JP2013097409A - Voting system in government-controlled competition - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voting system used in a government-controlled competition, such as a horse race, a bicycle race, a motorboat race and an auto race.SOLUTION: The voting system has: a voting processing part 26 for executing voting processing for a government-controlled competition; a voting information storing part 27 for storing information about voting; an adjustment processing part 28 for determining a winning user on the basis of information of a competition result of the government-controlled competition and the information about voting stored in the voting information storing part, and executing adjustment processing; and a settlement processing part 29 for executing settlement processing of uses performing voting for the government-controlled competition. The voting processing part divides racers participating in a race of the government-controlled competition into two groups or three groups on the basis of the evaluation values thereof, receives voting information from user terminals for the respective groups. The adjustment processing part determines users voting for a group with a racer in a prescribed order divided thereinto as a winner on the basis of the information of the government-controlled competition result received from a government-controlled competition information center system 3 and on the basis of the voting information stored in the voting information storing part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a voting system used in public competitions such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and autoless.

  In public competitions, the winners are expected to be the first to compete, the winners are expected to be in the second or third place, the winners are expected to be in competition, and the combination of multiple competitors occupying the top finishers. Consecutive wins that are predicted according to the order of arrival, consecutive winning combinations that predict combinations of multiple competitors that occupy the highest order, regardless of the order of arrival, single wins, multiple wins, single wins, consecutive wins in multiple races Various voting methods are used, such as a double win method that predicts a single voting method of a double system.

  Conventionally, this vote method has been purchased by a voter at a predetermined window, but in recent years, with the development of the Internet, it is possible to vote on the Internet. Examples of these are shown in the following non-patent documents.

Chari Lotto Co., Ltd., “Chari Lotto ｜ Purchase of Chari Lotto”, [online], Internet <URL: http://www.chariloto.com/html/guide/chariloto.html> Japan Central Horse Racing Association, “JRA Home Page | Telephone Internet Voting | For First-Time Visitors”, [online], Internet <URL: http://www.jra.go.jp/dento/welcome/> JKA Foundation, “I understand! Net voting | Auto Racing”, [online], Internet <URL: http://autorace.jp/netvote_guide/>

  In this way, the public competition uses the Internet to provide a wide range of voting venues and strive to disseminate it. However, voting in public competitions requires knowledge about each competition and competition subject, so it is not easy to attract people who have never voted. This is because, even in the case of the winning type which is the simplest voting format, in order to predict the first place from a plurality of competition objects, detailed knowledge and experience regarding the competition objects are required.

  Despite this, attracting new voters is an issue for each public competition, but it is not easily achieved because it requires knowledge and experience.

  Moreover, it is very difficult for a person with no knowledge to predict the first place among public competitions, especially in bicycle races. However, in order to attract new people who do not have knowledge, a voting system that allows people who have no knowledge to win is desired. Therefore, for example, there is a 7 consecutive win-win formula that predicts the first of 7 consecutive races counted from the final competition in a day, such as Chari Lotto operated by the applicant, How to buy.

  In this way, when the computer randomly assigns numbers and votes based on it, the voter does not need knowledge, but on the other hand, it is somewhat knowledgeable because no prediction can be made at all. It cannot be denied that unsatisfactory things occur for people.

  Therefore, a voting method that makes it easy for even a person with no knowledge to win, and does not make a person with knowledge feel unsatisfactory, and a voting system that realizes the voting system are desired.

  In view of the above problems, the inventor has invented the voting system in the public competition of the present invention.

  A first invention is a voting system in a public competition, and includes a competition information reception unit that receives information on the public competition from a public competition information center system that provides information on the public competition, and information on the received public competition. A game information storage unit for storing, a public game information providing unit for sending information regarding the received public game to a user terminal of a user who performs a vote for the public game, and a voting process for executing a voting process for the public game The winning user is determined based on the information about the voting information stored in the voting information storage unit, the information on the results of the public competition, and the information on the voting stored in the voting information storage unit. The settlement processing unit that executes the settlement process and the settlement processing of the user who voted for the public competition are executed. A payment processing unit, and the voting processing unit distributes the players participating in the public competition race into two or three frames based on the evaluation value, and for each frame, The information of voting is received from a user terminal, and the settlement processing unit determines a user who has voted for a frame in which players of a predetermined rank are allocated based on information on the result of the public competition received from the public competition information center system. The voting system in a public competition is determined as winning based on the voting information stored in the voting information storage unit.

  By configuring as in the present invention, the user may vote for the set two or three frames, instead of voting for each player. In this way, voting can be performed even if you do not have detailed knowledge of the public competition by using two or three frames. On the other hand, in the case of a knowledgeable person, it is possible to predict the order of arrival and predict the winning frame, so that the knowledgeable person will not feel unsatisfactory.

  In the above-mentioned invention, the voting processing unit, when allocating the players participating in the public competition race into two frames based on the evaluation value, among the players, the player with the lowest evaluation value and the third The voting system in public competitions sets the frame to be voted on by the user by allocating the player with the lowest number of players to the frame with the largest number of players, and allocating the player with the second lowest evaluation value to the frame with the smallest number of players. It can be configured as follows.

  In the above-mentioned invention, when the voting processing unit allocates the players participating in the public competition race into three frames based on the evaluation values, among the players, the players whose evaluation values are the first to third lowest By allocating the above to each frame one by one, it can be configured as a voting system in a public competition in which a frame to be voted on by the user is set.

  In the above-described invention, the voting processing unit is configured such that the evaluation values of the players are the same or substantially the same when the players participating in the public competition race are divided into two or three frames based on the evaluation values. In addition, it can be configured as a voting system in a public competition in which a frame to be voted on by the user is set by allocating to each frame.

  By configuring as in these inventions, the ability of the players participating in the race is averaged and distributed to each frame. As a result, it is possible to automatically correct the bias in the winning probability of each frame.

  Moreover, in order to achieve the same technical effect as that of the first invention, the following configuration can also be adopted. That is, a voting system for public competitions, a competition information reception unit for receiving information on the public competitions from a public competition information center system that provides information on public competitions, and competition information for storing information on the received public competitions A storage unit, a public game information providing unit that sends information on the received public game, to a user terminal of a user who performs a vote for the public game, a voting process unit that executes a voting process for the public game, A voting information storage unit that stores information related to voting received from the user, information on the results of the public competition, and information on the voting stored in the voting information storage unit, determine a winning user, and checkout processing A settlement processing unit for executing the payment processing of the user who voted for the public competition A settlement processing unit, and the voting processing unit accepts voting information from the user terminal for each player participating in the public competition race, and the settlement processing unit Based on the information of the result of the public competition received from the competition information center system, a user who voted for a player with a predetermined rank other than the first place is determined as a winner based on the vote information stored in the vote information storage unit. It is a voting system in public competition.

  By configuring as in the present invention, the user expects players in the order of arrival other than the first. In general, the prediction of the first place is easier than the predictions of the other arrival orders, so predicting the winning order is the average of the odds. That means it's harder to predict who will win, but this means that people without knowledge are more likely to win without knowledge. Therefore, by configuring as in the present invention, it is possible to vote even if you do not have detailed knowledge of public competition. On the other hand, for those who have knowledge, it is more difficult to predict the first place than before, so it will give you the opportunity to fully utilize your knowledge and make you feel unsatisfactory. There is nothing.

  In the first invention and the second invention described above, the voting system is further configured as a voting system in a public competition that calculates odds based on information relating to a public competition stored in the competition information storage unit. can do.

  In the present invention, the frame may be set independently, or the winning order may be different from the standard of the organizer of the public competition. Therefore, it is preferable to independently calculate the odds as in the present invention.

  By using the voting system of the present invention, it becomes easy for even a person who does not have knowledge in public competitions to win, while a voting system that does not make a person who has knowledge feel unsatisfactory and a voting system that realizes it.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows typically an example of the system configuration | structure of the voting system of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows typically an example of the hardware constitutions of a computer. It is a flowchart which shows typically an example of the flow of a process of the voting system of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows typically an example of the flow of a process of the voting system of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a user information storage part typically. It is a figure which shows an example of a voting information storage part typically. It is a figure which shows an example of a top screen typically. It is a figure which shows an example of a race selection screen typically. It is a figure which shows an example of a race information screen typically. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the screen which receives a vote in the case of a 1st voting system. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the screen which receives a vote in the case of a 2nd voting system. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the screen which receives a vote in the case of a 3rd voting system.

  FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram of an example of the system configuration of the voting system 1 of the present invention.

  In the voting system 1 of the present invention, an administrator system 2 used by a company that operates the voting system 1, a public competition information center system 3 in which an organization that performs public competitions provides information on public competitions, and a voting system 1 are provided. A user terminal 4 used by a user who uses and vote for a public competition and a financial institution system 5 used by a financial institution used for fund settlement are used.

  Each system is composed of one or more servers and computers, and includes an arithmetic device 70 such as a CPU for executing arithmetic processing of programs, a storage device 71 such as a RAM and a hard disk for storing information, and a display (screen). The display device 72 such as a keyboard, an input device 73 such as a keyboard or a pointing device (such as a mouse or a numeric keypad), and processing results of the arithmetic device 70 and information stored in the storage device 71 are transmitted and received via a network such as the Internet or a LAN. And a communication device 74. Each function (each unit) realized on the server or the computer is executed when a unit (program, module, etc.) for executing the process is read into the arithmetic unit 70. When the information stored in the storage device 71 is used in the processing, each function reads the corresponding information from the storage device 71 and uses the read information for processing in the arithmetic device 70 as appropriate. FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of the hardware configuration. Each system may have its functions distributed in a plurality of computers or servers.

  Each means in the present invention is only logically distinguished in function, and may be physically or practically the same area.

  The public competition information center system 3 sends information related to public competition to the manager system 2 and receives information related to voting from the manager system 2. Information on public competitions includes information necessary for voting, such as competition programs, release guidelines, changes in races, and competition results. Competitive programs are subject to competition in public competitions (horses and jockeys in the case of horse racing, athletes in the case of bicycle racing, etc.), frame information, past results, competition scores, information on individual athletes' public competitions, etc. Information. Further, information relating to voting includes information relating to the number of released votes for voting accepted by the manager system 2. Information regarding voting may be sent in real time, may be sent periodically (for example, every 30 seconds), or may be sent at any timing, for example, after voting is completed.

  The user terminal 4 is a computer that is used by users who vote for public competitions via the operator system 2 and can be a personal computer, a mobile phone (including a smartphone), a PHS, a PDA, or a tablet computer. A portable communication terminal is also included.

  The financial institution system 5 is a system used by a financial institution such as a bank or a credit card company. The financial institution system 5 performs a settlement process on the basis of information related to voting for public competitions performed by the user via the operator system 2. Is a payment system for executing That is, the identification information of the user who voted by the user (in addition to the user's account number, credit card number, etc., any information that can uniquely identify the user at the financial institution), the number of votes, the amount of votes Is received from the operator system 2, and the amount for the vote is subtracted from the user's account based on the information, and the subtract amount is added to an account for pooling a predetermined vote amount, such as an administrator or a host of a public competition. To do. In addition, for the winning user, the identification information of the winning user and the information of the winning amount (which may be the voting number and the voting amount) may be received from the operator system 2, and the winning amount is determined based on the information. And the winning amount is subtracted from the account that pays the predetermined winning amount, such as the manager or the organizer of the public competition. The account for pooling the voting amount and the account for paying the winning amount may be the same or different.

  The operator system 2 includes an application processing unit 20, a user information storage unit 21, a competition information receiving unit 22, a competition information storage unit 23, a competition information providing unit 24, an odds calculation processing unit 25, a voting processing unit 26, and a voting information storage unit. 27, a settlement processing unit 28, and a settlement processing unit 29.

  When the user uses the voting system 1 of the present invention, the application processing unit 20 receives an application for use registration. This usage registration is performed from the user terminal 4 with respect to information about the user (hereinafter referred to as “user information”), for example, the user's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth, age, gender, payment means information ( For example, necessary information such as a financial institution name, a branch name, an account number, or a credit card number may be received from the user terminal 4 and stored in the user information storage unit 21.

  In addition to making an application from the user terminal 4, necessary information is filled in on a paper and sent to a predetermined destination, so that the person in charge makes an input on behalf of the application, and the input information is input by the application processing unit 20. It may be received and stored in the user information storage unit 21.

  In addition, a computer may be installed at a place where voting tickets for public competitions are sold, and the user may be able to input from there.

  Furthermore, the application processing unit 20 accepts user input and proxy input, and the application processing unit 20 accepts user information of the user from a computer system of a financial institution used by the user as a settlement organization, and stores the user information. The information may be stored in the unit 21.

  The user information storage unit 21 stores the user information received by the application processing unit 20. FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of the user information storage unit 21. Although FIG. 5 shows the case where both the debit from the bank account and the credit card settlement are used as the settlement means, only one of them may be used.

  Public competitions are subject to age restrictions by law. Therefore, in addition to accepting application information in the application processing unit 20 as described above, it is preferable to perform identity verification and age verification using identity verification documents, age verification documents, and the like. In these cases, a document that can be used for identity verification and age verification is separately mailed to a predetermined address, and the person in charge confirms it, so that the “confirmation” field in the user information storage unit 21 In addition, “confirmed” information is stored when it has been confirmed, and “unconfirmed” information is stored when it has not been confirmed. Accordingly, when the confirmation column is “not yet”, it is a state of provisional registration and voting is not possible, and it may be confirmed only when the flag “done” is set.

  In addition, when the application processing unit 20 receives user information from a computer system of a financial institution, age confirmation may be performed at the financial institution. In this case, the age confirmation flag may also be stored as “completed”.

  The competition information reception unit 22 receives information on public competition from the public competition information center system 3 and stores it in the competition information storage unit 23 as competition information.

  The game information providing unit 24 sends the game information stored in the game information storage unit 23 (information about the public game received from the public game information center system 3) to the user terminal 4. That is, information necessary for a user to vote for a public competition is sent to the user terminal 4.

  The odds calculation processing unit 25 calculates the odds for each competition target (the ratio of the payout amount to the vote amount when winning) based on the competition information received by the competition information reception unit 22. This odds is calculated by each operator based on a predetermined mathematical formula. In addition, when the organizer of the public competition intensively calculates the odds and does not calculate the odds, the odds calculation processing unit 25 may not be provided. In that case, the public competition information is included in the information on the public competition. Contains odds information calculated by the organizer. Further, the odds calculation processing unit 25 is unnecessary even when the odds are not used (when the payout amount for each winning user is calculated by dividing the payout amount by the number of winners).

  The voting processing unit 26 executes processing related to voting. That is, based on the information stored in the game information storage unit 23, a voting frame for the user to vote is set according to a predetermined voting method, and the public terminal is set up for the set voting frame from the user terminal 4. Accept voting for competitions. That is, it receives information on races and competition subjects, voting numbers, and user identification information. Information regarding the accepted vote (hereinafter referred to as “voting information”) is stored in the vote information storage unit 27. The process regarding voting will be described later.

  The voting information storage unit 27 stores the voting information received by the voting processing unit 26. An example of the voting information storage unit 27 is shown in FIG.

  The settlement processing unit 28 is selected based on the information on the arrival order in the race of the public competition received by the competition information reception unit 22 from the public competition information center system 3 and the voting information stored in the voting information storage unit 27. The determined user is determined and the settlement process is performed. Specifically, first, the winning user is identified. Then, the number of winning users is calculated, and the total amount of payout (the amount obtained by excluding the amount of the predetermined ratio from the total vote amount) is divided by the number of winning users, thereby calculating the payout amount for each selected user. If there is an odds, the amount calculated by multiplying the number of votes of the winning user by the odds is calculated as the refund amount.

  The settlement processing unit 29 performs settlement processing for the user who voted and the winning user determined by the settlement processing unit 28. That is, for a user who has voted, an amount obtained by multiplying the number of votes voted by the amount per unit is calculated, and based on the user identification information of the user, the user's payment means Information is extracted, and the financial institution that performs the settlement is notified of the calculated amount and the information related to the user's bank account or the information related to the credit card to the financial institution system 5 to perform the settlement processing.

  On the other hand, for the winning user, information on the payment means of the user is extracted from the user information storage unit 21 based on the user identification information of the user, and the settlement processing unit 28 is sent to the financial institution that performs the payment. The settlement amount is calculated by notifying the financial institution system 5 of the refund amount calculated in step S3 and the information related to the user's bank account or the credit card.

  The settlement processing unit 29 may cause the financial institution system 5 to make a settlement for each race, and calculates the voting amount and the refund amount during a predetermined period such as every day or every week. The settlement processing unit 29 may perform settlement for each period. That is, if the period is one day, the user voted in three races (1000 yen for the first race, 2000 yen for the second race, 1500 yen for the third race), and one of them was won. (Winning amount is 6000 yen). In this case, since the total of the voting amounts is 4500 yen and the winning amount is 6000 yen, the settlement processing unit 29 issues a control instruction to add 1,500 yen to the account of the user. Thereby, the load on the financial institution system 5 can be reduced, and the user can know the balance of the period.

  Next, an example of the processing process of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  First, a user who wants to vote for a public competition using the voting system 1 of the present invention accesses the administrator system 2 from the user terminal 4 and inputs predetermined user information. The application processing unit 20 that has received this information (S100) stores it in the user information storage unit 21 (S110). At this time, user identification information capable of uniquely identifying the user is assigned and stored in association with each other. In this state, the identity and age of the user have not yet been confirmed, so provisional registration has occurred and voting cannot be performed.

  For this reason, the user sends a copy of the identity verification document, age verification document, etc. to a predetermined destination, and the person in charge who receives the verification confirms the identity and age, and if there is no problem, the user information storage is performed. Information indicating that the age check has been completed is stored in the unit 21 (S120). That is, the user information storage unit 21 stores “completed” information indicating that the age has been confirmed.

  If the age cannot be confirmed, it is not possible to vote in the public competition. Therefore, the user contact information stored in the user information storage unit 21 such as a telephone number or an e-mail address is extracted. Based on this, a notification that the application has not been accepted is sent to the user (S140). In this case, the user information stored in the user information storage unit 21 is preferably deleted.

  On the other hand, if there is no problem in age confirmation, information on the contact information of the user stored in the user information storage unit 21, such as a telephone number or an e-mail address, is extracted, and based on this information, the user is notified of the start of use ( S150). As a result, the user can vote for the public competition.

  As described above, the financial institution holds information about the user, and when receiving the information, the application processing unit 20 acquires the user information of the user from the computer system of the financial institution. It may be stored in the user information storage unit 21.

  As described above, a user who has registered as a user can actually vote for a public competition. In the following description, the case of a bicycle race is explained as a public competition, but the same can be done for other public competitions, horse racing, boat racing, and auto racing.

  The user accesses the operator system 2 by performing a predetermined operation on the user terminal 4, and displays a top screen as shown in FIG. Then, by performing a predetermined operation from the top screen, a race selection screen as shown in FIG. 8 for selecting a race to be voted on is displayed.

  On the other hand, the operator system 2 sequentially receives information on the competition program, the dispatch procedure, the start change, the race results, etc. from the public competition (bicycle) information center system used by the organizer that holds the bicycle race, and receives it as the competition information. It is stored in the storage unit 23. Therefore, the game information providing unit 24 displays the information stored in the game information storage unit 23 in response to a request from the user terminal 4 (S200). That is, the race selection screen is also displayed on the user terminal 4 based on the information received and stored from the operator system 2.

  When the user decides which race he / she wants to vote from the race selection screen, the user performs a predetermined operation from the race selection screen to display a race information screen as shown in FIG. The race information screen is a screen that includes detailed information related to the race for which the user votes, and displays, for example, information related to the players running in the race, past results, competition scores, and frame information. These can be performed by the game information providing unit 24 appropriately extracting and displaying information from the game information storage unit 23.

  Conventionally, when a user wants to vote, it has been difficult to purchase without knowledge, such as a single winning type, a double winning type, a single winning type, a double winning type, or the like. However, in the present invention, it is possible for the voting processing unit 26 to generate a voting screen with a mobile phone that a beginner can vote without knowledge, and to vote based on the information.

  The first method is a voting method in which each run frame is divided into two frames with the center as a boundary, and one of them is predicted to have a predetermined order, for example, a first player and a third player. An example of a screen for accepting voting by this voting method is schematically shown in FIG. FIG. 10A shows the odds for each voting frame and is a screen for voting on the voting frame, and FIG. 10B is a screen for voting on the voting frame.

  In a bicycle race, it is common for nine people to compete, but by setting the 1st to 4th as "Low frame" and the 5th to 9th as "High frame", the two frames are vote processing units 26 is set. That is, the voting processing unit 26 is the first among the frames set by the organizer of the bicycle (one frame is allocated per player) based on the competition program information stored in the competition information storage unit 23. No. 4 to No. 4 are set to “Low frame”, and No. 5 to No. 9 players are set to “High frame”. Thus, the user will vote for the Low frame and the High frame set by the voting processing unit 26.

  As mentioned above, if the Low frame is 4 players and the High frame is 5 players, the High frame seems to have a high winning probability, but especially in the case of bicycles, the player's competitive score (distributed according to past performance) A player is assigned a lower-ranked competitor to Nos. 4, 6, and 8. Therefore, out of the two slots, two of the players with the highest score from the bottom to the third player are assigned to the frame with the highest number of players, and one of the players with the highest score from the bottom to the third player is assigned to the frame with the few players. By assigning the players to the voting processing unit 26 and setting the frames, the winning probabilities are equalized.

  In this way, by accepting voting only in the two frames set by the voting processing unit 26, even a user who does not have much knowledge about the bicycle race (public competition) can easily vote. Even such a user can have only two voting slots and can be expected to win because the winning probability is set to be equalized.

  Even if the winning probabilities are equalized, they are not completely equal. Therefore, it is preferable that the odds calculation processing unit 25 calculates and adjusts the odds for each voting frame based on the competition scores and achievements of the players in the race stored in the competition information storage unit 23. For example, calculate the odds by calculating the competitor's competitive score for each voting frame and calculating the ratio of the competitive score for each voting frame (the odds for a voting frame with a high competitive score are the odds for the voting frame with a low competitive score). Lower than). Various methods can be used to calculate the odds.

  As the second method, the first method can be divided into three frames. That is, the voting processing unit 26 is a voting method in which nine players are assigned to three frames of three players, and which frame has a predetermined rank, for example, the first player and the third player are predicted. An example of a screen for accepting voting by this voting method is schematically shown in FIG. FIG. 11A is a screen showing odds for each voting frame, and FIG. 11B is a screen for voting on the voting frame.

  That is, the voting processing unit 26 selects the players whose competition scores are from the bottom to the third among the frames set by the bicycle race organizer based on the information of the competition program of the race stored in the competition information storage unit 23. A player is set for each frame by assigning to the frames (A frame to C frame) and appropriately assigning the other players to the three frames. For example, “A frame” is set to No. 1, No. 4, No. 7, “B frame” is No. 2, No. 5, No. 8, and “C frame” is No. 3, No. 6, No. 9. In addition, for the players other than the player whose competition score is from the third to the bottom, the voting processing unit 26 may assign the player so that the total of the competition scores of the players assigned to the frames is most even in each frame. Thus, the user will vote for the A frame to the C frame set by the voting processing unit 26. The odds are the same as described above.

  In this way, by accepting voting only in the three frames set by the voting processing unit 26, even a user who does not have much knowledge about the bicycle race (public competition) can easily vote. Even such a user can have only three voting slots and can be expected to win because the winning probability is set to be equalized.

  The third method is a voting method for predicting a predetermined rank other than the first place, for example, the third place, but not the first place in the point of voting for each player. An example of a screen for accepting voting by this voting method is schematically shown in FIG. FIG. 12A is an image screen showing a voting method, and FIG. 12B is a screen for voting the odds of the voting frame (for each player) and the voting frame. The odds are the same as described above.

  In public competition, it is considered easier to predict the first place than to predict the other finishes. This is because it is only necessary to anticipate other competitive targets that have outstanding capabilities. However, it is not easy to predict a rank other than the first place, for example, the third place. This is because the ability of players in the middle class often antagonize, and easily varies depending on factors other than ability. Therefore, by accepting voting in anticipation of other than 1st place, preferably less than 3rd place, the existence of knowledge does not become a problem, and even users who do not have much knowledge can easily vote I can do it.

  When the voting processing unit 26 generates a screen for accepting voting in accordance with the various voting methods as described above, the user votes there. At this time, the user inputs a voting number, and the voting processing unit 26 receives information regarding the voting such as the voted race in addition to the voting number and the user identification information from the user terminal 4 (S210). Is stored in the voting information storage unit 27.

  The voting processing unit 26 repeats such voting processing until the end of sales (S220).

  When the sale end date and time has passed, the voting processing unit 26 totals information relating to the voting stored in the voting information storage unit 27, and sends purchase information such as the final sales number to the public competition information center system 3 (S230).

  Then, a bicycle race is held and the order of arrival is determined. When the arrival order is confirmed, the competition information reception unit 22 receives the arrival order information from the public competition information center system 3 and stores the information in the competition information storage unit 23.

  Further, the settlement processing unit 28 performs settlement processing based on the arrival order information received by the competition information receiving unit 22 (S240). That is, first, the winning user is identified by referring to the voting information stored in the voting information storage unit 27 based on the arrival order information. Then, the number of winning users is calculated, and the amount of payout for each winning user is calculated by dividing the total amount of payout (the amount obtained by excluding the amount of the predetermined ratio from the total vote amount) by the number of won users. If there is an odds, the amount calculated by multiplying the number of votes of the winning user by the odds is calculated as the refund amount.

  When the refund amount to the winning user is calculated in this way, the settlement processing unit 29 executes the above-described settlement process. The settlement process may be performed for each race, or may be performed by adding a plurality of races performed within a predetermined period.

  Next, the case where the user “Taro Sato” votes using the voting system 1 of the present invention will be specifically described as an example. In addition, although the case of a 1st system is demonstrated as a voting system used by the voting process part 26, it can respond by the same process even if it is another voting system.

  The user “Taro Sato” accesses the operator system 2 by performing a predetermined operation from the user terminal 4, and the competition information providing unit 24 is based on the information stored in the competition information storage unit 23 (see FIG. 7) is displayed on the user terminal 4.

  When the user “Taro Sato” selects a column for selecting a race to vote from the top screen, the competition information providing unit 24 selects a race selection screen based on information stored in the competition information storage unit 23 (FIG. 8). Is displayed on the user terminal 4.

  Next, the user “Taro Sato” selects a race to vote for from the race selection screen. For example, it is assumed that “4R” (fourth race) of “Matsudo Bicycle” is selected on the race selection screen. Then, a display request for competition information corresponding to the selected race is sent from the user terminal 4 to the manager system 2, and the competition information providing unit 24 of the manager system 2 includes the competition information stored in the competition information storage unit 23. The game information of the fourth race of Matsudo Bicycle is displayed on the user terminal 4 as a race information screen (FIG. 9).

  When the user wants to vote, the voting processing unit 26 that receives the request by performing a predetermined operation from the race information screen, among the competition information stored in the competition information storage unit 23, Information on the players and their competition scores is extracted from the competition information of the four races, and each player is assigned to a “Low frame” and a “High frame”, and a screen for receiving a vote is generated and displayed on the user terminal 4.

  Note that the voting processing unit 26 does not assign each player to the frame at the time of a display request for a screen for accepting a vote from the user, but assigns each player to the frame before the start of voting (the odds are also up to that point). The odds calculation processing unit 25 calculates based on information such as a competition score in the competition information storage unit 23), stores it in the competition information storage unit 23, and uses the information as a display request for a screen for receiving a vote. Accordingly, the game information can be extracted from the competition information storage unit 23 and displayed on the user terminal 4.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13, a race information screen and a screen for receiving a vote may be displayed together on the display device 72 of the user terminal 4. As a result, information regarding the voting frame and information regarding the race can be browsed simultaneously.

  In this way, the user votes on the screen for accepting the vote displayed on the user terminal 4. Here, it is assumed that the user “Taro Sato” has voted “7 mouths” for the “High frame”. Then, the user identification information “a1234” of the user “Taro Sato” and the information of “Fourth race of Matsudo bicycle race”, “High frame”, and “7 mouths” are sent from the user terminal 4 to the voting processing unit 26 and voted. The processing unit 26 accepts it and stores it in the voting information storage unit 27. An example of the voting information storage unit 27 in this state is shown in FIG.

  By performing the processing as described above, the user “Taro Sato” can vote. As a result of the competition, if the order of arrival is “2, 3, 5, 6, 1, 9, 9, 8, 7, 4”, the information on the order of arrival is public competition information. It is sent from the center system 3 to the manager system 2, and the competition information reception unit 22 of the manager system 2 is stored in the competition information storage unit 23 (note that information specifying the race is also sent at this time).

  Further, the settlement processing unit 28 determines that the “Low frame” is the winning because the first place is “No. 2” based on the information on the arrival order received above. Then, the settlement processing unit 28 refers to the vote information storage unit 27 and identifies the user who voted for the “Low frame”. Here, since the user “Taro Sato” has voted for the “High frame”, it has not been won. Accordingly, the settlement processing unit 28 calculates the settlement amount of the user “Taro Sato” by multiplying the number of votes “7” by a unit price (for example, 200 yen).

  Then, the payment processing unit 29 refers to the user information storage unit 21 based on the user identification information “a1234” of the user “Taro Sato”, and sets “X bank α branch office information as information on the financial institution that is the payment method of the user. The account number “12345678” is extracted, and the “settlement amount, for example, 1400 yen” is subtracted from the account of the user “Taro Sato” of the account number “12345678” of the “α branch” to the financial institution system 5 of the X bank. , Send a control instruction to transfer money to the account of a predetermined operator.

  Note that the settlement at the time of voting may be performed at the time of voting, not after the race.

  In the above description, the voting processing unit 26 is a case where the competition is performed with 9 players (9 cars) per race, but may be, for example, 7 players (7 cars) per race.

  The voting processing unit 26 can set two frames by setting Nos. 1 to 3 as “Low frames” and Nos. 4 to 7 as “High frames” in the first method. In this case, two players (preferably, but not limited to the bottom and the bottom, but not limited to them) are allocated among the players from the bottom to the third in the number of players with a large number of players, and the number of players is small. About the frame, the remaining 1 player among the players from the bottom to the third is assigned, and the winning probability is equalized.

  In the second method, the voting processing unit 26 sets 1 and 4 as “A frame”, 2 and 5 as “B frame”, 3 as 6 and 7 as “C frame”. , Each player can be set. In addition, it is good to assign the player whose competition score is the third from the bottom to each frame (A frame to C frame) and assign other players to each frame as appropriate so that the competition scores are equalized.

  As described above, if the public competition is a bicycle race, it is common that there are nine players or seven players, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the case of other public competitions, the voting processing unit 26 can perform allocation to 2 frames or 3 frames based on the number of players and the information of the competition score determined respectively.

By using the voting system 1 of the present invention, a voting method that makes it easy for even a person who does not have knowledge in public competition to win, while making a knowledgeable person feel unsatisfactory, and a voting system 1 that realizes the voting system 1 are possible. .

1: Voting system 2: Administrator system 3: Public competition information center system 4: User terminal 5: Financial institution system 20: Application processing unit 21: User information storage unit 22: Competition information reception unit 23: Competition information storage unit 24: Competition information providing unit 25: odds calculation processing unit 26: voting processing unit 27: voting information storage unit 28: settlement processing unit 29: settlement processing unit 70: arithmetic unit 71: storage unit 72: display unit 73: input unit 74: communication apparatus

Claims (6)

A voting system in public competitions,
A competition information reception unit that receives information on the public competition from a public competition information center system that provides information on public competition;
A competition information storage unit for storing information on the received public competition;
A public game information providing unit that sends information on the received public game to a user terminal of a user who performs a vote for the public game;
A voting processing unit that executes voting processing for the public competition;
A voting information storage unit for storing information relating to voting accepted from the user;
A settlement processing unit that determines a winning user based on information on the results of the public competition and information on the vote stored in the voting information storage unit, and executes a settlement process;
A payment processing unit for executing a payment process of a user who has voted for the public competition,
The voting processor
Based on the evaluation value, the players participating in the public competition race are divided into two or three frames, and for each frame, information on voting is received from the user terminal,
The settlement processing unit
Based on the information of the voting information stored in the voting information storage unit, the user who voted for the frame in which the players of a predetermined rank are allocated based on the information on the result of the public competition received from the public competition information center system. To be determined as a winner
A voting system in public competitions characterized by that. The voting processor
When the players who participate in the race of the public competition are allocated to two frames based on the evaluation value, among the players, the number of the players with the lowest evaluation value and the third lowest number of players can be allocated. Distribution, setting a frame to be voted by the user by allocating a player with the second lowest evaluation value to a frame with a small number of people,
The voting system in a public competition according to claim 1. The voting processor
When the players who participate in the public competition race are allocated to 3 frames based on the evaluation values, the players whose evaluation values are the first to third lowest among the players are allocated to each frame one by one. And setting a frame to be voted for by the user.
The voting system in a public competition according to claim 1. The voting processor
When allocating the players who participate in the race of the public competition to 2 frames or 3 frames based on the evaluation value, by assigning to each frame so that the evaluation values of the players are the same or substantially the same, Set the user's vote frame,
The voting system in a public competition according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: A voting system in public competitions,
A competition information reception unit that receives information on the public competition from a public competition information center system that provides information on public competition;
A competition information storage unit for storing information on the received public competition;
A public game information providing unit that sends information on the received public game to a user terminal of a user who performs a vote for the public game;
A voting processing unit that executes voting processing for the public competition;
A voting information storage unit for storing information relating to voting accepted from the user;
A settlement processing unit that determines a winning user based on information on the results of the public competition and information on the vote stored in the voting information storage unit, and executes a settlement process;
A payment processing unit for executing a payment process of a user who has voted for the public competition,
The voting processor
Accepting voting information from the user terminal for each player participating in the public competition race,
The settlement processing unit
Based on the information on the result of the public competition received from the public competition information center system, the user who voted for a player of a predetermined rank other than the first place is elected based on the vote information stored in the vote information storage unit. As determined,
A voting system in public competitions characterized by that. The voting system further includes:
Calculate odds based on information about public competition stored in the competition information storage unit,
The voting system in a public competition according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that.

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