JPH09160988A - Lottery ticket and betting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lottery ticket and a betting system for which security is improved. SOLUTION: In the system, a terminal equipment 1 is connected to a central system 7, the lottery ticket, on which the betting data 11 and identification codes 12 and 13 which are transferred from the central system 7 are printed in the terminal equipment 1 based on the betting data inputted from the terminal equipment 1 is issued. The identification code 13 is printed by a stealth ink which is difficult to visualize. Thus, because the identification codes for mechanical reading of the lottery ticket can be easily identified by a machine but the codes are difficult to recognize for eyes, the forgery/alteration is prevented, the security is improved, the resistance to stain, etc., is provided and the reliability is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lottery ticket issuing system, a winning system, a winning system, and a prize system, which can be automatically executed by a terminal device connected to a central system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A voting system for issuing lottery tickets such as lottery tickets is known, for example, from Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-24060. In this system, when the voting number is sent from the terminal device to the central system, the central system assigns a serial number and attaches it to the voting number as an identification code for registration. The central system sends the voting number and the identification code as response data to the terminal device, and the terminal device prints the voting number and the identification code in human-readable characters on the lottery ticket, and further the identification code is a machine-readable bar code, for example. Print and issue a ticket. By this, at the time of the winning determination, the machine-readable identification code is mechanically read so that the winning determination can be performed.

[0003]

The conventional system is not preferable in terms of security because the identification code for machine reading is also visible and can be easily read by a person.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lottery ticket with improved security.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a voting system for issuing lottery tickets with improved security.

[0006]

The lottery ticket of the present invention has at least a machine-readable identification code printed with stealth ink among the characters and codes printed on the surface thereof.

Further, the voting system of the present invention transfers the voting data input from the terminal device to the central system, and the central system assigns an identification number to the voting data and registers it in the file device. And the identification number is transferred to the terminal device, the terminal device prints the transferred voting data on the lottery ticket, and the identification code corresponding to the identification number is printed as a machine-readable identification code with a hard-to-see stealth ink to issue a ticket. To do.

The identification code printed with the stealth ink can be easily identified by a machine, but it is difficult for the human eye to visually recognize, so that the security can be improved.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a system to which the present invention is applied. The terminal device 1 includes a card reading unit 2, a display unit 3, a ticket issuing unit 4, a control unit 5, and a connecting unit 6 for connecting to a central system. The central system 7 has a data processing device 8 and a file device 9 for storing voting data and winning data, and is also connected to a plurality of other similar terminal devices 1. When a person who wants to vote casts a vote, a vote number or the like is written on the vote card, for example, with a mark. afterwards,
The card reading unit 2 of the terminal device 1 reads the mark,
The voting data is sent to the central system 7 and stored in the file device 9. Since it is necessary to individually identify a plurality of voting data transmitted from a plurality of terminal devices 1, the central system 9 assigns a serial number updated for each voting data and adds it to the voting data as an identification number. Then, it is registered in the file device 9.

When the registration process is completed in the central system 7 as described above, the response data is output from the central system 7 to the terminal device 1, and the lottery ticket 1 is issued in the ticket issuing section 4 of the terminal device 1.
Outputs 0. On the lottery ticket 10, at least the voting number in the response data is printed on the voting number section 11 and the identification number is printed on the monitor printing section 12 by a visually recognizable printing method which can be easily recognized by human eyes. Furthermore, a machine-readable identification code such as a bar code corresponding to the identification number is printed on the machine reading unit 13 by a printing method using stealth ink that is difficult for human eyes to visually recognize. Stealth ink is an ink that is excited by ultraviolet light or infrared light. The identification code of the bar code excited by ultraviolet light or infrared light can be mechanically read,
On the other hand, it becomes difficult to see with visible light, and it becomes difficult for the human eye to recognize.

When the winning number and the winning prize are determined by a lottery or the like, the winning information processing is performed in the file device 9 of the central system 7. The lottery ticket 10 brought by the voter is read by the card reading unit 2 of the terminal device 1 in the stealth printing method from the machine reading unit 13, is transmitted to the central system 7, and the central system 7 wins. It is determined whether or not there is a prize, and when the prize is won, the prize amount is returned, and when the prize is not won, data indicating a loss is returned to the terminal device 1. The terminal device 1 notifies the operator or the like of the determination result by displaying the response data from the central system 7 on the display unit 3.

[0012] As a result of the judgment of winning or losing, when the player has won, the lottery ticket is collected and the prize is paid. If the result of the win / loss judgment is out of the normal range, the lottery ticket will be returned to the bearer.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the machine-readable identification code of a lottery ticket can be easily identified by a machine, but it is difficult for human eyes to recognize it. Therefore, forgery / alteration is prevented and security is improved. It is also resistant to dirt and the like and has the effect of improving reliability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a voting system as an object of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a lottery ticket issued by a ticket issuing unit in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: terminal device, 2: card reading unit, 3: display unit,
4: Ticket issuing part, 5: Control part, 6: Connection part with central system, 7: Central system, 8: Data processing device, 9: File device, 10: Lottery ticket, 11: Voting number part, 12: Monitor print Section, 13: Machine reading section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A lottery ticket having voting data and a machine-reading identification code printed on its surface, wherein at least the machine-reading identification code is printed in stealth ink. 2. A voting system comprising a terminal device and a central system to which the terminal device is connected, wherein voting data input from the terminal device is transferred to the central system, and the central system identifies the voting data. A number is assigned and registered in the file device, the voting data and the identification number are transferred to the terminal device, the terminal device prints the transferred voting data on a lottery ticket, and further corresponds to the identification number. The voting system is characterized by printing the identification code as a machine-readable identification code with stealth ink that is difficult to see and issue a ticket.