JPH11149508A - Automatic vending and refunding machine for betting ticket - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a betting ticket automatic vending and refunding machine for saving a power, and for allowing a fun to automatically and efficiently purchase a betting ticket, to refund a winning ticket, and to purchase a betting ticket by using the winning ticket. SOLUTION: This refunding machine 1 is provided with a connecting part 22 for transferring information with a totalizator system 31, mark card reading part 24, betting ticket issuing part 25, betting ticket reading part 24, winning ticket judging part 26, coin reading part 27, coin paying part 28, display part 7, and operating part 8. Moreover, this refunding machine 1 is provided with a control part 21 for controlling the ticket issuing part 25, coin paying part 28, and display part 7 based on the read information in the mark card reading part 24, betting ticket reading part 24, and coin reading part 27, the judged result in the winning ticket judging part 26, and a refunding instruction from the operating part 8, and selectively operating the automatic ticket issuing processing of a betting ticket, the automatic refunding processing of the winning ticket, and the automatic refunding and ticket issuing processing of the betting ticket for applying the refund sum of the winning ticket to at least one part of the purchase sum of the betting ticket.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the sale of voting tickets in public sports such as bicycle racing, horse racing, boat racing, and auto racing.
The present invention relates to a voting ticket vending ticket vending machine that automatically repays a hit voting ticket (hereinafter referred to as a hit ticket) and sells a new voting ticket using the hit ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a voting ticket in a public event is purchased at a sales window or a vending machine, and when the purchased voting ticket is hit, a refund is received at a refund window or an automatic refund machine. .

[0003]

However, the sales counter and the refund counter are generally installed at different places,
The vending machine and the automatic refund machine are each dedicated machines. For this reason, the organizer (hereinafter referred to as the enforcer)
, There is a problem that it is not possible to further improve the efficiency and labor saving of the window business, and to deal separately with voting and refunds, large amounts of funds are used for refunds before hitting the voting business. There is a problem that it is necessary to prepare and management work is troublesome. In addition, fans have to move in the hall when purchasing voting tickets and paying out hit tickets, which is inefficient.

In order to solve such a problem,
For example, JP-A-2-51770 and JP-A-2-77
No. 881 proposes a multipurpose machine that can sell a voting ticket, refund a hit ticket, and sell a voting ticket using a hit ticket.

[0005] However, such a multipurpose payment machine is installed at a counter, and in selling a voting ticket, a counter (hereinafter referred to as an "employee") operates a keyboard upon receiving an application for voting content from a fan. Thus, the contents of the voting are displayed on the display, a betting ticket is issued upon confirmation of the fan, and the betting ticket is handed to the fan in exchange for the purchase amount. In the refund of the hit ticket, the employee inserts the hit ticket received from the fan into the multipurpose machine, automatically reads the contents, displays the refund amount on the display, and displays the refund. Workers hand over to fans. Furthermore, in the sale of a voting ticket by a hit ticket, the refund operation causes the display of the refund amount on the display, and the voting ticket sales operation displays the purchase amount corresponding to the voting content on the display. If the purchase amount is large, the remaining purchase amount is received from the fan and a voting ticket is issued and handed to the fan, and if the purchase amount is smaller than the refund amount, a voting ticket is issued and the remaining refund amount And hand it to the fans.

[0006] As described above, the conventional dispensing and paying machine requires an operation by an employee, a response between the employee and the fan, and a transfer of money and a voting ticket. For this reason, there is a problem that the enforcer cannot always achieve sufficient labor saving. In addition, even if a fan can buy a voting ticket, refund a hit ticket, or purchase a voting ticket with a hit ticket without moving from one place to another, the response with the employee and Since the transfer of money is required, it is troublesome, and the installation window of the combined use machine is crowded, so that there is a problem that voting tickets cannot be purchased and refunded sufficiently efficiently.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and can achieve sufficient labor savings.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a voting ticket vending machine that is appropriately configured so that even fans can efficiently purchase voting tickets, refund hit tickets, and purchase voting tickets with hit tickets automatically. It is.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a vending ticket automatic vending machine according to the present invention comprises a connecting part for exchanging information with a totalizer system, and a mark for reading a mark card on which the contents of a vote are marked. A card reading unit, a ticket issuing unit that issues a voting ticket based on the voting contents of the mark card read by the mark card reading unit and information from the totalizer system, a voting ticket reading unit that reads the voting ticket, and the voting ticket A hit ticket determining unit that determines whether or not the betting ticket is a hit ticket based on the contents of the betting ticket read by the reading unit and information from the totalizer system, and a hit slot, It has a money reading unit that reads money inserted from the insertion slot, and a money payout port, and pays change and refunds from the money payout port. A bill paying unit, a display unit that displays the contents of the voting of the mark card read by the mark card reading unit, the contents of the hit ticket read by the betting ticket reading unit, and the payment amount, and instructs refund of the hit ticket An operation unit, the mark card reading unit, the betting ticket reading unit and the read information in the money reading unit, the determination result in the hit ticket determination unit, and the ticket issuance based on a payout instruction from the operation unit Unit, the money paying unit and the display unit are controlled, and at least a part of the voting ticket purchase amount, the automatic refund process of the hit ticket, and at least a part of the purchase amount of the voting ticket are applied to the hit ticket refund amount. And a control unit for selectively performing an automatic refund ticket issuing process for voting tickets.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the mark card reading unit and the betting ticket reading unit include:
It comprises one common reading unit. In this way, the configuration can be simplified.

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, the money slot and the money outlet are constituted by one common money inlet. This makes it possible to reduce the size of the device and improve operability.

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, the display section and the operation section are constituted by one touch panel. This makes it possible to further reduce the size of the device and improve operability.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a betting ticket automatic vending machine according to the present invention. This voting ticket vending machine 1 is provided with a mark card and voting ticket insertion port 3, a voting ticket discharge port 4, a bill insertion port 5a and a coin insertion port 5b constituting a money insertion port, A bill payout port 6a and a money payout port 6b constituting a mouth, a display unit 7, and an operation unit 8 are provided. The mark card is used to mark a voting content in order to purchase a desired voting ticket. Since the mark card is currently used in public sports, detailed description thereof is omitted. Further, the operation unit 8 is provided with an issue button 11, a return button 12, a card return button 13, and a payment button 14 for operation by a fan.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an example of the betting ticket vending machine 1 shown in FIG. The connection unit 22 is connected to the CPU 21 constituting the control unit via a bus.
A storage unit 23, a reading unit 24, a ticket issuing unit 25, a hit ticket determination unit 26, a money reading unit 27, a money paying unit 28, a display unit 7, and an operation unit 8 are provided. The connection unit 22 is a totalizer system (TZ) for managing information on public sports.
S) Connect to the server 31 and receive required information from the totalizer system 31 before the start of work under the control of the CPU 21 and store the received information in the storage unit 23;
Necessary information is transmitted to the totalizer system 31 in accordance with the voting ticket issuing process and the hit ticket refund process.

The reading section 24 is connected to the insertion slot 3 shown in FIG.
The card issuing unit 25 is configured to read the mark card and the betting ticket inserted from the storage unit 23 based on the voting contents of the mark card read by the reading unit 24 and the information from the totalizer system 31 stored in the storage unit 23.
At the same time, the voting ticket is issued and discharged from the voting ticket discharge port 4 shown in FIG. 1, and the contents of the voting ticket read by the reading unit 24 and the information from the totalizer system 31 stored in the storage unit 23 are used. The hit ticket determination unit 26 determines whether or not the betting ticket is a hit ticket based on the hit ticket.

The money reading section 27 is configured to read and store money inserted from the bill insertion slot 5a and the coin insertion slot 5b shown in FIG.
Under the control of the PU 21, a required amount of money is discharged to the bill payout port 6a and the coin payout port 6b shown in FIG. 1 in accordance with bills and coins. In addition, the display unit 7, under the control of the CPU 21, the contents of the mark card and the betting ticket read by the reading unit 24, the inserted amount read by the money reading unit 27, the amount paid by the money paying unit 28, and operation guide information And so on.

In this embodiment, information read by the reading unit 24 and the money reading unit 27,
6, the CPU 21 controls the ticket issuing unit 25, the money dispensing unit 28, and the display unit 7 based on the refund instruction by operating the payment button 14 of the operation unit 8 to automatically issue a voting ticket. An automatic refund process for a hit ticket and an automatic refund ticketing process for a voting ticket in which at least a part of the purchase amount of the voting ticket is applied with the refund amount of the hit ticket are selectively performed.

The operation of an example of the main part of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. First, at the start of reception, the display unit 7
In step S1, it is determined whether or not money has been inserted based on the information read by the money reading unit 27 in step S1. Here, when the insertion of money is detected, the automatic issuance processing of the voting ticket is performed. In this ticketing process, the display unit 7
Is displayed at step S2 to detect whether or not a mark card is inserted based on the information read by the reading unit 24 at step S2. If the mark card is inserted, step S3 is performed. Then, the content is confirmed, and the fund inserted in step S4 is compared with the purchase amount of the voting ticket by the mark card. The input amount read by the money reading unit 27 and the read information of the mark card read by the reading unit 24 are displayed on the display unit 7.

Here, if the fund is equal to or more than the purchase amount,
The display unit 7 displays guidance information for prompting the operation (ON) of the issue button 11 and detects whether or not the issue button 11 has been turned ON in step S5. If the ON operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S6. The voting ticket issuance operation is performed, and the issued voting ticket is discharged from the voting ticket outlet 4. Thereafter, in step S7, it is determined whether there is a balance, and the balance is displayed on the display unit 7,
If there is no balance, the process is terminated, and if there is a balance, guidance information for prompting the operation (ON) of the payment button 14 is displayed on the display unit 7, and the ON operation of the payment button 14 in step S8 causes the processing in step S9. The change is paid from the money paying unit 28, and the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S4 that the fund is less than the purchase amount, the display unit 7 guides the user to add the fund and operates the card return button 13 (O).
N) is displayed, and in step S10, it is determined whether or not funds have been added based on the information read by the money reading unit 27. If the funds have been added, the additional funds are replaced with the original funds. The process returns to step S4, and if not added, the card return button 13 is turned on in step S11.
It is detected whether or not the operation has been performed. If the ON operation has not been performed, the process returns to step S10. If the ON operation has been performed, the mark card is returned in step S12 and the display unit 7 is prompted to operate the payment button 14. Displaying the guidance information, step S
At 13 it is detected whether or not the payment button 14 has been turned ON.
If the N operation has not been performed, the process returns to step S2, and if the ON operation has been performed, the money input from the money paying unit 28 is paid in step S14, and the process ends. If the ON operation of the issue button 11 is not detected in step S5, it is detected in step S15 whether the card return button 13 has been operated ON. If the ON operation has not been performed, the process returns to step S5 and the ON operation is performed. If so, step S12
To return the mark card, and at step S13 pay button 1
It is determined whether or not No. 4 has been turned on.

On the other hand, if the insertion of money is not detected in step S1, it is detected in step S16 whether or not a betting ticket has been inserted based on the information read by the reading unit 24. Proceeding to step S17, the hit ticket determination section 26 reads the read information and the storage section 2
It is determined whether the betting ticket is a hit ticket based on the information from the totalizer system 31 stored in 3 and if the hit ticket is a hit ticket, the hit content is confirmed in step S18. The hit information is displayed on the display unit 7, and guidance information for urging the user to operate the payment button 14 (ON) or to insert a mark card is displayed on the display unit 7, and the process proceeds to step S
At 19, it is determined whether or not the payment button 14 has been turned on.
If it is determined in step S17 that the voting ticket is not a hit ticket, this is displayed on the display unit 7, the voting ticket is returned in step S20, and the process returns to step S1.

Here, if the ON operation of the payment button 14 is detected in step S19, as a refund process of the betting ticket, a refund is paid from the money paying unit 28 in step S21, and the process is ended. In contrast, the payment button 14
Is not turned on and if the insertion of the mark card is detected in step S2, a refund issuance process is performed in which the refund for the hit ticket is at least a part of the fund for purchasing the voting ticket by the inserted mark card. Note that the operation after the insertion of the mark card in this refund ticketing process is the same as the above-mentioned ticketing process, and a description thereof will be omitted here.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to only the above-described embodiment, and various modifications or changes can be made. For example, the hit note determination unit 26 may have the function provided in the CPU 21. Also,
The money stored in the money reading unit 27 is the money paying unit 2
8 may be configured so that a part or all thereof is refluxed. By doing so, the amount of payment to be prepared can be reduced, and the capacity of the accommodation section can be reduced, so that there is an advantage that labor for management work can be saved and the entire apparatus can be downsized.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the mark card and the betting ticket are read by one common reading section 24. However, it is also possible to provide a dedicated insertion slot and read by a separate reading section. it can. In addition, the bill insertion slot having the bill insertion slot 5a and the coin insertion slot 5b, and the bill dispensing port having the bill dispensing port 6a and the coin dispensing port 6b can be constituted by one common bill dispensing port. Furthermore, the display unit 7 and the operation unit 8 can be configured with one touch panel.

[0024]

According to the present invention, with one apparatus, at least a part of the voting ticket issuance processing, the automatic refund processing of the hit ticket, and at least a part of the purchase amount of the voting ticket are performed by the hit ticket refund amount. Since the automatic refund issuing process of the voting ticket to be applied can be selectively performed, no labor is required, sufficient labor can be saved, and the fan can purchase and refund the voting ticket with sufficient efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a circuit configuration.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation.

[Description of Signs] 1 Betting ticket automatic vending and refunding machine 2 Main body front panel 3 Insertion slot 4 Betting ticket exit 5a Bill insertion slot 5b Coin slot 6a Bill dispensing slot 6b Currency dispensing slot 7 Display unit 8 Operation unit 11 Issue button 12 Return button 13 card return button 14 payment button 21 CPU 22 connection unit 23 storage unit 24 reading unit 25 ticketing unit 26 hit ticket determination unit 27 money reading unit 28 money payment unit 31 totalizer system

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A connection unit for exchanging information with a totalizer system, a mark card reading unit for reading a mark card on which voting content is marked, a voting content of a mark card read by the mark card reading unit, and the totalizer system A betting ticket that issues a voting ticket based on the information of the voting ticket, a voting ticket reading unit that reads the voting ticket, and a voting ticket based on the content of the voting ticket read by the voting ticket reading unit and the information from the totalizer system. A hit note determining unit that determines whether or not the hit is a hit note, a money reading unit that has a money slot and reads money inserted from the money insertion slot, and has a money payout port. A money paying unit that pays change and refunds from the payout port, and the voting of the mark card read by the mark card reading unit A display unit that displays the content of the hit ticket read by the betting ticket reading unit and the payment amount; an operation unit that instructs refund of the hit ticket; the mark card reading unit; the betting ticket reading unit; and the currency. Based on the read information in the reading unit, the determination result in the hit ticket determination unit, and a refund instruction from the operation unit, the ticket issuing unit, the money payment unit and the display unit are controlled to A control unit for selectively performing automatic ticketing processing, automatic refund processing of a hit ticket, and automatic refund ticketing processing of a voting ticket in which at least a part of the purchase amount of a voting ticket is applied with the refund amount of the hit ticket. A voting ticket vending machine that features: 2. The voting ticket vending machine automatic refund machine according to claim 1, wherein said mark card reading section and said voting ticket reading section are constituted by one common reading section. Machine. 3. The automatic betting ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein said coin slot and said coin slot are constituted by one common coin slot. Sales refund machine. 4. The voting ticket vending machine according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the display unit and the operation unit are configured with a single touch panel.