JPS63225893A - Balloting equipment for municipally operated game by bank cash card - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] 3. Detailed description of the invention.

This invention relates to publicly managed sports such as horse racing, bicycle races, boat races, and auto races in which customers vote to predict the winning horse or winner.

Currently, at voting stations in stadiums, customers apply for their votes orally or by memo at the voting counter and exchange voting tickets for cash, and unmanned voting equipment allows customers to operate the voting equipment themselves by inserting cash into the voting equipment. However, this voting method has drawbacks such as direct exchange of cash, which takes time to handle cash, and it is difficult to handle change for fractional amounts.

There is also a method of voting using a cashless magnetic card, which is exclusively used for voting, but it takes time and effort to convert the magnetic card equivalent to the amount of money and cash, and there is also the possibility of voting with the magnetic card. Computer processing of hits■
However, when you finally turn the money into cash using a magnetic card, you have to process a large number of people at the same time after the competition is over, which is very crowded and takes a long time.

By using the equipment of the present invention, the winning ticket will be added to the customer's bank deposit, and the issued voting ticket can be refunded in cash to a friend or at an unmanned cash refund counter.

Below is an example of issuing consecutive winning voting tickets. The explanation will be based on the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the front panel 1 of the voting equipment installed at the polling station, 2 shows the side surface on which the voting equipment is installed, 3 shows the bank cash card insertion slot, 4 shows the bank account balance, 5 shows the race number, 6 is the group number display, 7 is the voting amount display, 8 is the race number selection button, 9 is the group number selection button, 10 is the voting amount operation numeric keypad, 11 is the correction button, 12 is the voting button, 13 is the voting end button, 14 15 indicates a voting ticket issuing port, and 15 indicates a receipt journal issuing port.

When voting, insert the card into the cash card slot 3, the card will be automatically inserted, voting will be permitted, enter the customer's PIN code and vote amount, and press the button on the numeric keypad to display the customer's deposit balance as the remaining amount in the voting equipment. In this case, if the deposit amount is less than the remaining amount required for voting, the operation for voting cannot be performed and the cash card is automatically returned.

If you insert a cash card and do not press the PIN code, the next cash card will of course not be inserted, but after a while the cash card will be drawn into the voting equipment.
The staff will be notified by a lamp or buzzer.

Next, press the race selection button so it lights up, and set number selection button 9
is selected and pressed down, and the amount is entered using the numeric keypad 10. As a result of this operation, the race number lights up and is displayed on the group number display 6 and the voting amount display 7, and voting is carried out.

In this case, the voting contents are displayed for one group or several groups, and when you press the voting button 12 after confirming the voting contents in each display, one voting ticket for the voting contents is issued for one group or one for several groups. The remaining amount after the voting amount is subtracted is displayed on the remaining amount display 4, and when the remaining amount is insufficient for the voting amount, voting is automatically ended and the cash card is returned.

In this way, the desired voting is completed, and the voting end button 13
When you press , your cash card will be returned and voting will end.

If you wish to correct the desired voting content before selecting the desired voting content in the above operations and pressing the voting button 12, press the correction button 11 to clear the voting content and display up to now.

FIG. 2 shows a control block diagram of the voting equipment, including a cash dispenser control section 16, an operation display section 17, and a ticket issuing section 1.
8. It is equipped with a main control unit 19, an interface unit 20, a bank calculation center 21, and a storage unit 22. Among these, the bank calculation center 21, which is shared by the cash dispenser, is an existing one. Ru.

Magnetic card reading, subtraction from the deposit amount by voting, addition of refund by winning voting ticket (not shown here), etc. are similar to those of conventional bank cash dispensers, and the operation display section 17 performs operations to manipulate the voting details. Operation section 23
, an operation buffer register 24 that temporarily stores voting content data and sends this data to the main control unit 19, a display information buffer register 25 that temporarily stores display data sent from the main control unit 19, and a display information buffer register 25 that displays the display data. A display section 26 is provided.

The ticket issuing section 18 includes a printing issuing section 27 that issues voting tickets, a ticket issuing control section 28 that controls the printing issuing section 27, a ticket printer section 29 that prints tickets, and a ticket control section that controls the ticket printer section 29. Prepare 30 ■.

When the voting permission signal is output from the main control section 19, voting is permitted, and the remaining amount data stored in the storage section 22 is displayed on the display section 26 via the display section information buffer register 25.

Next, the contents operated by the operation section 23 are temporarily stored in the operation information buffer register 24 and sent to the main control section 19.

Next, the operation content data is stored in the display information buffer register 2.
5 is temporarily stored and displayed on the display section 26, and is displayed on the operation section 23.
By pressing the voting button 12, the main control section 19 issues a ticket issuing permission signal to the ticket issuing control section 20, and the printing issuing section 27 issues a voting ticket based on this.

Also, at the same time as the voting ticket is issued, the issuing data is stored in the storage unit 22.
The voting amount is then corrected by subtracting from the deposit balance in the storage section 22 and displayed on the display section 26.

When the voting is finished, by pressing the end button 13 of the operation section 23, the remaining deposit amount is stored in the storage section of the computer of the bank deposit calculation center 21, and the cash card is ejected into the card insertion slot 3.

Data is transferred to the host computer using the interface section 20.
The line is passed through.

If you wish to receive a refund for your winning voting ticket in cash, you will receive the refund at the cash refund counter, but if you wish to receive a refund that will be added to your deposit amount, please insert your cash card and winning voting ticket into the automatic refund machine, It is also possible to add the refund amount to the deposit amount by operating the account number, etc.

Instead of issuing voting tickets, a receipt journal is issued to the customer as a memorandum, the record of the voting ticket is stored in a central aggregation device, and refunds are made, and deductions due to votes are automatically treated as deposits and withdrawals, The present invention can be effectively utilized if the desk voting device is made small and placed on a table so that voting can be done while sitting in a grandstand or the like.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front and side view of the operating section and display section of voting equipment for public competitions using deposits using bank cash cards, and FIG. 2 is a front and side view of voting equipment for public competitions using bank cash cards. FIG. 2 shows a control block diagram of the voting equipment.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Voting is carried out by inserting a magnetic cash card for a cash dispenser that can display balances and pay deposits at the customer's bank, and display balances and vote using the same operations as when using a bank This is a voting equipment for publicly managed competitions that allows the issuance of voting tickets for publicly managed competitions, and also allows the refund amount of winning voting tickets to be included in the refund amount and the amount at the time of issuance of voting tickets to be subtracted. (2) Decreases and additions to the deposit amount at the bank Process online with bank calculation center Claims constructed so as to Voting equipment for public competitions as described in Section 1.