JP2003006695A - Betting system in public race - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a betting system in a public race in which a distribution payoff terminal unit, especially, is made small-sized and low-cost, a degree of freedom in the arrangement is improved and also a betting work is simplified with labor saving. SOLUTION: The betting system in the public race sells the betting tickets of the public race such as a bicycle race, a horse race, a boat race and a auto race and pays off concerning a hit. The system is provided with a totaling system 11 for managing the sale of the betting tickets and the payoff of the hits, a voucher ticket issuing terminal unit 12 connected to the totaling system 11 with a communication line, the distribution payoff terminal unit 13 and an encashment terminal unit 14. A voucher ticket is issued in exchange for cash by the voucher ticket issuing terminal unit 12, the distribution payoff terminal unit 13 issues the betting ticket through the use of the voucher ticket and pays off about the hit by the voucher ticket and, then, the remaining amount of the voucher ticket is made into cash by the encashment terminal unit 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voting system in a public competition, and more particularly to a voting system in a public competition in which a voucher ticket is used to issue a voting ticket and refund a hit ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the purchaser or refunder goes to their respective counters to purchase or refund cash vouchers and hit tickets for public competitions.

For example, when purchasing a voting ticket, the purchaser fills in the purchase application form with the contents of the desired voting ticket,
You can buy it by handing it to a window worker with cash, or by inserting it into a vending machine.

[0004]

However, since it is troublesome to go to the counter or the place where the automatic machine is installed each time the voting ticket is purchased or the hit ticket is refunded, it is difficult to visit the venue. Had a desire to purchase at their own seat.

Furthermore, since cash is always involved in the sale of voting tickets and the refund of hit tickets, financial troubles are likely to occur in window processing including automatic machines, which increases processing time and processing efficiency. There was a problem that it decreased.

[0006] In particular, in the automatic sale refund terminal,
Since it is necessary to have a cash processing mechanism for selling voting tickets and refunding hit tickets, there is a problem that the cost will increase, and the size of the terminal will inevitably become large, and the installation flexibility There is also the problem of lowering the number and limiting the opening of more windows.

[0007] On the other hand, even from the side of the organizer, cash is involved each time, so cash in and out is extremely complicated, and inevitably personnel must be assigned, resulting in limited labor saving. Will be.

Furthermore, a large amount of change funds must be prepared every morning, and in particular, it is necessary to predict and prepare the visitors on the day, which inevitably complicates the fund preparation work. .

Therefore, an object of the present invention made in view of the above points is that the selling and refunding terminal can be downsized and the cost can be reduced, and the degree of freedom in its installation can be improved.
It is to provide a voting system for public competitions that can simplify voting work and save labor.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The invention according to claim 1 for achieving the above-mentioned object is for a public competition in which voting tickets for public competitions such as bicycle races, horse races, boat races and auto races are released and hit tickets are refunded. In the voting system, a counting system that manages the sale of voting tickets and refund of hit tickets, a voucher ticket issuing terminal connected to the counting system by a communication line, a sales refund terminal, and a cashing terminal are provided. The voucher ticket issuing terminal issues a voucher ticket in exchange for cash, and the sales refund terminal issues a voucher ticket using the voucher ticket and refunds the hit ticket using the voucher ticket. The feature is that the remaining amount of the voucher ticket is cashed at the terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the voting system for public competitions according to the first aspect, by inserting a voucher ticket and / or a hit ticket into the sales refund terminal, It is characterized in that the purchaser issues the next new voting ticket and updated voucher ticket.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In the voting system in the public competition described in, the content of the purchased voting ticket is printed on one side of the voucher ticket, and the application form for purchasing the next voting ticket is printed on the other side. Is.

The invention according to claim 4 is the voting system in the public competition according to claim 1, 2 or 3,
The above-mentioned voucher ticket is given a score according to the sale price, and when the new voucher ticket is issued next time, the score previously given is added.

The invention according to claim 5 is the voting system in a public competition according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the exit ticket is issued by the cash exchange terminal. Is.

That is, in one aspect of the voting system according to the present invention, a visitor first exchanges cash for a voucher ticket and purchases the voting ticket using the voucher ticket. When purchasing a voting ticket, the balance of the voucher ticket is not necessarily set to zero yen, and it can be purchased as many times as the remaining balance. At this time, issue a new voucher ticket that records the balance after purchasing the voting ticket and the score according to the sale price, print the content of the purchased voting ticket on one side of the voucher ticket, and print the other side Print the application form for purchasing the next voting ticket.

When the voting ticket is hit, the voucher ticket is inserted into the sales refund terminal,
The voucher ticket is collected by performing a refund process on the ballot ticket, and a new voucher ticket with the hit amount added is printed by printing a purchase application form for the next ballot on one side.

When the visitor inserts the voucher ticket into the cash exchange terminal, all the balance of the voucher ticket is converted into cash and the balance becomes zero yen, and the exit ticket recording the score is issued. This exit ticket is used for services that are unique to each stadium, such as a point system and a premium when leaving.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a voting system in a public competition of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a voting system according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a voucher ticket issuing terminal 12 for exchanging cash into a voucher ticket, a sales refund terminal 13 for selling a voting ticket and refunding a hit ticket, and a counting system 11 via a communication line. A cash exchange terminal 14 for connecting the voucher ticket to cash is connected and provided. Although FIG. 1 shows a connection system diagram for one model and one device, in reality, a plurality of terminals are connected depending on the size of the sales floor.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of print contents of the purchase voting ticket printed on one surface of the voucher ticket. In the present embodiment, as the print content, the sale racetrack name 21 indicating the place of sale of the issued voting ticket, the race number 22 indicating the race number of the voting ticket, and the number of times the voting ticket is held Next day Next day 23, first voting ticket identification code 24 expressed by letters or numbers to classify the voting ticket, voting number group indicating the number group and amount voted, and purchase amount 25
And the total purchase amount 26 indicating the total amount of votes, the balance amount 27 of the voucher ticket indicating the balance remaining on the voucher ticket at that time, and the first amount represented by, for example, a bar code in order to classify the voting ticket. The voting ticket identification code 28 of No. 2 is printed. Note that FIG. 2 shows only an example, and it goes without saying that there are various variations depending on the betting formula, the number of votes, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of the printing contents of the voting ticket purchase application sheet to be printed on the other surface of the voucher ticket. In the present embodiment, as print contents, a race number designation area 31 for designating a race number to be purchased,
Expression-specific designation area 32 for specifying consecutive win or multiple win
Then, the consecutive winning number group and the number group and the money amount designating area 33 for designating the purchase amount are printed. It is needless to say that FIG. 3 shows only an example, and there are various variations depending on the betting formula, the number of votes, and the like.

Next, the voting system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when a visitor enters the stadium and cash is inserted into the voucher ticket issuing terminal 12, a voucher ticket corresponding to the cash is issued (step S01). After that, when the voucher ticket in which the necessary items are entered in the voting ticket purchase application form on the other side of the issued voucher ticket is inserted into the sales refund terminal 13, the sales refund terminal 13 and the aggregation system 11 at that time. After performing the processing necessary for issuing the voting ticket, the sales refund terminal 13 issues a new voucher ticket on which the voting content is printed on one side and the voting ticket purchase application form for the next voting is printed on the other side ( Step S02). At this time, the new voucher ticket is printed by adding the balance obtained by subtracting the amount of money purchased this time from the balance before purchasing the voting ticket and the point-based score according to the purchase amount (step S03).

After the race is over, there is a hit in the voting ticket (step S04), and when the voucher ticket is inserted into the sales refund end device 13, the sales refund terminal 13 and the totaling system 11 will refund the ticket. After performing necessary processing (step S07), the sales refund terminal 13 issues a new voucher ticket in which the refund amount is added to the balance (step S08).

On the other hand, if the purchased voucher has no hit (step S04) and the voucher ticket is inserted into the cash exchange terminal 14 in order for the visitor to leave the stadium at this point (step S05), The balance of the voucher ticket is cashed (step S10), an exit ticket is issued from the cash exchange terminal 14 (step S11), and all the processes are completed.

On the other hand, in order to purchase a new voting ticket using the voucher ticket, the visitor does not leave the stadium (step S05) and the balance of the voucher ticket is sufficient to purchase the next voting ticket. When the voucher ticket is inserted into the sales refund terminal machine 13, the process returns to the voting ticket printing process in step S02.

If the balance of the voucher ticket is less than the purchase price of the next voting ticket (step S06) and the voucher ticket and cash are inserted into the voucher ticket issuing terminal 12, the process returns to step S01 and the old voucher ticket is replaced. Issue a new voucher ticket with the added cash added. With this, the point system score is continued.

When the visitor controls the vote, the above-mentioned processing is repeated to complete the vote (step S0
9), when the voucher ticket is inserted into the cash exchange terminal 14,
All the balance in the voucher ticket is converted into cash (step S10), and an exit ticket is issued (step S1).
1), all the processes are finished. As described above, since the total score according to the purchase amount of the voting ticket is recorded on this exit ticket, it is used for the point system and other service systems.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but various modifications and variations are possible. For example, although the standard processing flow has been described with reference to FIG. 4, a system according to each stadium, such as providing a cash exchange terminal 14 at the exit gate of the stadium and always cashing out voucher tickets when leaving the stadium You can also provide services. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the purchased voting ticket and the purchase application form for purchasing the next voting ticket are printed together with the voucher ticket.
The voting ticket and the application form can be printed separately, or any two can be printed integrally.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, since it is not necessary to mount a cash processing mechanism on a sales refund terminal, it is possible to reduce the size and cost of the sales refund terminal. The degree of freedom of installation can be improved, and it can be installed in each designated seat at a seat-designated place such as a special viewing seat.

Also, since the cash handling at the counter will be lost,
You can eliminate troubles related to cash. Furthermore, since the work of collecting and replenishing cash for the automatic sales refund terminal is eliminated, it can contribute to labor saving, and it is a complicated task of borrowing cash from a financial institution first thing in the morning as change and distributing it to each counter. Can also be reduced.

Further, since the degree of freedom in installing the selling and refunding terminal is improved and the security consideration due to the fact that cash stock is not required is reduced, the selling and refunding terminal can be installed in various places. Voting tickets can be purchased and refunded at a familiar place, which can contribute to improving services.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a voting system in a public competition of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of printing a purchase voting ticket on one surface of a voucher ticket.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a printing example of a voting ticket purchase application form on the other surface of the voucher ticket.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the voting system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 totaling system 12 Voucher ticket issuing terminal 13 Sales refund terminal 14 cash terminal

Claims (5)

[Claims] [Claim 1] In a voting system for public competitions, such as the sale of voting tickets for public competitions such as bicycle races, horse racing, boat racing, and auto racing, and the refund of hit tickets, the sale management of voting tickets and the refund management of hit tickets are managed. A voucher ticket issuing terminal connected to the tally system by a communication line, a sales refund terminal, and a cash exchange terminal. The voucher ticket issuing terminal exchanges cash for voucher tickets. Issuing, issuing a voting ticket using the voucher ticket at the sales refund terminal, refunding the hit ticket with the voucher ticket, and cashing the remaining amount of the voucher ticket at the cash exchange terminal Voting system in competition. 2. By inserting a voucher ticket and / or a hit ticket into the sales refund terminal, the next new voting ticket and an updated voucher ticket desired by the purchaser are issued from the sales refund terminal. The voting system for public competitions according to claim 1, wherein 3. The content of the purchased voting ticket is printed on one surface of the voucher ticket, and an application form for purchasing the next voting ticket is printed on the other surface of the voucher ticket.
Or the voting system in the public competition described in 2. 4. The voucher ticket is given a score according to a sale price, and when the new voucher ticket is issued next time, the previously given score is added. Voting system for public competitions described in 2 or 3. 5. The voting system for public competitions according to claim 1, wherein the cashing terminal issues an exit ticket.