing the lottery to a user who accesses the www server via the Internet during the period, wherein the distribution method includes information on a lottery that has not been distributed and is distributed to the www server. Storing the undelivered information in the undelivered information storage unit, and extracting the lottery from the lottery stored in the undelivered information storage unit according to a search condition designated by one user; And prompting the one user to select a lot to be distributed from the extracted lots in accordance with the search condition. Receiving the information, confirming that it is stored in the undelivered information storage unit, and if the information on the selected lottery is still stored in the undelivered information storage unit, Authorizing the distribution of the lottery to the one user; deleting the information regarding the authorized lottery from the undelivered information storage unit; and storing a purchase reservation information storage unit arranged on the www server. And the authorized lottery is confirmed by the one user, and information on the confirmed lottery is associated with the one user and stored in the user information storage unit arranged on the www server. And a step of determining a winning lot from among the lotteries issued by lottery after the end of the distribution period. Found that can be resolved by the. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by taking a lottery management system using the method of the present invention as an example.

First Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a lottery management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. This lottery management system utilizes a computer and a computer network via the Internet. An object of the present invention is to distribute or sell lotteries using the Internet, and to provide a lottery service that can be accessed via the Internet.
The bar 21 provides a home page for performing this service, and many users access the above-mentioned www server via the Internet 11 from the user's computers (101, 102,...). The above-mentioned www server 21 includes an undelivered information storage unit 62, a purchase reservation information storage unit 63, and a user information storage unit 64.

(User) The service provided by the lottery management system may be provided to pre-registered users (members) or may be provided widely to non-registered users. If the user who receives this service is limited to pre-registered members, send credit card number and bank account etc. to settle the price required for purchasing lottery, transfer bank account and prize for transferring prize money It is good to register the address etc. for the registration in advance. Further, a password or the like may be registered. Such personal information of the user may be stored in a user information storage unit described later.

In the first embodiment, lotteries with lottery numbers consisting of a unit number, a set number and a number (commonly called "lottery") are sold. The lottery number is not limited, but is composed of a combination of a two-digit number and a six-digit number, and the sixth digit of the number is customarily set to 1. Actually, there are 10 million lottery numbers in one unit. Therefore, each lottery number is specifically
The unit is displayed as the first set of unit XX # 1. Usually, a plurality of units are often sold, but only a single unit may be sold in some cases. In this embodiment, it is assumed that 20 units out of 40 units to be sold are sold via the Internet.

[Undelivered Information Storage Unit] The information stored in the undelivered information storage unit is information on undelivered lottery.
The undelivered information storage unit is allocated in the storage device of the computer, and has a unit number of the undelivered lottery,
A lottery number consisting of a set number and a number is stored.
This undelivered information storage unit does not necessarily need to exist in the computer including the www server,
It is sufficient if they are arranged so that they can be accessed from the w server.

[Purchase Reservation Information Storage Unit] The information stored in the purchase reservation information storage unit is information on a lottery number in which a procedure for purchasing by one user is in progress. When information on a certain lot number is stored in the purchase reservation information storage unit, the lot number is prevented from being sold to other users than the one user who is performing the procedure. As described above, the provision of the purchase reservation information storage unit in the present invention is based on the first embodiment of the present invention. Search and select the desired lot number from the searched lot numbers,
If the selected lottery number is left in the undelivered information storage section as it is, the selected lottery number can be extracted by other users as a search that is unsold, which may cause confusion. It is. Note that the purchase reservation information storage unit is allocated in the storage device of the computer, but does not necessarily need to exist in the computer including the www server, and is arranged so as to be accessible from the www server. Is enough.

FIG. 14 schematically shows the contents of information stored in the undelivered information storage section and the purchase reservation information storage section.

[User Information Storage Unit] The information stored in the user information storage unit is information on a lottery number purchased by each user. Further, the information stored in the user information storage unit may be personal information such as a user's name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
Further, when a user for providing the system of the present invention is registered as a member, information such as a bank account number and a password of the member user is also stored in the user information storage unit. Note that this user information storage unit is allocated in the storage device of the computer, but does not necessarily need to exist in the computer including the www server, and is arranged so as to be accessible from the www server. Is enough.

The flowcharts shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
1 shows a lottery distribution method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 2 and 3 are connected to each other at a portion A. Next, each processing in this flowchart will be specifically described. FIG. 6 shows a schematic flow of a page displayed on the user-side computer.

[Lottery Issue (1)] First, the lottery management system of the present invention issues a lottery (1). In the case of the present embodiment, the number of lots consisting of 10 million
0 units are issued. In the case of the present invention, the information on the issued lottery is simply stored in the storage device in the lottery management system of the present invention in association with the lottery number including the unit number, and the lottery issuance is completed. There is no need to actually print the lottery ticket.

[Storing in Undelivered Information Storage Unit (2)] The issued lottery is stored in the undelivered information storage unit of the present invention before the start of the distribution period (2).

[Distribution (3)] The issued lottery is distributed after the lottery distribution period starts (3).

[Search by User (4)] According to the present invention, a user who intends to purchase a lottery via the Internet receives the user's computer (101, 10).
2) access the www server 21 that manages the homepage including the lottery management system of the present invention. A lottery search front page (not shown) is displayed on the computer of the user who accessed the home page. In the present invention, since there are several ways to select a lottery number, a user can specify a number search method suitable for himself on this search front page. Below the search front page, there are the following full number search page, partial number search page, and random number search page.

(Full Number Search Page) On the search front page, when clicking "Full Number Search Page", a screen of a full number search page is displayed. Here, either "Continuous Number" or "Non-Consecutive Number" is displayed. Is to be selected.

(Consecutive Full Number Search Page) When the “serial number” column is clicked on the full number search page,
The continuous full number search page (FIG. 7) opens. Here, it is possible to search for the lottery of the serial number desired by the user. On the continuous full number search page (FIG. 7), the user enters the minimum lottery number of the desired serial number into the set number input field 71 of the first field.
Is input in the number input field 72, and the desired number is further written in the number input field 73. The first column in FIG.
An input example is shown in a case where it is desired to purchase ten pieces from the 0001st to the 10th set 100010th. If there is a desired number in addition to the lot number specified in the first column,
Input in the same way after the field. Then, when the search button 74 is pressed after the input is completed, the entered lottery number is transmitted to the www server as a search condition, and the undelivered lottery number stored in the undelivered information storage unit in the www server is displayed. Matched. This collation is performed based on a lottery number consisting of a set number excluding a unit number and a number. That is, for example, even if the 10th set 100001 of the first unit is already sold out, the 10th set of the second unit
If set 100001 is unsold, set 10
No. 00001 is detected. And
A search result display page that displays the result of the above-described collation is displayed on the screen of the user-side computer, as shown in FIG. In addition, in consideration of the convenience of the subsequent selection step, in the case where ten or more lottery numbers are consecutive, the search results are shown in the form of a line for each ten pages. In this embodiment, the number of sheets that can be entered in the number input field 73 is set in advance in order to prevent an excessive number of sheets from being entered. In the case of this embodiment, the numerical value that can be entered in one number entry column is “100”.
Up to.

(Non-Consecutive Full Number Search Page) On the other hand, when the "non-consecutive number" column is clicked on the full number search page, the non-consecutive full number search page opens (FIG. 8).
On this non-consecutive full number search page, it is possible to input non-consecutive lot numbers (separate numbers) one by one and to search whether or not it can be purchased. The user
When the search button 74 is pressed after the input is completed, the entered lottery number is transmitted to the www server as a search condition, as in the case of the continuous full number search page described above.
It is checked against the undelivered lot number stored in the undelivered information storage unit in the WW server. The result of the above collation is shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the search result display page as shown in FIG.

(Partial Number Search Page) When the user clicks on the "partial number search" field on the search front page, the partial number search page opens (FIG. 9). On this page, the user can specify a search condition that specifies a partial number of digits in the lottery number, and can extract a lottery number that satisfies the search condition. That is, on the partial number search page, as shown in FIG. 9, the tens place of the set number, the first place of the set number, the tenth place of the number, the thousands place of the number, and the hundreds place of the number , At the tens place of the number and at the place of the number one place, a frame in which the user can input a desired number is displayed. For example, the tens place of the set number is “5”, the first place of the set number is “5”, the tenth place of the number is “￥”, the thousands place of the number is “￥”, and the place of the number is “￥”. The hundreds place is entered as "$", the tens place of the number as "7", and the first place of the number as "8". Note that “￥” indicates that a numerical value is not specified. Then, after the input is completed, the search button 74
When is pressed, a lottery number that matches the above search condition is searched from among the undelivered lotteries stored in the www server. In the case of this example, among the lotteries remaining in the undelivered information storage unit, the lot with the last 2 digits of the 55 sets, the 78th lot is extracted. This search result is displayed on a search result display page as shown in FIG.
In addition, in consideration of the convenience of the subsequent selection step, when the lottery numbers are consecutive 10 or more, the search results are displayed every ten pages.

(Random Number Search Page) When the user clicks the "Random Number Search" column on the search front page, a random number search page opens. This random number search page has a column 91 for selecting “serial number” or “non-sequential number”, and a number designation column 92 for limiting the number of search hits. For example, on this random number search page, select "serial number"
When "10" is entered in the number designation field 92 and the search button 74 is pressed, ten consecutive lottery numbers are randomly extracted. The extracted lot numbers are displayed on a search result display page as shown in FIG. On the other hand, for example, on this random number search page, “non-consecutive number” is selected, and “10
Enter "0" and press the search button 74, 1
The 00 lot numbers are extracted and displayed on the search result display page shown in FIG. In this case, a lottery number that is unsellable may be preferentially extracted.
In addition, in consideration of the convenience of the subsequent selection step, when the lottery numbers are consecutive 10 or more, the search results are displayed every ten pages.

The lottery number extracted on the random number search page may be randomly extracted from the unsold lottery numbers. For example, the lottery number may be extracted from the user's personal information (eg, date of birth, etc.) A lottery number suitable for the user may be extracted fortune-telling based on a database provided with a calculating means for calculating a numerical value suitable for the user.

[Selection of Lottery Number (5)] Next, the user selects a lottery number desired to be purchased from the lottery numbers extracted according to the predetermined search conditions as described above. This selection is made by checking the “selection” column 111 on the right side of the extracted lot number on the search result display page,
This is performed by pressing the selection button 112 at the lower right of the screen.

[Whether the selected lottery is still unsold (6)] When the user presses the select button 111 on the search result display page (FIG. 11), information on the checked lottery on the page is sent to the www server. Then, it is determined whether or not the information on the lottery is still stored in the undelivered information storage unit. This result is displayed on the purchase reservation lot number display page as shown in FIG. Here, to confirm again that the selected lottery is unsold, it is necessary to display the search result of the undistributed lottery number to one user before the other user selects the lottery number. This is because they may have purchased lottery.

If the selected lottery number is still unsold, the user is permitted to purchase the selected lottery number (7). When the purchase of the lottery number is permitted, information on the permitted lottery is deleted from the undelivered information storage unit (9), and is stored in the purchase reservation information storage unit (10). That is, the lottery for which the purchase has been permitted is deleted from the undelivered information storage unit and placed in a purchase reservation state that is not extracted by another user. The reason why the lottery number selected in this manner is placed in the purchase reservation state is to prevent double sales of the same lottery number. The fact that the permitted lottery number is in the purchase reservation state is indicated at the bottom of the purchase reservation lot page (FIG. 12). On the other hand, if the selected lottery number has already been sold out, the user is refused to purchase the selected lottery number (8). The fact that the selected lottery number has been sold out is shown above the purchase reservation page (FIG. 12).

[Confirmation of Lottery Authorized for Purchase (11)]
Next, the user selects the purchase reservation lot number display page (FIG. 1).
In 2), if the user actually wants to purchase a lottery whose purchase has been permitted, the user checks the check box 121. Checking the confirmation column and pressing the confirmation button on the right side of the screen opens the payment page (FIG. 13). The settlement page (FIG. 13) displays the lottery number, the total number, and the price to be distributed to the user. In addition, a payment method for purchasing the lottery is selected by the user, and necessary items are entered. When a check is made in the cancel field 122 instead of the confirmation field 121, or when the clear button 123 is pressed, the purchase reservation state is canceled, and the information on this lot is not stored again. The information is stored in the distribution information storage unit.

[Payment] The settlement of the lottery purchase price by the lottery system of the present invention is performed by any of the following settlement methods. Note that this payment is not always necessary when the lottery system of the present invention is used to distribute lotteries as free gifts.

(Credit Payment) The screen for permitting the purchase of the selected lottery number has columns for inputting the credit card number of the user, the name of the holder, the validity period, the address of the holder, and the like. When the confirmation button is pressed after inputting the item, the identification number is transmitted to the www server, and this is stored in the user information storage unit in association with the purchase price. Then, the purchase price of this lottery is deducted from the user's credit account and settled.

(Payment by Account Debit) The name of the member registered in advance, a password, and an account number for debiting the purchase price are registered. The screen for permitting the purchase of the selected lottery number is displayed on the screen. When the member number and password are input, the lottery purchase price is automatically deducted from a pre-registered account.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the credit settlement and the settlement by direct debit are used together, and the user must fill in a prescribed matter on a prescribed part of the settlement page.

After the necessary information is entered on the settlement page,
When the confirmation button 131 at the bottom right of the payment page screen is pressed, the lottery number displayed at the top of the payment page screen is distributed to this user (12). Information about the distributed lottery is stored in a user information storage unit arranged in the www server, and the user does not actually get the lottery ticket as in the related art.

[Lottery (13)] After a predetermined distribution period or sales period has elapsed, a lottery is performed (13), and a winning number corresponding to a prize or a prize is determined. When the winning number is determined, the winning number is input to the lottery management system of the present invention, and the lottery management system automatically matches the lottery number stored in the user information storage unit with the winning number. ing.

[Notification (14)] Then, e-
You will be notified that you have won by mail.

[Exchange (15)] When the account number of the prize transfer destination and the address of the prize transfer destination have already been registered in the user information storage unit, the prize is transferred to the registered transfer account. Also, a prize is sent to a pre-registered address. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player from forgetting to exchange a prize or a prize.

Embodiment 2 On the other hand, the lottery management system of the present invention is not limited to the case where the processing is performed according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, but is, for example, the case where the processing is performed according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. You may. 2 and 4
Are connected to each other at a portion A. That is, in the first embodiment, the lottery number that is unsold is searched, and it is reconfirmed that the lottery number selected from the lottery number is still unsold. However, the lottery management system according to the second embodiment searches for unsold lottery numbers, and if the lottery number selected therefrom is still unsold, the selected lottery number is searched for. The numbers are distributed to users immediately.

Embodiment 3 In addition, the lottery system of the present invention
It can also be used to sell lottery numbers consisting of a combination of numbers selected by the user. This lottery, during a predetermined distribution period, determines a number of two or more digits specified by the user, issues a lottery consisting of these numbers, registers this, and a lottery performed after the end of the distribution period The winning numbers are determined according to the winning numbers. The lottery management system shown in the third embodiment is processed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a lottery distribution method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a lottery distribution method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a lottery distribution method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a lottery distribution method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a lottery distribution method of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow of a page displayed on a screen of a user-side computer in the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing one of the screens displayed on the user computer in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing one of the screens displayed on the user computer in the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing one of the screens displayed on the user computer in the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing one of the screens displayed on the user computer in the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing one of the screens displayed on the user computer in the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing one of the screens displayed on the user-side computer in the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing one of the screens displayed on the user computer in the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram schematically showing information stored in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Internet 21 www server 61 settlement system 62 undelivered information storage unit 63 purchase reservation information storage unit 64 user information storage unit 101 customer terminal computer

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A lottery for issuing a lottery having a lottery number of a plurality of digits which are continuously attached and distributing the lottery to a user who accesses a www server via the Internet within a predetermined distribution period. Storing the information on the undelivered lottery in an undelivered information storage unit arranged on the www server;
Extracting a lottery from the lottery stored in the undelivered information storage unit in accordance with a search condition specified by one user, displaying the extracted lottery to the one user; and On the other hand, a step of prompting selection of a lottery desired to be distributed from among the extracted lotteries according to the search condition, and receiving information on the selected lottery, which is still stored in the undelivered information storage unit. Make sure that the information on the selected lottery is stored in the undelivered information storage unit,
Permitting the selected lottery to be distributed to the one user, deleting the information on the permitted lottery from the undelivered information storage unit, and purchasing the lottery placed on the www server. Storing the reserved lottery in the reservation information storage unit, wherein the permitted lottery is confirmed by the one user, and the information on the confirmed lottery is associated with the one user and arranged on the www server. A lottery distribution method comprising the steps of: storing in a user information storage unit; and determining, after the distribution period, a winning lottery from among the lotteries issued by lottery. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving at least information relating to a credit card for making a payment, storing the information in the user information storage unit in association with the one user. How to distribute the lottery described. 3. The lottery distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the user is registered in advance in association with at least information on an account for performing settlement. 4. A method in which a user accesses a www server via the Internet and receives a lottery having a plurality of lottery numbers continuously assigned within a predetermined distribution period. A lottery distribution method, wherein the distribution method is a search condition specified by the one user from an undelivered information storage unit that is arranged in the www server and stores information on undelivered lotteries. Extracting information about the undelivered lottery in accordance with, receiving the information about the extracted lottery, and selecting, from the extracted lottery, the lottery that the one user wishes to receive distribution. Transmitting the information on the selected lottery to the www server; and determining that the information on the selected lottery is still stored in the undelivered information storage unit. Confirming that, when the information on the selected lottery is stored in the undelivered information storage unit, the one user is permitted to be distributed the selected lottery, and Information on the permitted lottery is deleted from the undelivered information storage unit, and stored in a purchase reservation information storage unit arranged in the www server; The user confirms, and the information on the confirmed lottery is associated with the one user and the w
a step of storing a lottery from among the issued lotteries after the end of the distribution period, and a step of determining a winning lottery after the end of the distribution period. Delivery method. 5. A lottery having a lottery number which is consecutively assigned and having a plurality of digits, and which distributes the lottery to a user who accesses a www server via the Internet within a predetermined distribution period. Storing the information on the undelivered lottery in an undelivered information storage unit arranged in the WWW server; and a lottery stored in the undelivered information storage unit. From among
Displaying, to the one user, information on the lottery extracted according to the search condition specified by the one user; and selecting from among the lottery extracted according to the search condition the one selected by the one user to receive distribution. Receiving information about the lottery, and confirming that the information about the selected lottery is still stored in the undelivered information storage unit, and storing the information about the selected lottery in the undelivered information storage unit. If so, the information on the selected lottery is deleted from the undelivered information storage unit, and is associated with the one user and stored in the user information storage unit arranged in the www server. Storing and deciding a winning lottery from the issued lotteries by a lottery performed after the end of the distribution period. Distribution method of lottery consisting of a step. 6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of receiving at least information relating to a credit card for making a payment, storing the information in the user information storage unit in association with the one user. Lottery distribution method. 7. The lottery distribution method according to claim 5, wherein the user is registered in advance in association with at least information on an account for performing settlement. 8. A method in which one user accesses a www server via the Internet to receive a lottery having a plurality of lottery numbers continuously assigned within a predetermined distribution period. A method of delivering lotteries, wherein the method of delivering lotteries is specified by the one user from an undistributed information storage unit arranged in the www server in which information on undelivered lotteries is stored. Receiving information about the undelivered lottery extracted according to the search condition; and transmitting information about the lottery selected by the one user to receive the distribution from among the lottery extracted according to the search condition. Confirming that the information about the selected lottery is still stored in the undelivered information storage unit, and storing the information about the selected lottery in the undelivered information storage unit. When the information is stored in the user information storage unit, the information on the selected lottery is deleted from the undelivered information storage unit, and is stored in the user information storage unit arranged on the www server in association with the one user. And a step of performing a lottery from the issued lotteries after the end of the distribution period to determine a winning lottery. 9. Within a predetermined distribution period, a user who accesses a www server via the Internet,
Issuing a lottery having a lottery number selected by the user, a lottery distribution method for distributing the lottery, wherein the lottery distribution method is to issue a lottery number specified by the user, Storing the lottery in the user information storage unit arranged on the www server in association with the user, and corresponding to a prize by lottery from among the lotteries issued after the end of the distribution period. A method of delivering lotteries, comprising the steps of determining a winning lottery. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the user information storage unit includes a step of receiving at least information on a credit card for making a payment and storing the information in association with the one user. How to distribute lotteries. 11. The lottery distribution method according to claim 9, wherein the user is registered in advance in association with at least information on an account for performing settlement.