JP5878861B2 - Voting ticketing machine and voting ticketing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a voting ticket issuing machine having a purchase total amount confirmation function and a voting ticket issuing method capable of confirming the total purchase amount, and in particular, a fan so that the total voting ticket purchase amount is within a purchase upper limit amount set by the fan. The present invention relates to a voting ticket issuing machine and a voting ticket issuing method provided with a purchase total amount confirmation function.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a voting ticket issuing machine called a totalizer terminal that releases voting tickets for public competitions such as horse racing / bicycle racing / boat racing / auto racing, and refunds the hit voting tickets. Traditionally, a fan can receive a printed voting ticket by marking the mark sheet according to the betting style and bringing the mark sheet and the purchase amount to the counter or entering the automatic ticketing machine.

  However, in recent years, the number of betting combinations (betting methods) for voting using voting tickets has increased and the betting methods have become extremely complex. In addition, there are many cases where the amount of money per purchase differs for each betting type.

On the other hand, various voting ticket purchase methods have been proposed for the convenience of fans or the convenience of the public competition side. For example, a public competition voting system has been proposed in which a mobile phone can be voted and the purchase price of a voting ticket is automatically deducted from a bank account of a fan. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)
According to this document, fans can purchase voting tickets anytime, anywhere without carrying cash. Since the public competition side sells while checking the balance of the bank account of the fan, the sales price can be reliably collected even if it is not face-to-face sales.

In addition, a voting ticket reservation voting system has been proposed that reserves the purchase of a voting ticket from a voting terminal connected to a network, and allows the contents of the reserved voting to be changed or canceled before the race is started. (For example, see Patent Document 2.)
According to this document, voting tickets can be purchased with peace of mind even before the start of the race, even with volatile fans, based on the odds information that changes from moment to moment.

JP 2002-123642 A JP 2005-322151 A

  By the way, as described above, in recent years, the number of types of betting methods has increased. For example, in addition to the conventional ones such as double, double, double, for example, wide, triple, triple, single, BOX , Sink, multi, formation, etc., and the content is complicated. Furthermore, as described above, the purchase amount per vote varies depending on the betting system.

  In this way, if the number of betting types increases, the content becomes complicated, and the purchase amount per vote differs, fans who purchase voting tickets for the first time may not understand how to write a voting mark card. Depending on how you choose, the purchase result may be high due to the result of the mark card.

  In this way, while selecting multiple betting formulas and filling in the mark sheet, it is not easy to know how much your purchase amount will be as a whole by mental calculation, and the amount will exceed the plan at the time of purchase settlement. Often knows that

  If this happens, you will have to remove the surplus mark and purchase again, or fill in a new mark sheet and repurchase, but usually many fans will have their own purchases in front of the purchase window or totalizer terminal. Since they are waiting in order, it becomes difficult to re-enter complicated betting marks on the spot, resulting in rearrangement at the end of the line.

  Therefore, the mark is once removed from the line and the mark is rewritten, but the repurchase of the voting ticket is often not in time when the race deadline is approaching. In addition to the hassle of filling in the mark sheet while selecting multiple betting ceremonies, if the timing of voting is missed, the fans may eventually lose interest in voting for public competitions and fans may leave the public competitions. Conceivable.

  However, the technology of Patent Document 1 is to collect the voting ticket purchase price reliably, and even if the fan makes an excessive purchase by mistake, it will be withdrawn as long as there is a deposit balance. It can be said that the technique of Patent Document 1 is unfriendly to fans who always vote. In particular, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not take any consideration into solving the inconvenience of losing the voting timing by rewriting the mark.

  In addition, the technique of Patent Document 2 can be said to be a method that takes into account the voting temperament of fans that tend to fluctuate in that the contents of the reserved voting can be changed or canceled until the race deadline. However, reservations, book purchases, and procedures are both cumbersome and the total purchase price is calculated by the fan himself, so there is a hassle of selecting multiple betting methods and calculating the total purchase price. There is no change in a certain point.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problem, and includes a voting ticket having a purchase total amount confirmation function that allows a fan to easily confirm that the voting ticket purchase total amount is within the purchase upper limit amount set by the fan. The purpose is to provide a ticket issuing machine and a voting ticket issuing method.

  In order to solve the above problems, the voting ticket issuing machine according to the present invention includes a mark reading unit that reads a mark on a mark sheet inserted into a mark sheet insertion slot, and an upper limit that reads a purchase upper limit amount in a purchase amount upper limit designation field of the mark sheet. Total amount calculation for calculating the total purchase amount based on the amount reading means, the betting type read by the mark reading means, the voting points for each betting type, and the purchase price for each voting point When the comparison result by the means, the upper limit / total comparison means for comparing the purchase upper limit amount and the purchase total amount, and the upper limit / total comparison means is greater than the purchase upper limit amount, And an excess warning means for issuing a warning indicating “exceeding amount”.

  This voting ticket issuing machine corrects the contents of any one or more of the voting ticket purchase items based on, for example, a correction input that is input when the warning is issued by the excess warning means. And the total amount calculation means calculates the total purchase amount based on the content of the voting ticket purchase item corrected by the correction means, and the upper limit / total comparison means calculates the purchase upper limit amount. And the recalculated total purchase amount above, and the comparison result is the same or less than the total purchase amount or the comparison result is smaller than the maximum purchase amount. When the corrected total purchase amount is the same or less, a control that controls to issue a voting ticket in accordance with the content of the voting ticket purchase item and a notification indicating that the total purchase amount is less than or equal to the purchase upper limit amount Part To have, as configured.

  In addition, this voting ticket issuing machine, for example, the type of the betting type, the number of voting points for each type of the betting type, the purchase price for each voting point, the purchase upper limit amount, the total purchase amount, and the correction The content of the voting ticket purchase item and the total purchase amount based on the content are further displayed on the display screen as the content of the voting ticket purchase item.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the voting ticket issuing method according to the present invention reads a mark reading step of reading a mark on a mark sheet inserted into the mark sheet insertion slot and a purchase upper limit amount in the purchase amount upper limit designation column of the mark sheet. , A total for calculating the total purchase amount based on the upper limit amount reading step, the betting type read by the mark reading step, the voting points for each betting type, and the purchase price for each voting point When the comparison result by the amount calculation step, the upper limit / total comparison step for comparing the purchase upper limit amount and the purchase total amount, and the upper limit / total comparison step is greater than the purchase upper limit amount, And an excess warning process for giving a warning indicating “exceeding purchase price”.

  The present invention provides a voting ticket issuing machine and a voting ticket issuing method having a purchase total amount confirmation function that allows a fan to easily confirm that the total voting ticket purchase amount is within the purchase upper limit amount set by the fan. can do.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the totalizer terminal which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. (a), (b) is a figure which shows an example of the voting card (mark card) for horse racing of the totalizer terminal which concerns on Example 1. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating processing up to an initial purchase amount input performed between a totalizer terminal and a fan according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the initial screen displayed as "screen 1" on the display screen of a totalizer terminal by the process of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the voting data screen displayed as "screen 2" on the display screen of a totalizer terminal by the process of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the money amount adjustment process performed between a totalizer terminal and a fan following the process of the initial stage until purchase money amount input. FIG. 7 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of a screen displayed as “screen 3” on the display screen of the totalizer terminal in the process of FIG. 6; FIG. 7 is a diagram (part 2) illustrating an example of a screen displayed as “screen 4” on the display screen of the totalizer terminal in the process of FIG. 6; (a), (b) is a figure (the 3) which shows the example of the screen displayed on a display screen from the display of FIG. 7 to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram (part 4) illustrating an example of a screen displayed as “screen 5” on the display screen of the totalizer terminal in the process of FIG. 6; FIG. 7 is a diagram (No. 5) illustrating an example of a screen displayed as “Screen 6” on the display screen of the totalizer terminal in the process of FIG. 6;

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a totalizer terminal according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the totalizer terminal 1 includes a control unit 2, an interface board unit 3, and a unit unit 4. The unit part 4 is a part for issuing a voting ticket of this system.

  The control unit 2 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 5, a memory control unit 7 connected to the CPU 5 via a bus 6, a memory 9 connected to the memory control unit 7 via a bus 8, and the like. The I / O (input / output) control unit 12 is connected via the bus 10. The memory control unit 7 is connected to the screen display unit 15 constituting the unit unit 4 via the bus 11 of the interface board unit 3.

  The I / O control unit 12 is connected to the cash unit 16, the ticket issuing unit 17, the card reading unit 18, and the ticket reading unit 19 constituting the unit unit 4 via the bus 13 of the interface board unit 3. The I / O control unit 12 is connected to the host communication unit 21 and the audio unit 22 via the bus 14 of the interface board unit 3.

  The memory 9 stores application programs. Based on the application program read from the memory 9 via the memory control unit 7, the CPU 5 configures each component of the unit unit 4 via the memory control unit 7, the bus 11, the I / O control unit 12, and the buses 13 and 14. To control.

  In the unit unit 4, the screen display unit 15 controls display on the display screen with an application program. The cash unit 16 confirms the cash inserted into the cash slot, notifies the confirmed amount to the control unit 2 and stores the cash in the cassette safe. In addition, withdrawal of refund money is also performed.

  The ticket issuing unit 17 issues a voting ticket based on an instruction from the control unit 2. The card reading unit 18 reads a mark on a mark card (voting card) inserted into the mark card insertion slot, and notifies the control unit 2 of data indicated by the read mark. The ticket reading unit 19 reads the data of the voting ticket inserted into the voting ticket insertion slot and notifies the control unit 2 of the read data.

  If the data read by the ticket reading unit 19 indicates the target, the control unit 2 instructs the cash unit 16 to refund the amount corresponding to the target and displays the refund amount on the screen display unit 15. The voice unit 22 is instructed to give a voice notification such as “Please accept cash. Thank you.”

  In addition, when the data read by the ticket reading unit 19 does not indicate the target, the control unit 2 “takes a voting ticket, this voting ticket is not correct” on the screen display unit 15. Is displayed, and the voice unit 22 is instructed to make a voice notification such as “This voting ticket is not right. Please take a voting ticket”.

  The host communication unit 21 communicates with the upper host 100 via the local network 20 from the LAN port. Based on the instruction from the control unit 2, the sound unit 22 drives a speaker (not shown) to speak.

  FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing an example of a voting card (mark card) in this example. FIG. 2A shows the front surface 23a of the voting card 23, and FIG. 23b is shown. A purchase amount check column 24 is provided on the surface 23a of the voting card 23 shown in FIG.

  Further, a purchase price upper limit designation column 25 is provided on the back surface 23b of the voting card 23 shown in FIG. In the mark entry area 26 surrounded by a broken line in the purchase amount upper limit designation column 26, there are eight number mark portions 30, 20, 10, 5-1, and unit amount mark portions of 10,000 yen, 1,000 yen, and hundred yen. A cancel mark portion is provided.

  Note that the voting card is created in several types of betting styles, but in the totalizer terminal of this example, the purchase amount check column 25 and the purchase amount upper limit designation column 25 are provided regardless of the type and format of the voting card. It shall be provided.

  The user of the voting card 23 shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) (hereinafter referred to as a fan) not only enters a mark for determining a betting type as usual, but also enters a mark in the purchase amount check column 24. In addition, the mark entry area 26 of the purchase amount upper limit designation field 25 can be marked to enter the total upper limit amount for purchasing the voting ticket.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the process up to the purchase price input in the initial stage performed between the totalizer terminal 1 of the present example and the fan in the above configuration. In FIG. 3, the processing flow T (T1 to T4) of the totalizer terminal 1 is shown on the left, and the processing flow F (F1 to F3) of the fan is shown on the right. This process is performed by the CPU 2 of the control unit 2.

  In FIG. 3, the fan first marks a voting card (step F1). In this process, for example, a mark is entered in a desired number of a desired betting type of a voting card 23 (hereinafter simply referred to as a voting card) as shown in FIG. 2 (a) or 2 (b).

  Subsequently, the fan puts a mark in the purchase amount check column 24 and enters a mark in a number corresponding to a desired upper limit amount indicating the amount in the mark entry area 26 of the purchase amount upper limit designation column 25. Then, go to the totalizer terminal 1. The screen display unit 15 of the totalizer terminal 1 displays “screen 1” on the display screen (step T1).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the initial screen 27 displayed as “screen 1” on the display screen of the totalizer terminal 1 in the process of step T1. The screen displayed on the display screen of the totalizer terminal 1 as well as the initial screen 27 is a touch panel type display screen.

  The initial screen 27 is, for example, vertically divided into two by a dividing line 28 that divides the entire screen at the upper 1/5. In the message field 29 above the partition line 28, a word “Please insert a voting card or press“ settlement ”” is displayed, and a “settlement” button 30 is displayed at the right end.

  In the center of the large screen area 31 below the partition line 28, two large betting type display fields 32a and 32b are displayed with the inside blank. Below the display columns 32a and 32b, the total amount column 33 is displayed with the amount not displayed.

  In addition, at the lower left end of the large screen area 31, five amount fields 34 to 38 are displayed in a blank space in five vertical columns. The amount column 34 is a display column for the amount read from the purchase amount upper limit designation column 25 of the voting card inserted into the totalizer terminal 1. The amount column 35 is a display column for the amount of money that the fan has inserted into the totalizer terminal 1.

  The amount column 36 is a column for displaying the refund amount of the voting ticket being hit when the voting ticket being hit is inserted. The amount column 37 is a purchase amount display column. The amount column 38 is a display column for the remaining funds, that is, the amount obtained by subtracting the purchase amount from the input amount.

  The fan confirms the message in the message field 29 on the initial screen 27 shown in FIG. 4 and inserts a voting card into the card insertion slot of the totalizer terminal 1 (step F2). The card reading unit 18 of the totalizer terminal 1 reads the mark of the voting card inserted into the card insertion slot (step T2).

  The totalizer terminal 1 analyzes the data marked on the voting card from the read mark, and displays “screen 2” on the display screen by the screen display unit 15 based on the analysis result (step T3).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the voting data screen 40 displayed after reading the mark of the voting card displayed as “screen 2” on the display screen of the totalizer terminal 1 in the process of step T3.

  On the voting data screen 40, the message “Please insert a voting card or press“ settlement ”” is displayed in the message field 41 above the partition line 28, and at the right end thereof is the same as in the case of the initial screen 27. The “settlement” button 30 is displayed.

  In the two large betting type display fields 32a and 32b in the center of the large screen area 31 below the dividing line 28, the display of betting type “triple” identified as the analysis result of the mark and its horizontal The “combinations of three or more numbers” and “amount of money designated for purchase according to betting points” are displayed.

  In the total amount column 33 below, the total purchase amount is displayed as “22,000 yen”. In addition, the competition display area 43 in the upper left of the large screen area 31 displays the name “A” of the public stadium and the target race “11R” purchased by the fan.

  In addition, in the amount field 34 that is blank on the initial screen 27 below, “15000 yen”, which is the purchase amount upper limit designated amount that the fan entered with a mark on the voting card, is displayed.

  Here, the fan inputs the designated upper limit amount of the purchase amount into the cash slot of the totalizer terminal 1 (step F3). The cash unit 16 of the totalizer terminal 1 reads the face value of the inserted cash and totals the total amount (step T4). In this embodiment, the cash is inserted after the voting card is inserted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the voting card may be inserted after the cash is inserted first.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the money amount adjustment process performed between the totalizer terminal 1 and the fan following the process in the initial stage after the purchase money amount is input. FIG. 6 also shows the processing flow T (T5 to T11) of the totalizer terminal 1 on the left and the processing flow F (F4 to F7) of the fan on the right.

  7, 8, 10, and 11 respectively show “screen 3”, “screen 4”, “screen 5” on the display screen of the totalizer terminal 1 in the processing of the flowchart showing the amount adjustment processing of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed as "6".

  In FIG. 6, the totalizer terminal 1 confirms the intention of purchasing the fan by inputting the amount corresponding to the purchase upper limit amount read from the mark entry area 26 of the voting card purchase amount upper limit designation column 25 in step T4 described above. As a result, the betting type is confirmed in step T5.

  First, it is determined whether or not the amount displayed in the total amount column 33 of the voting data screen 40 exceeds the amount read from the purchase amount upper limit designation column 26 of the voting card and displayed in the amount column 34.

  Here, the correction method when a fan has a description omission on a voting card is described. For example, when the voting card 23 is not filled in the formula-specific column (betting method column), a confirmation screen is first displayed on the display screen to confirm the voting betting method (step T5). In this process, for example, a confirmation screen 44 as “screen 3” shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

  On the confirmation screen 44, the message “Please select“ continuous passage ”or“ continuous passage ”” is displayed in the message field 45 above the partition line 28. As with the screen, a “settlement” button 30 is displayed.

  In the large screen area 31 below the partition line 28, the display of the two large betting type display fields 32a and 32b in the center until then disappears, and instead of “Please select one” and 2 Two arrows are displayed.

  On the right side indicated by the two arrows, a “continuous flow” button 46 and a “continuous flow” button 47 are displayed.

  The total amount column 33 below is a blank column indicating that the total amount of the purchase amount is undecided because it is waiting for the setting of the betting type. Next, a “card return” button 48 is displayed.

  This is used to return the previously inserted voting card when the fan rewrites the voting card (remarks, and so on) and decides that it should be reinserted into the card slot. Button.

  Hereinafter, according to the screen instruction of the totalizer terminal, three frame numbers that are likely to enter the top three are selected and the voting amounts are selected in order.

  If the purchase limit is canceled at the time of purchase, the Totalizer terminal 1 will not confirm the screen in particular, but the ticket confirmation will be "There is the same frame cancellation, please press" Purchase "if you like the display contents" Is displayed in the message field 51 of the confirmation screen 50 (step T6).

After confirming the cancellation of the same frame, the fan displays the total amount indicating that the displayed total purchase amount exceeds the designated upper limit amount in the total amount column 33 (step F5).
Therefore, the totalizer terminal 1 performs the “adjustment of betting amount” and “option 4” shown in FIG. 8 for reducing the number of voting options so that the total purchase amount falls within the specified upper limit amount. Is displayed on the display screen (step T7).

  In the adjustment selection screen 50 shown in FIG. 8, the message column 51 above the partition line 28 displays the words “Adjust the amount or reduce the choices”, and the “Checkout” button is displayed at the right end. 30 is displayed.

  The display of the game display area 43 at the upper left of the large screen area 31 of the adjustment selection screen 50 is switched to button display. That is, the display of “A field” is switched to the display of the stadium selection button 52, and the display of “11R” is switched to the display of the race selection button 53.

  FIGS. 9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed on the display screen from the display of FIGS. 7 to 8. FIG. 9A shows a screen 64 when a race is selected, and FIG. 9B shows a screen 65 when a stadium is selected.

  In the screen 65 when selecting a stadium in FIG. 9 (b) (which may be before the race selection), there are eight stadium designation buttons 66 that are not modified as an example. If you press, you have selected “A” as the playing field.

  Further, in the screen 64 when selecting a stadium in FIG. 9A (which may be before the stadium selection), among the 12 race designation buttons 67 from “1” to “12”, the fan “11 ”Button indicates that the eleventh race has been selected. The order of selection in FIGS. 9A and 9B may be selected first.

  In FIG. 8, for example, when the stadium selection button 52 is input by the fan, a screen 65 at the time of selecting the stadium shown in FIG. 9B is displayed. The name of the selected stadium is changed and displayed in place of the display of “A” in the display returned to FIG. 8.

  In FIG. 8, when the race selection button 53 is input, the race selection screen 64 shown in FIG. 9A is displayed, and the name of the race selected by the input operation of the race designation button 67 is In the display returned to FIG. 8, the display is changed in place of the display of “11R”.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In the two betting type display fields 32a and 32b, the display of “triple” is changed to a button display, and a “delete” button is additionally displayed below the button display. On the upper right of the large screen area 31, a money amount input button group 54 including a numeric keypad and buttons of “ten thousand”, “thousand”, “hundred” and “yen” is displayed.

  A “delete one line” button 55 is displayed below the money amount input button group 54, and a “confirm” button 56 is displayed alongside the “card return” button 48 at the bottom end. Here, the fan performs either or both of the reduction of the betting amount and the option reduction (step F6).

  In this process, the stadium selection button 52 is used to re-select the stadium, the race selection button 53 is used to re-select the race, and any of the “three-duplex” buttons is used to display any of the betting type display fields 32a and 32b. It is possible to select the content change.

  For example, when the betting type display field 32a is selected with the “triple multiple” button, each time the “delete one line” button 55 is pressed, the betting type and the amount of money are sequentially displayed from the top to the bottom. It will be done.

  By inputting the amount input button group 54 at the white display, it is possible to input to correct the amount (in this case, decrease). In addition, when the “delete” button under the “triple triple” button is pressed in the shaded display, the highlighted betting type and its amount are both deleted.

  When the amount displayed in the total amount column 33 becomes the same as or less than the purchase amount upper limit designated amount displayed in the amount column 34 by the above-described deletion operation or reduction operation, the fan “confirms” A button 56 is pressed.

  A signal for pressing the “confirm” button 56 is transmitted to the totalizer terminal 1 together with the display content data displayed on the adjustment selection screen 50. The totalizer terminal 1 displays a ticket issue confirmation screen 57 as a “screen 5” shown in FIG. 10 on the display screen (step T8).

  In the ticket issuing confirmation screen 57 of FIG. 10, the message “Please press“ Purchase ”if you want the display contents” is displayed in the message field 58 above the partition line 28, and “Checkout” is displayed on the right end of the message field 58. Button 30 is displayed.

  Also, the display of the game display area 43 in the upper left of the large screen area 31 is switched from the button display to the normal display of “A place” and “11R” as it is because the fan did not operate. In the display of the five amount fields 34 to 38 below, since the fan has input the same amount as the purchase amount upper limit designated amount, there is no difference and the display of the adjustment selection screen 50 is continued.

  In the betting type display field 32a, the unit amount of 5000 yen for the third stage betting type from the top is reduced to 3000 yen, and the betting type display field 32b is 4000 yen for the upper stage betting type. In addition, the amount of money is reduced to 2000 yen, and the bottom two betting styles are deleted along with the amount.

  As a result, the amount displayed in the total amount column 33 is the same as the purchase amount upper limit designated amount displayed in the amount column 34. A “redo” button 59 and a “purchase” button 61 are newly displayed on the right side of these betting type display fields 32a and 32b.

  If the fan presses the “Redo” button 59, the display returns to the adjustment selection screen 50 in FIG. 8, but the fan re-examines the display content of the ticketing confirmation screen 57 and confirms that the content does not need to be redone. Upon confirmation, the “Purchase” button 61 is pressed (step F7).

  The totalizer terminal 1 communicates with the voting system of the on-site sales place via the host communication unit 21 with respect to the voting data displayed on the ticketing confirmation screen 57, and totals the voting data in all places on the host system server through the network line. Is performed (step T9). Waiting for a communication result with the host system server (confirmation of voting data) (step T10), a screen 62 as “FIG. 6” shown in FIG. To display.

  In the host determination waiting screen 62 in FIG. 11, the message column 63 above the partition line 28 displays a message “Communicating with the computer, please wait for a while”, and the “Checkout” button at the right end of the message field 63 30 is displayed.

  Further, the large screen area 31 of the host determination waiting screen 62 has three “redo” button 59, “purchase” button 61, and “card return” button 48 displayed in the large screen area 31 of the ticketing confirmation screen 57. The display of the ticket issue confirmation screen 57 is continuously maintained for other displays only by the disappearance of the button display.

  Eventually, when the totalizer terminal 1 receives a determination result signal indicating that the voting data can be confirmed without any inconvenience from the host system server, the betting type display field 32a of the host determination waiting screen 62 is provided via the ticket issuing unit 17. A voting ticket corresponding to the data content of 32b and the total amount column 33 is issued from the ticketing slot (step T11).

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the voting ticket purchase total within the purchase upper limit amount set by the fan is corrected by correcting the betting method and the simple money of the screen that the fan initially displayed by inserting the voting card. It is possible to provide a voting ticket issuing machine and a method for confirming the total purchase amount that can be easily confirmed by a fan so that the amount can be settled.

  In the above-described embodiment, a description is given by taking a triple betting method as an example. However, the betting method is not limited to this. For example, a double betting method, a double duplex, a wide, a triple simplex, a BOX, a sink Needless to say, it can be easily applied to other betting types such as multi, formation, and the like.

  The present invention is used for a voting ticket issuing machine equipped with a purchase total amount confirmation method and a total purchase amount confirmation method by which a fan can easily confirm that the total voting ticket purchase amount is within the purchase upper limit amount set by the fan. Can do.

1 Voting ticketing system (voting ticket vending machine, totalizer terminal)
2 Control unit 3 Interface unit 4 Unit unit 5 CPU (central processing unit)
6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 Bus 7 Memory control unit 9 Memory 12 I / O (input / output) control unit 15 Screen display unit 16 Cash unit 17 Ticket issuing unit 18 Card reading unit 19 Ticket reading unit 21 Host communication unit 22 voice section 23 voting card for racetracks 23a front surface 23b back surface 24 purchase amount check column 25 purchase amount upper limit designation column 26 mark entry area 27 initial screen 28 divider line 29 message field 30 “settlement” button 31 large screen area 32a, 32b Bet-type display field 33 Total amount field 34 Purchase amount upper limit designation field 35 Input amount field 36 Refund amount field 37 Purchase amount field 38 Remaining funds field 40 Voting data screen 41 Message field 43 Stadium / race name display area 44 Confirmation screen 45 Message field 46 “Sequential flow” button 47 “Sequential flow” button 48 “Return card” “Reject” button 50 Adjustment selection screen 51 Message field 52 Stadium selection button 53 Race name selection button 54 Amount input button group 55 “Delete one line” button 56 “Confirm” button 57 Ticketing confirmation screen 58 Message field 59 “Redo” button 61 “ "Purchase" button 62 Host decision waiting screen 63 Message field 64 Screen when selecting race 65 Screen when selecting stadium 66 Stadium designation button 67 Race name designation button

Claims (4)

Mark reading means for reading the mark on the mark sheet inserted into the mark sheet insertion port;
An upper limit reading means for reading the purchase upper limit in the purchase price upper limit designation field of the mark sheet;
A total amount calculating means for calculating a total purchase amount based on the betting type read by the mark reading means, the number of voting points for each type of betting type, and the purchase price for each voting point;
An upper limit / total comparison means for comparing the purchase upper limit amount and the total purchase amount;
When the comparison result by the upper limit / total comparison means is greater than the purchase upper limit amount of money, the excess warning means for giving a warning indicating “purchase amount excess”,
A voting ticket issuing machine characterized by comprising: Based on the correction input that is input when the warning is issued by the excess warning means, the betting type, the number of votes for each type of betting, and the purchase price for each number of votes Correction means for correcting the contents of any one or more of the voting ticket purchase items including ;
Have
The total amount calculation means calculates the total purchase amount based on the content of the voting ticket purchase item corrected by the correction means,
The upper limit / total comparison means compares the purchase upper limit amount with the recalculated purchase total amount,
When the comparison result is the same or less than the purchase total amount, or when the comparison result is a recalculated total purchase amount that is the same or less than the purchase maximum amount, A notification unit indicating that the amount is equal to or less than the purchase upper limit amount, and a control unit that controls to issue a voting ticket in accordance with the content of the voting ticket purchase item,
The voting ticket issuing machine according to claim 1. The betting type, the voting points for each betting type, the purchase price for each voting point, the purchase upper limit and the total purchase amount, and the corrected betting type, The contents of voting ticket purchase items including the number of voting points for each type of betting method and the purchase price for each voting point, and the total purchase amount based on the contents are displayed on the display screen as the contents of voting ticket purchase items. Further comprising display means for
The voting ticket issuing machine according to claim 1 or 2. A mark reading process for reading the mark on the mark sheet inserted into the mark sheet insertion port;
An upper limit amount reading step of reading the purchase upper limit amount in the purchase amount upper limit designation field of the mark sheet;
A total amount calculation step of calculating a total purchase amount based on the betting type read by the mark reading step, the number of voting points for each type of betting type, and the purchase price for each voting point;
An upper limit / total comparison step for comparing the purchase upper limit and the purchase total;
When the comparison result by the upper limit / total comparison step is greater than the purchase upper limit amount of money, the excess warning step of giving a warning indicating “purchase amount excess”,
A voting ticket issuing method characterized by including: