RU2080138C1 - Method and system for lotterying - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: organization and realization of lotteries. SUBSTANCE: method implies use of memorizing device having time counting unit, memory and device for input and output of information. Memorized in internal memory are time data delivered from time counting unit at moment of memorizing in this memory of supposed information which is given by participant by action upon information input device. At comparing data with true information, use is made only of part of supposed information taken out through device intended for taking out data from memory which was put in internal memory before moment of appearing true information. This method is realized with the help of memory and data collection center which includes facility for taking out data from internal memory of memorizing devices. Time counting unit is designed so that for any time interval, difference between time value accumulated by this unit during interval and its actual duration is positive. EFFECT: high efficiency. 15 cl, 4 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to the organization and conduct of game processes, in particular to methods and systems for organizing lottery games and sports sweepstakes.

 An analogue of the present invention is a well-known lottery game method implemented in the Sportloto game, which consists in distributing special numbered tickets with an information data block applied to them, drawing them randomly at a predetermined time, and determining and issuing a money or clothing prize (patent of the Russian Federation N 2023307, class 5 G 07 C 15/00).

 The negative qualities of the analogue include insufficient game entertainment, as well as the lack of game factors that enhance or develop the intellectual qualities of game participants. The noted shortcomings are due to the fact that the role of the player and his participation in the game process when compiling winning combinations of numbers does not require the use of his intellectual abilities, general knowledge and operational thinking. The lack of accounting, when determining winnings, of sports criteria such as speed and speed of decision-making, also reduces the entertaining game and the attractiveness of the lottery gameplay. The disadvantages of this lottery should also include the impossibility of leaving it with minimal losses for its participant in case of an unfavorable circulation.

 Other well-known varieties of lotteries (the Bingo lottery, held in the USA and England and having an annual turnover of only 2 billion dollars in the USA, Nacional, France, etc.), including sports pools and forecasts, also have a basis for guessing which randomly selected numbers, i.e. the only thing that is required of a person is to buy a ticket, and then carefully monitor the progress of the drawing or fill out the coupon received (as in the case of various sports predictions and sweepstakes), although it is obvious that from the point of view of reducing some of the above disadvantages associated with the unnecessary use of intellectual ability to fill out cards, sports predictions are the preferred form of lotteries.

 The disadvantage of sports sweepstakes or predictions is their primitiveness, since almost all bets are made mainly on winning (losing) a team or athlete, i.e. on the result of the competition. So, for example, in England, the most common version of a football tote is the need to indicate the results of three separate football matches (Taylor F. Professionals: Football against football / translation from English. M. Physical Education and Sports, 1985, p. 67). Even in such an intellectual game as chess, money betting on the result of a chess game is the most common type of sweepstakes (64-Chess Review, N 9, 1995, p. 25). In this case, the fans find themselves in the role of extras, since the very nature of the sports competition can no longer affect the outcome of the competition indicated in the bet. A common drawback of the considered methods of organizing events is the need for high costs associated with the manufacture, shipping and processing of a large number of cards (coupons, forms) participating in lotteries and sports sweepstakes.

 Confirmation of a large number of cards intended for processing is, firstly, an analysis of American experts conducted to establish the specific weight of a sports tote in the overall structure of the US gambling business, which showed that ordinary Americans spend more than $ 10,000,000,000 on bets in sports sweepstakes. and, secondly, data for other countries, from which it follows that, for example, in Japan more than 60,000,000,000 tickets of the official sports betting are sold annually (Vike Alan. Enzi lopediya gambling. Trans. from English. M. Partnership "Efrat", 1994. pp. 60, 149). Moreover, the amounts spent on totalizators of hippodromes were not taken into account here. The aforementioned high costs are associated not only with processing and forwarding cards, but also with the precautions taken because of possible fraud of the results or any other type of fraud. This is due to the fact that the winnings of a lottery or sports betting participant can reach several tens of millions of dollars.

 An example of the existing set of protective measures developed by the organizers of one British football pool (Weiks Alan. Encyclopedia of gambling. Transl. From English M. Partnership "Efrat", 1994, p. 184) can provide some idea of the amount of noted costs. The number of employees in this company is 10,000, most of whom are involved in coupon verification. In addition, several thousand postal employees who theoretically have the opportunity to put a coupon with the correct results in an envelope after announcing the score of a football match are involved in servicing the circulation of the pool. Common precautions include the following: sudden checks on employees; four different coded stamps affixed to each of the coupons received; change of stamp codes at randomly selected time intervals; personal supervision of all mailings and fees by specially hired guards from among former police officers; inspection and sealing of all windows and doors in each of the many departments of the company where the check takes place, immediately after the results of the next football match; termination of all telephone calls in the premises for checking coupons after the start of the match and mandatory monitoring of this by the security service; a secret inspection of the security personnel themselves by an independent secret control service of the company, as well as a complete ban on any means of radio and telecommunications in the buildings of the company.

In addition, all coupons are stored in sealed bags in special guarded rooms. Each coupon received after the agreed deadlines is subject to rigorous verification and examination, regardless of whether the owner will subsequently be required to pay the prize or not. Special monitoring is established for those pool participants who are fortunate enough to win a prize two or more times in a row. All genuine winning coupons are carefully verified. A special check is carried out if the winner
a newcomer first participating in the pool, or if he suddenly changed his traditional game system, which he adhered to earlier, and also if he sent the coupon later than usual. All coupons and envelopes in which they were sent during the current season are recorded in a file cabinet and stored in special files. Coupons belonging to particularly successful players are subjected to a detailed analysis to identify any deviations and features. Such numerous precautions against any attempted fraud are an integral feature of almost any large lottery.

 In other known methods and devices to eliminate some of the above disadvantages, it is proposed to use a telephone communication line, transmitting, for example, alleged chess moves through it. So in the invention described in international application PCT (WO) 93/05483, cl. 5 G 07 C 15/00, (prototype), to be excluded from the lottery cards, its participant can win by dialing one telephone number indicated in a special list. At the end points, the lottery participants are instructed by voice in order to phone, age, insurance policy number or driver’s license. In addition, the serial number of the player, the date and time of calls are recorded. All this data goes to the data collection center and is used during subsequent processing. The identifying data of the players is confirmed in various ways by means of preliminary information processing. Players can be divided into separate categories in accordance with established rules and order. In accordance with some rules of the game, a winner may be selected by determining a random winning sequence number or a winning number obtained from a random number generator. In another embodiment, identifying data is obtained at the last moment of time to determine the owner of the grand prize, using various methods of processing data using an appropriate calculator.

 The disadvantage of this, as well as other similar inventions, is the limitation of the number of participants in a particular event due to the low bandwidth of the telephone communication channel. In addition, the participant in the sporting event is experiencing great inconvenience due to the inability to simultaneously transmit the alleged data over the telephone network (for example, chess moves) and to closely monitor the progress of the competition, being in the venue.

 The present invention is the creation of such a method of organizing various events related to the holding of lotteries or sports sweepstakes, the practical implementation of which is not required, firstly, the use of various special tickets, and secondly, communication channels used as a means of transmission to the center data collection of alleged information.

 The essence of the solution of the problem according to the invention is that each or several participants use at least a storage device having a time reference unit, an internal memory and an information input / output device, store time data from the time reference unit in the internal memory the moment the participant issues the alleged information, which is also stored in the internal memory by exposing the participant to the information input device, and with the above comparison with true With the information used, only such a part of the supposed information output through the output device from the storage device, which was entered into its internal memory before the given moment of the appearance of the true information, is used.

 In addition, by this method, it is possible to determine the time of writing information to the internal memory of the storage device by calculating the algebraic sum between the current time of reading information from the internal memory, data with a minus sign of the time values of the time reference unit that it has at the time of reading this information, and data time reference unit, which were recorded in the internal memory at the time of recording information. When using the system for conducting a lottery, sports tote, as well as other activities related to guessing by the participants of these events true information containing a source of true information, and at least one data collection center containing information preprocessing tools associated with a computer intended for processing the results of the information assumed by the participants, the participants have storage devices, each of which contains internal memory, as well as associated with non th time reference unit connected to the control unit and to one or more information input / output devices, the data collection center having means for outputting data from the internal memory of the storage devices.

 In addition, the system can be equipped with one or more true information sensors and a time meter connected to a central storage device associated with information preprocessing means.

 The advantage of the considered method of conducting the lottery and the system for its implementation is the elimination of the need to use cards, coupons, as well as other similar means in a particular gaming event. Another advantage of this invention is the complete independence of the participants in gaming events from those means of communication through which the alleged information is transmitted to the data collection center. Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the detailed description, as well as from the claims 3-15.

 The invention is illustrated in FIG. 1-4.

 FIG. 1 depicts a generalized diagram of a system for conducting lotteries and sports sweepstakes.

 FIG. 2 depicts a functional diagram of a portable storage device.

 FIG. 3 depicts one embodiment of a portable storage device.

 FIG. 4 depicts a flowchart of a lottery or sports sweepstake.

 When describing the considered embodiment of the proposed method for conducting lotteries depicted in the drawings, specific narrow terminology is used for clarity. However, the invention is not limited to the accepted terms and it must be borne in mind that each such term covers all equivalent elements that work in a similar way and are used to solve the same problems, which include the organization of lotteries, sweepstakes, in particular sports, as well as other events, related to guessing events and organizing various contests, quizzes, etc. It should also be noted that hereinafter, the term “user” means a participant or a group of participants who, during the game in the lottery or on the sweepstakes, have one individual storage device.

In FIG. 1, figure 1 denotes the source of true information, which is a set of actions or activities, while the result of the i-th event or action is determined at time T _(i) . The moments of the beginning and end of the ith event or action will be denoted by T1 _(i) and T2 _(i), respectively. An event may include, for example, events such as holding a lottery using a lottery drum, a chess tournament, a chess game, a football match, a basketball game, as well as a competition in such sports that can be broadcast on communication channels 2, for example, on television or broadcasting communication channels. Any term “communication channel” hereinafter refers to a combination of technical means and physical media designed to transmit information (signals) from the sender to the recipient (user). The main technical means that are part of the communication channel: true information sensors, transmitters, receivers, signal amplifiers, encoders and decoding devices, modulators and demodulators, switches, filters, interfaces, etc. Technical means and the physical environment that ensure the propagation of signals from the transmitter to receiver, together form a communication line. The transmission medium can be composite and include segments of various types, for example, wire and fiber optic lines, between which in this case an appropriate converter should be installed.

In the transmitter, the message (information) from the source of true information 1 is converted into digital or analog signals, which are then fed to the input of the communication line; on the received signal at the output of the communication line, the receiver reproduces the transmitted message. Depending on the nature of the signals, there are electric lines (wired and radio), sound (acoustic) and light (optical) lines (Electronics: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Edited by V.G. Kolesnikov, M. Sov. Encyclopedia, 1991, p. . 189). The display of true information can be transmitted to user 3 directly from source 1 or through display devices included in communication channels 2. Display devices are visual and acoustic devices (TVs) or only acoustic (radio receivers) displays true information. The presence of several communication channels 2 is explained by the ability to transmit information from source 1 via several television and broadcasting channels. Each user 3 has the ability to record at the time t _(i) the information he supposed to be stored in the storage device 4, which, in order to emphasize that it is not one of many functional elements, but is made in the form of a complete portable design, will be referred to as PORZU ( portable storage device).

One of the main conditions for the alleged information to be allowed to play is to satisfy one of the following inequalities: t _(i) <T _(i) , t _(i) <T1 _(i) , t _(i) <T2 _(i) . The choice of one or another inequality is determined by the rules established by the organizers of the event, and depends on the moment the true information appears. Dashed lines 5 indicate the connections that, after the end of a game event, are used to connect PORZU 4 via communication channels 6 to comparison devices (US) 7, which can be used as computers. Dotted lines 8 indicate the connections that are used to connect PorZU 4 to the DC 7 directly, that is, without using any communication channels. The connections of PorZU 4 to the DC 7 are made in order to compare the true information stored in the data collection center 9 and the expected information stored in the PORZU 4. The data center 9 is connected to the US 7 through communication channels 10. The comparison device 7 is included in the terminals 11, each of which is a subscriber (user) point, intended for processing and issuing the results of comparing the information received from PORZU 4 and the data collection center 9. Each terminal 11 includes CSS 7, which can be spolzovat microcomputer, and an output device 12, as printers which may be used, ATM, communication link adapters, etc.

 The data collection center 9 contains a precision time meter 13, the output of which can be connected to an accurate time signal conditioner and a central memory device (RAM) 14, the input of which receives a signal from one or more true information sensors 15. The exact time signal conditioner output (not shown) can be connected with a code master (not shown) (for example, with a digital code master) and with a code to signal converter fed to the input of communication channels 2. The necessary data stored in the RAM 14 can be using the means of preliminary processing of information 16 sent to the input of the calculator 17, which can be used as a computer. It can be noted that one of the terminals 11 can be installed inside the data collection center 9. All elements included in the described system are known or standard. So, as a sensor of true information 15, a television transmitting camera can be used, as a RAM 14 - a VCR, and as a means of preliminary processing of information 16 - a human operator. The standard implementation of other elements is given in the text. In addition, as noted above, the true information sensor 15 may be an integral part of one or more communication channels 2.

 In FIG. 2 is a functional diagram of a portable storage device. The functional diagram of PorZU 4 is based on the functional diagram of a typical microcomputer. The number of portable storage devices 4 must not be less than the number of users participating in the lottery or sports sweepstakes. The decoding element 18 may not be the main element included in PORZU. The decoding element 18 contains a signal receiver 19 connected to a decoder 20, which is connected to the internal memory 23 through the controller 21 and the internal bus 22. The internal memory 23, in turn, is connected through an internal bus 22 with one or more independent time reference units 25, within which the respective controllers are contained. In addition, the internal memory 23 is connected through a controller 26 with one or more input devices 27, through a controller 28 with one or more information output devices 29. In addition, the internal memory is connected to a trunk adapter, including, in particular, a transceiver 24 and a unit interfacing with the communication line 30, and through the controller 31 to the LCD display 32. The power of all the elements included in PORZU 4 is from an internal source 33. The interaction of all elements with the internal memory 23 is carried out by means of PAS 34.

 All the elements listed here can be performed according to well-known schemes, or standard nodes (single-chip microcomputers, clock LSI, etc.) used in communication systems and computer technology can be used as these elements. In addition, the PORZU may contain additional nodes related, in particular, to the measurement of external influences (external radiation, mechanical acceleration). In the simplest version of PORZU, PIC microcontrollers with a low current consumption can be used. All PICs have built-in ROMs (0.5-4K) and RAM (32-256 bytes). In addition, PICs are equipped with timers (from 1 to 3 pcs.), An integrated reset system, a watchdog timer system, and an internal clock that can be started from a quartz crystal. In more complex versions of the PORZU design, additional independent microcomputers designed to perform additional auxiliary functions can be used: entering information into the PORZU from the user's voice, receiving and processing information from the data collection center 9, issuing options for the proposed information, etc. Other options PorzU can be specialized, for example, intended only for participation in chess sweepstakes.

 In FIG. Figure 3 shows one of the options for the appearance of the PORZU, on the front panel of which there is a panel 35 of the liquid crystal display 32, an alphanumeric or only digital typing field 36 of non-fixed push-button switches and a typing field 37 of function keys, when each of which is pressed, a corresponding command is entered. By pressing the keys 38 and 39, respectively, enter the event code and enter the action code. A short press on the key 40 cancels the entered command or erases the information recorded in the memory side 23 of the portable storage device 4. The keys 41 and 42 are designed to enter information having a two-alternative character, when the user’s presumed result of an event or action is associated with only two their capabilities are yes or no. By pressing the key 43, the information typed by the user through the switches related to the dialing field 36 is recorded in the internal memory 23. The keys 44 and 45 are associated with push-button switches, one of which is used to adjust the time reference unit 25, and the other to turn off the power source 33 from an electronic circuit serving a portion of the internal memory in which data entered by a user is stored. Naturally, depending on the design features, complexity, and also on the purpose (only for chess competitions, only for lotteries, multi-purpose), there may be other keys in different types of PORZUs, and in addition, a combined function mode can be provided that allows use each key to perform two or even three operations.

 Figure 4 presents a block diagram of the algorithm for conducting a lottery or sports sweepstakes. We give the names of digital designations, which are not fully marked in figure 5. The number 47 denotes the action "Pressing the key 44 at the time of signal s (t) transmission", the number 48 denotes the condition "Will there be a correction of the readings of the time reference unit 25", the number 49 denotes the action "Setting the event code", the number 50 denotes the action "Setting action code ", the number 51 denotes the action" Entering and storing the alleged information ", the number 52 denotes the action" Automatically remember the data received from the time reference unit 25 ", the number 53 denotes the condition" Will there be a change in the set codes ", the number 54 means the condition "Will there be a continuation" is started. If during lotteries only the action code or the action code needs to be set, the presented flowchart is simplified by excluding action 49 or action 50 from it.

 The operation of the system for conducting lotteries and sports sweepstakes is carried out in accordance with the block diagram of the algorithm presented in figure 4, and is based on a combination of the following two main ideas. The first of these ideas is related to the fact that the expected result of an event (the result of a lottery, the next move in a chess game, the result of a football match that was previously marked on a special card or reported by phone (telegraph, computer network, etc. ) The second idea is that in order to verify that only the alleged information was recorded, it is enough to automatically memorize the time in the memory of the storage device I record this information.This is achieved not only by eliminating any dependence of the user during a particular event on the means of communication, but, as will be shown below, takes the monitoring process, for example, for a particular sporting competition to a qualitatively new level, requiring from fans of some intellectual effort.

 The practical implementation of this algorithm is carried out using special software that is stored, firstly, in a permanent storage device located in the internal memory of 23 Port 4, and secondly, in the permanent storage devices of 7.17 computers included in the system under consideration. Suppose that after pressing the key 45, that is, after applying the supply voltage (step 46) to the elements of the PORZU 4 serving the internal memory 23 and the time reference unit 25, it is not necessary to correct its readings ("NO" in condition 48), associated with bringing them into unambiguous correspondence with a given error with the readings of the time meter 13. A possible refusal to correct the time reference unit 25 can be, for example, if an insufficient time interval has passed after the last correction of this block. Other cases of rejection of correction will be discussed below.

 Further operation of the system depends on the nature of the event, the source of information of which is indicated by the number 1, as well as on the nature of the participation of user 3. If the user is a participant in a lottery or sports betting without a desire to predict actions, for example, athletes, during the game itself, then the information provided as a result of the end of one or several actions included in any event, it is written into the memory of the PORZU before it begins. An event may include a lottery, a chess match or a game, a heavy boxer match, tennis, basketball, roulette, etc. At the same time, some actions that will be present at these events can be cited: the loss of a winning number from the lottery drum, moves in a chess game, the boxer's efforts to continue the fight after he misses a nautical blow, the next ball (tennis, basketball, football, water polo, etc.) n.), free throw of the ball.

 The necessary information about all the events and actions that take part in the lottery or sweepstakes is stored in the memory of the computer 17, and then it is stored in the memory of the US 7. The preliminary selection of the necessary information is carried out using the pre-processing means 16, the functions of which, as noted above, can perform a human operator who selects the information participating in the drawing from the data center 14, made, for example, in the form of a video recorder, the input of which receives information, firstly, about the event from the source 1 s using one or more sensors of true information 15 or through one of the communication channels 2, and secondly, from the time meter 13. The exchange of information between the calculator 17 and the terminals 11 is carried out through the communication channels 10, containing, in particular, specialized adapters: universal synchronously Asynchronous transceivers (USART).

 If the user after the end of the event was in a big gain, then, most likely, he should submit PORZU to one of the points of location of the terminal 11, where, after a direct connection, indicated by dashed line 8 in Fig. 1, they will firstly read the relevant information from the memory of PorZU to the memory of CSS 7, firstly, comparing this information with the information that came into the memory of CSS 7 from the data collection center 9 and, thirdly, calculating the amount of winnings in accordance with the result of this comparison, and also with the conditions and rules established by the organizers of the event. The win can be transferred to the user both in cash or by bank transfer to his account or card through one of the information output devices 12. In the case of a small win, the corresponding information can be read from the PORZU memory to the USB 7 memory through one of the communication channels 6. To identify the user in the information collection center 9 or at the location of the terminal 11, the corresponding code can be stored in the internal read-only memory of the PORZU. Connecting PorZU to communication channel 6 is also advisable in the case when, in order to attract viewers, the goal of the event is to give a prize.

In the above comparison of information, the following indicators can be taken into account: the degree of coincidence of the assumed and true information, the difference T1 _(i) -t _(i) , the difference T2 _(i) -t _(i) , the difference T _(i) -t _(i) . Some options for the specific use of these indicators in calculating the amount of gain will be discussed below. As already noted, the communication channels 6, 10 are used to connect the interface devices included in the PORZU with the terminals 11 or with other interface devices included in these terminals. It can be noted that the main type of these channels that are used in teleprocessing systems is a dedicated (permanently fixed) telephone channel. Along with this, the possibility of using switched telephone channels, telegraph channels, and in some cases broadband channels with a higher transmission rate is usually provided. There are a number of ways of organizing communication between terminals (subscriber stations), data collection center 9 and PorZU 4. Among them, you can specify the following main types of systems: with direct connections (radial systems), with multi-point communication lines, with hubs (multiplexers), with packet or conventional radio communications, with local networks. Naturally, in real computer networks, depending on the emerging needs, various combinations of these systems can be used. In addition, you can, of course, transmit information recorded, for example, on a magnetic medium, by mail or on purpose to the location of terminal 11.

 It is very convenient for the user to pre-check the results of the draw on a home personal computer, which in this case is used as a USB 7. Data, as well as the software necessary for such a check, can be obtained via communication channels 6, which can be used as , for example, the information network Internet (Internet). Writing into the memory of the PORZU the expected result of the end of the selected i-th event is carried out after storing the event code in this memory, which is performed by pressing key 38 "Enter code".

 The process of writing to memory consists of a sequential set of corresponding characters (numbers or letters) using the keys included in the typing field 36, and then pressing key 43, while all of the above information is displayed on panel 35. Digital (alphanumeric, alphabetic) Codes of all events are set, as a rule, once and do not change in the future. As an example, we can cite possible digital codes that may correspond to some events (basketball 01, football 02, boxing 03, chess match 04, chess game 05, “sport-lotto” lottery - 06, game “policy” 07,) as well some actions included in these events (a free throw in basketball 01.1, a ball from the three-point zone in basketball 01.2, an penalty penalty kick in football 02.1, a choice of the expected move in a chess game 05.1, guessing the result of a chess game in a chess match 04.2). Simultaneously with storing the alleged information that user 3 generates, in the internal memory 23, the current time is also memorized, which was fixed by the time reference node 25, while the current time means only one point (date and current time or the beginning of the time after recording in PORZU memory of the corresponding information) lying on the time axis.

 In other embodiments, the execution of the PORZU upon the first input of the supposed information, the time reference unit 25 is activated, which, in this case, operates in timer mode. The possibility of simultaneous recording in the internal memory 23 of the estimated information and the current time value, as well as the implementation of other actions related, for example, to the input and output of this information from the PORZU, is provided using the appropriate software and a typical microprocessor structure, which can be implemented on a single-chip microcomputer, made by KNOP technology with low power consumption (10-100 μW). A typical microcomputer includes a processor 34, an internal memory 23, controllers 21, 24, 26, 28, 31 and a trunk adapter, connected by a common internal trunk 22, and containing at least a transceiver 24 and a pairing unit with a communication line 30. The extension of the internal trunk is an external highway to which in our case input devices (communication line interfaces) of one of the communication channels 6 or a controller included in the microcomputer 7 can be connected. PorZU contains a decoding element 18 as one of the input devices. O devices 29 may for example be used: non-contact (optical, ultrasonic, acoustic, electromagnetic) emitters, magnetic disk microcassette. The controllers are designed to interface the respective devices 25, 20, 32, 29, 27 with the internal highway 22 of the microcomputer. The trunk adapter performs the function of electrical and possibly logical pairing. It should be noted that in the above example, the user can refuse to correct the time reference unit 25, since after the user acquires PORZU or after its last correction, the readings of the time reference unit may not be very far ahead of the time meter 13.

Thus, in order for the alleged information (step 51) to participate in the next draw of the i-th event, it is sufficient to record it no later than the time value T _(i) -r, where r is the maximum error that has accumulated in the POR memory after its last correction . Note that for the practical implementation of the given possibility (participation in the game without PorZU correction), the time reference unit 25 must be configured so that the relative error of the time calculation under any conditions is only positive. In other words, at any time (with the exception of the moment of correction itself), the time reference unit 25 must be ahead of the true time recorded by the time meter 13.

 Next, we consider the general operation of the system using some specific examples. As the first example, we use, as noted above, the most common version of a football tote, when it is necessary to guess the results of three separate football matches. To participate in this sweepstake, the user must place a bet in any known manner and at any time before the start of the first of three matches. Similarly, at any time before the start of the first of these matches or before the start of each of these matches, if permitted by the rules, user 3 writes into the memory of PorZU the code of the given variant of the totalizator and the estimated score of each match. All information (code, match results) is displayed on panel 35. With the participation of the user in the lottery, it is necessary to write the lottery code and the desired number of number options that participate in this lottery into the memory of PorZU. For the options considered, the presence of elements 15, 14, 16, 13, 17, 7, 12, 10 is optional, because after the end of a series of football matches or lotteries, comparison, as well as calculation of the winning amount, can be carried out manually (of course, after reading in the data collection center 9 or the location of terminal 11 from the PORZU memory of the estimated information in the time coordinate of its recording) based on the currently existing technology. As already noted, information from the internal memory of the PORZU can be read both by contact and non-contact methods.

Further, using basketball, chess, football, and boxing as an example, we will consider one of the options for using PORZU directly during the course of an event. If a lot of time has passed before the start of this event after the last correction of the POR memory, then it is desirable (but not necessary) to conduct it again ("YES" in condition 48), since the presence of an error in the measurement of time can distort the value of t _(i) , and hence the parameters taken into account when determining the size of the win. It should be noted that, depending on the complexity of the time reference unit 25, the frequency of the necessary correction can range from several weeks to several months. With an average relative error equal to 1/6 • 10, the PorZU adjustment process for relatively non-fast sports (classic and active chess, figure skating) can be carried out once a month. The adjustment itself is carried out by a contact or non-contact method by applying to the time reference unit 25 a special corrective signal designed to bring the readings of the time reference unit 25 into one-to-one correspondence with the readings of the time meter 13 or with the current value of the exact or world time. When using the contact method, the correction signal enters through one of the input devices 27, made in the simplest case in the form of a connector. In the non-contact method, an input signal is input to the decoding element 18, from which a correction signal is extracted by amplification, preprocessing and decoding. Amplification and preliminary processing are carried out in the receiver 19, and decoding in the decoder 20. Depending on the type of input signal (radio signal, optical, acoustic) and the type of its modulation, the type of receiver 19 and decoder 20 is selected.

 Next, we consider several options for the adjustment process. The first option is related to the adjustment of PORZU, carried out in a specially designated place. When using this option, it is advisable or even necessary to transmit some non-repeating code together with the correction signal, which, after storing in PORZU, will guarantee the correctness of the correction signal. If the correction is carried out in an arbitrary place by acoustic, telephone or radio signals of the exact time, then during subsequent reading in order to exclude intentional attempts to reduce the readings counted by the time node 25, it is desirable to verify the truth of such a correction. One of the possible methods of such verification consists in separately determining and comparing the relative errors of the time reference unit 25 related to two time sections. The first section is between the last two corrections, and the second is between the last adjustment and the moment of the above reading. If the exact time signal is true, and not pre-recorded, for example, on a tape recorder, then the values of the relative errors will be equal to the specified accuracy. To increase the reliability of such verification, it is necessary to have several identical independent time reference nodes 25, the values of the counted time of each of which are recorded and stored in the corresponding memory area of the PORZU. In this case, the conclusion about the reliability or falsity of the exact time signal used is made on the basis of the criterion for achieving a given number of such time reference units 25 that have passed the above test.

Other correction options may include the following operations: the joint transmission of the correction signal and code, repeated twice (once before the event and the second time before its end), the joint transmission of the correction signal and code. We also note the method of storing time t _(i) , which does not require any correction of the readings of the time reference unit 25. The essence of this method is that the “timing” of the time coordinate, which is fixed by the POR memory at the time of recording the proposed information, is made at the time of its reading. In other words, after recording information in the memory of PorZU, one or several time reference units 25 begin to work in the mode of measuring time intervals, each of which separates two events. One of these events is the moment of storing information (after pressing the key 43, 41 or 42), and the other is the moment of its reading (after pressing, for example, the corresponding key located on PORZU or CSS 7). If the exact time at the moment of reading the supposed information and values of the time reference node 25 from the PORZU memory, at the moment of which this information was remembered is designated t0, then the exact time of entering the supposed information related to the ith event or action will be determined by the difference t0-t1 _{( i)} , where t1 _{(i) is the} period of time accumulated by the time reference unit and related to the ith event or action.

The disadvantage of this method is the possibility of exposure to the node 25 by various factors that destabilize its operation in order to reduce the value of t1 _(i) . To reduce or completely eliminate this drawback, one of the nodes 25 is advisable to use in electronic clock mode. In addition, it is desirable to install special sensors inside the PORZU that record various deviations in its memory from predetermined parameters characterizing the external operating conditions, which include the ambient temperature, the acceleration experienced by the PORZU, and external radiation fluxes of various nature. A complete rejection of the correction can also be when using one or several nodes 25 operating in the mode of counting time (date and current time of day) or in the mode of accumulating time. Then the exact time of recording information related to the ith event (event code, action code included in this event, estimated information) will be determined as the algebraic difference t0-t3 + t2 _(i) , where t2 _{(i) is} the node 25 at the time of recording related to the i-th event, t3 readings of the node 25 at the time of reading information from the memory of the PORZU. Obviously, the PORZU circuit that does not require time adjustment of the time reference unit 25 should be without decoding element 18.

When using several time reference nodes 25 operating, for example, in the clock mode, the value t2 _(i) and t3 can mean the average time calculated inside the POR memory. So, if the user has confirmation of payment of the bet made before the start of the selected event (the payment confirmation must also contain information on the code of the event or action), and there is a need to make a time adjustment ("YES" in condition 48), then before it starts pressing and holding (action 47) until the end of the correction signal of the key 43. During the lottery or sporting event, the user sets one or more codes using the key 39 action which, firstly, may be in the event, and, secondly, paid or for guessing which announced prize. The initialization of these codes, for example, in the form of their flashing, can be carried out ("YES" in condition 53) at any time by pressing the corresponding PORZU key. Before pressing the key 43, the dialed codes can be corrected or deleted by pressing the key 40. All the supposed information entered by the user in the memory of the PORZU refers only to the initialized code. The keys 41, 42 are used if the result after the end of an action has a two-alternative or, in extreme cases, a three-alternative character. After pressing the keys 41, 42, information is recorded in the memory of the PORZU immediately. This is because the user has a matter of seconds to make decisions about the possible results of certain actions that have a two-alternative nature.

 Thus, if before executing an penalty kick in football or a free throw in basketball, the key 41, (42) was pressed, and after a penalty kick or free throw a “goal” (miss) or hit the basket (miss) were recorded, then these The results stored in the memory of PORZU are considered guessed. Naturally, the probability of guessing increases significantly if the user in front of the TV screen or in the gym will consider the athlete’s personality, as well as his physical and moral state, before each free throw or hit. Further, suppose that before a basketball (or football) match, each of the 500,000 people made a money bet of $ 10 to $ 100 for simply guessing the results of free throws (free kicks from the game), which will be assigned throughout the game, and for one hundred percent guessing an amount is allocated in the amount of 10% of the amount allocated for prize payments and equal, for example, $ 1,200,000. Then, if during the game 20 free throws were made, and their results were guessed by three people, then each of them should receive 40,000 dollars. The rest of the money is distributed according to pre-established rules among those users who showed the worst results. Payments are made after a certain period of time, during which it is necessary to transmit via communication channel 6 to the data collection center 9 or terminal 11 data from the internal memory of the PORZU.

For a quick check of the results of the totalizator, the use of the following technology seems most appropriate. The entire game is recorded on a video recorder, which in this case performs the function of the RAM 14. At the same time, a digital display of the current time, indicated by a time meter, is recorded on this video recorder 13. All video information about the game is input to the video recorder from the true information sensors 15 or from other means included in composition of communication channel 2 (TV, tuner). In the process of preliminary processing of information that is performed by the human operator 16, the game is viewed and it is visually highlighted with all those moments T _(i) after which the ball was thrown (in some cases, moments T _(i) can be highlighted after which the result of a free throw is unambiguous). Each time the above moment is highlighted, the VCR is put into freeze mode, after which the human operator reads the current time value from the monitor screen and enters it into the calculator 17. All these entered moment values T _(i) will be generated in the calculator 17 under a separate file, related to the corresponding code of the event, also recorded in the memory of the calculator, which can also perform the functions of DC 7. Comparison of the estimated information recorded in the internal memory of PORZU 4, and determining the size of wins ikak features is not as completely determined by appropriate software, as well as the conditions and rules established by the organizers of betting.

 In some cases, television companies may be able to transmit a special signal (audio or visual) while watching a sporting event, during which the intended result can be written to the PORZU memory. In conclusion, using the example of a chess game, we describe the user interaction with PORZU, which is characteristic of any events in the process of which numerical data are also stored that predict the results of any actions. In a chess tote, the operations of inputting information and remembering it are connected, first of all, with guessing the moves. There are countless options with which a sweepstake can be organized or free prisms can be distributed, for example, from companies and companies that place their ads during a chess game. Practitioners can bet on guessing the largest number of moves, guessing the largest number of moves in their continuous series, etc.

 Of greatest interest, from the point of view of the authors of this invention, is the bet on the speed of guessing, for example, 29 moves of white and 32 moves of black. In this option, it is necessary to record the 29th move of white and 32th move of black in memory of PorZU as early as possible, and it is advisable to inform the viewers or spectators at the venue of the game after the start of the game. This is achieved by eliminating the preliminary agreement of the chess players between themselves or with any user. Of particular interest to this version of the tote is that even a person who has only recently met with a chess game can get a big cash prize. Indeed, as a chess position advances to the 29th move of White and to the 32nd move of Black, on the one hand, the probability of guessing it increases, and, on the other hand, the probability of getting a big win decreases. But the probability of guessing increases, mainly, only for experienced chess players, i.e. for a sufficiently large period of time before making the 29th move, the probability of guessing it is approximately equal for all participants in a chess totalizator. The expected chess move (step 51) is entered by pressing the corresponding keys of the dialed field 36 and if the digital display of the chess move displayed on the panel 35 is typed without errors, then it is recorded in the PORZU memory by pressing the key 43. Naturally, automatically recorded in this memory and data on the recording time of this move. After the end of an event, it is desirable to turn off (step 54) using key 45 all the elements serving the internal memory 23 and the time reference unit 25.

 An advantage of the considered invention is the exclusion in time of the lottery of any dependence of its participants on the means of communication. In addition, the use of this system takes the process of observing, for example, one or another sporting event to a qualitatively new level, associated primarily with the fact that the fan playing on the sweepstakes becomes not just a passive observer of a sporting event, but in a sense an accomplice, as he gets the opportunity, based on his understanding of a particular sport, to guess the actions of athletes (moves in a chess game, the result of a free throw in basketball, the result of an eleven-meter piece a soft kick in football, the result of a scoring kick in the throw until the judge counts to ten, etc.) directly in the process of the sports competition itself, as well as the marks that the judges give them (marks of judges in figure skating, gymnastics, boxing , etc. ). There is also the possibility of a game related to guessing the technical results that athletes show: time (running, bobsleigh), length (long jumps).

 Another advantage of this invention is its unlimited capabilities and means by which many hundreds of millions of people can be additionally attracted to television screens, radios, computers connected to telecommunication networks, as well as to stadiums and sports grounds.

 In addition to the noted advantages, this invention has a number of advantages associated with a very large saving of paper, ink, and also the funds necessary for the manufacture of various coupons, cards and other similar forms used for lotteries and sweepstakes. At the same time, the environment is not polluted and the cost of funds is significantly reduced, associated, firstly, with the processing of these forms, and, secondly, with the provision of the above precautions.

 Other advantages include the following: the possibility of early withdrawal of a user from any event, the possibility of organizing a sweepstake between two or more users (if at least one of them has a personal computer that performs the functions of CSS 7), the minimum expense for processing the alleged information, full the exception of falsification of information recorded in the memory of PorZU. The low consumption of funds necessary for processing the proposed information is due to its small volume, since in the event of a discrepancy between the expected and true information, the user does not present his PORZU to the information processing center. A complete exclusion of the possibility of falsification of the proposed information is due to the fact that it is not written on paper, but in the memory of PORZU, which, firstly, is not collapsible, and secondly, equipped with sensors of various external influences that can be used to change alleged information. At the same time, it can be noted that even in the absence of such sensors, under any external influence used to change the alleged information, the program is also destroyed, under the control of which, in particular, the alleged information is output from PORZU.

 The indirect advantages of the invention include the expected increase in sales of computer equipment, as well as software through the implementation of chess sweepstakes. It can be noted that a cash contribution to participate in a particular event can be made by reading through one of the input devices 27 data located on, for example, a bank (magnetic or electronic) plastic card or a special card designed for this operation. It should also be noted the existence of many types of specialized bank cards. For example, a FONCARD plastic card gives its holder access to the Sprint fiber-optic telephone network system, which allows you to make calls anywhere in the world from any telephone or public telephone. Naturally, for such an operation, the information input device must have a special design located either inside the storage device 4 or having the possibility of electrical (optical, etc.) connection to it.

 The invention can be used to popularize chess, since almost anyone with PORZU can participate in a chess sweepstakes or competition. The invention can be used by advertising agencies and firms to attract people to view repeated advertising, since during its display such simple questions can be asked each time, for example, related to products that require prompt answers. The invention can be used to organize the mass production of PORZU in the industry that produces integrated electronic circuits made according to KNOP technology, for example, microprocessor-based LSIs of the KB1013 series, manufactured in Russia or microcontrollers of the PIC 16CXX series from MicroChip. Here are the possible common (trade) names of PorZU, under which it can be produced and sold: lotter, (loter), totter (toter), lotter, lotter, tooter, tototer, chess lotter (chessloter), chess totter (Chesstoter).

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 1. The method of conducting lotteries, which consists in the issuance by the participant of the alleged information and in its comparison with the true information that may appear as a result of the completion of the lottery, while the result of the comparison of these information calculate the winning amount, which is different in that it is remembered the time of the appearance of true information, each or several participants use at least a storage device having a time reference unit, an internal memory and an information input-output device nations, in the internal memory, time data coming from the time reference node at the time of storing in this memory the alleged information that the participant gives out by acting on the input devices, and in the above comparison with the true information, only such part of the supposed information output through an output device from a storage device that has been inserted into its internal memory before a predetermined moment of occurrence of true information.  2. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the time of writing information to the internal memory is determined by obtaining the algebraic sum between the current time of reading information from the internal memory, data with a minus sign of the time values of the time reference node that it has at the time of reading this information , and the data of the time reference unit that were recorded in the internal memory at the time of recording the information.  3. The method according to PP. 1 and 2, characterized in that they determine and take into account when calculating the amount of winnings after the partial or complete coincidence of the above information, the time between the occurrence of the true and estimated information.  4. The method according to PP. 1 3, characterized in that they configure the time reference node in such a way that its readings are always ahead of the true value of time.  5. The method according to PP. 1 to 4, characterized in that they reset or adjust the time reference unit by receiving the correcting signal transmitted by the receiver before starting the lottery.  6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that the corresponding code is recorded and stored in the internal memory, which is extracted from the correction signal received by the storage device.  7. The method according to PP. 1 to 6, characterized in that prior to the issuance by the participant of the alleged information is recorded in the internal memory by the participant acting on the input device information code of the event or action associated with this event.  8. The method according to PP. 1 and 2, characterized in that they transmit via the communication channels an audio or video signal during which the participant can record the alleged information in the internal memory.  9. The method according to PP. 1 to 8, characterized in that the amount of money is written into the internal memory by reading through the input device information of the storage device of the data located, for example, on a bank credit card.  10. A system for conducting lotteries, containing a source of true information, such as a lottery drum, and at least one data collection center containing means of preliminary processing of information associated with a computer designed to process the results of the information assumed by the participants, characterized in that it has storage devices , each of which contains internal memory, a time reference unit connected to it, connected to a control unit and to one or more information input-output devices, and data collection, the center has a data output means of internal memory storage devices.  11. The system according to p. 10, characterized in that the storage device has several independent time units.  12. The system of claims. 10 and 11, characterized in that the information output device of the storage device is made in the form of a block, providing the possibility of contactless information output from the internal memory.  13. The system of claims. 10 and 11, characterized in that the time reference unit is configured to provide for any time interval a positive difference between the time value accumulated by this node during this interval and its actual duration.  14. The system according to p. 10, characterized in that it contains at least one sensor of true information and one time meter connected to a central storage device, which in turn is connected with a means of preliminary processing of information.  15. The system according to p. 10, characterized in that the computer is associated with one or more terminals, each of which contains at least one device for comparing information contained in the central storage device and in the storage devices of participants, and the terminal contains means for recording money amounts to the memory of the lottery participant.

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