SK72098A3 - Method of playing a lottery game and suitable system - Google Patents

Abstract

Each participant (3), such as a lottery participant, uses a memory device (4) that includes a timing unit (25), memory (23), data input device (27) and a data output device (29), the time data being which arrive from the time unit (25) at the moment of storage (51) the assumed data that has been issued to the subscriber (3) using the data input device (27) to said data are stored in the internal memory (23) and in order to compare expected data with actual data only the part of the estimated data released shall be used by the data from the storage device (4) via the device (29) to output data that has entered its internal memory (23) until the actual ones are discovered give. The method can be implemented with the foregoing a memory device (4) and a collection center (9) data that includes a means to output data from the inside memory (23) of the storage device (4).

Description

Technical field

The invention relates to the organization and operation of games, in particular to a method and system for organizing lotteries and betting on the results of sports matches or races.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A method similar to the method of the invention is the well-known lottery game method used in the Sportloto game, which consists in distributing specifically numbered tickets bearing information data, drawing them at a predetermined time, determining and issuing a cash prize (Russian Federal Patent No. 2023307, class B GO7C 15/00).

It should be noted that said analogy of the method of the invention has the disadvantage of insufficient involvement of the participant in the game and also of the absence of gaming factors that increase or develop the intellectual abilities of the participants in the game. The above drawback stems from the fact that a player's role and participation in the game when he has put together a winning combination of numbers does not require the involvement of his or her intellectual abilities, general knowledge or operational thinking. The fact that sports criteria such as speed and operational decision-making are also not taken into account when determining the prize also reduces the fun and attractiveness of lottery game processes. It should also be pointed out that this type of lottery has a drawback in that the participant of the game is not able to withdraw his bet with minimal losses if the draw is unfavorable.

Other known lottery types (such as the Bingo lottery in the United States and the United Kingdom, where the lottery is $ 2 million in annual sales in the United States, or the National lottery in France, etc.) that include sports bets and estimates are also based on guessing arbitrarily selected numbers. This means that all that is required of a lottery participant is the purchase of a ticket and subsequent careful monitoring of the draw or filling in the received ticket (as is the case with various sports estimates and bets), although it is obvious that in terms of limiting some The aforementioned shortcomings, which are related to the defect that there is no need to use intellectual abilities to fill in tickets, sports betting is a more favorable type of lottery.

The lack of sports betting lies in its very simple nature, since all bets are actually based on winning (losing) a team or athlete, that is, the result of a match or race. For example, in England, in the most widespread variant of betting on football matches, the requirement is to mark the results of three separate football matches on the betting slip (Taylor, F. Professionals: Football Against Football - Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, 1985, p. 57). Even in an intellectual game such as chess, a money bet on the outcome of a chess match is one of the most widespread types of betting (64-Chess Review, No. 9, 1995, p. 25). In this case, the fans do not influence the course of the sport match, because the character of the sport match cannot influence the variant of the match result marked on the ticket. A common drawback of the contemplated ways of organizing lotteries is the need to spend large amounts of money on the preparation, distribution and processing of a large number of betting slips (coupons) used in the lottery and in betting on sports matches and meetings. Confirmation of this large number of betting slots to be processed can be found, for example, in US analyzes conducted to identify specific experts who were involved in sports betting or matches in the general structure of games3 analyzes were not betting on betting on the US industry while these analyzes have shown that Americans spend an average of more than $ 10,000,000,000 on bets each year in betting on sporting events and matches, or in data relating to other states, such as the fact that every year in Japan it distributes more than 60,000,000,000 betting bets as part of official betting on sports events and matches (Wykes, Alan., Dictionary of Games of Chance - Moscow: Tovarischestvo Pfraft 1994 - pp. 60,149). However, in these considerations the amount of money spent on horse racing. The high costs referred to above are associated not only with the processing and dispatch of betting slips, but also with the precautions taken to prevent possible fraud in the results. The reason for these measures is that a lottery participant or betting on sporting events or matches can win up to several tens of millions of dollars. The magnitude of the aforementioned expenses can be seen from an example of the essentially complex safeguards developed by the organizers of a British football betting company (Wykes, Alan., Encyclopedia of Games of Chance - Moscow: Tovarischestvo Efrat 1994, 184). The company has 10,000 employees, most of whom are employed in the control of betting vouchers. In addition, several thousand postal workers are employed in the circulation of tickets and are theoretically able to put a coupon with the correct results into the envelope after the announcement of the results of football matches. Common security measures include the following activities: random employee check, four different coded stamps applied to each coupon received, change of the stamp codes at random intervals, personnel checks of all postal staff and ticket collection performed by a specially employed guard selected from a large number of former police, search and close all windows and doors in each of the many departments of the company where ticket checks are carried out immediately after receiving the results of the next football match, interruption of all telephone calls in the room where the coupons are checked after the start of the match, secret control of employees of the security service itself by an independent secret monitoring service of the company, as well as a total ban on the use of radio and telecommunications in the company building. In addition, all betting coupons are kept in closed bags in a specially secured room. Any coupon that arrives after the agreed deadline is carefully reviewed and reviewed, regardless of whether or not the holder later requests payment of the prize. Special attention is paid to those participants who have won two or more times in a row. All winning coupons are carefully reviewed. A general check will be carried out if the winner is the first time the betting player, or if the winner has unexpectedly changed his usual gaming system that he had previously observed, and also if the winner of the bet sent a betting coupon later than usual. All coupons and envelopes in which coupons are sent during the most recent move are recorded in the registry and kept in a special file cabinet. Coupons, which belong mainly to successful players, are subject to detailed analysis to detect any deviation from the rules and special features. Special and numerical protection against fraud attempts is made up of characters of virtually any lottery.

Another known way of avoiding any of the aforementioned drawbacks is to use a telephone communication line to transmit, for example, predicted chess moves. As described in PCT International Application (WO) 93/05483, class 5 GO7C 15/00 (prior art example), a participant can obtain the election of a betting slip from the lottery by dialing the telephone number indicated in the special list. At the terminals of the lottery system, lottery participants are informed by voice in order to obtain the required figures, such as telephone number, age, insurance contract number or driver's license. In addition, the player's serial number and the date and time of the telephone call are recorded. All of this data enters the data collection center and is used in the following operations. Player identification data is confirmed by various methods by means of preprocessing data. Players can be divided into different files according to rules and order. According to one set of game rules, a winner may be selected by defining a number from a random winning rank or a winning number generated from a random number generator. In another variation of the method of operating the lottery, the identification data is received at the last minute in order to identify the prize owner using different data processing techniques using a suitable computer.

The disadvantage of the described solution or of similar solutions is the limitation of the number of participants of betting on sports matches or meetings due to the low transmission capacity of the telephone communication channel. In addition, a game participant in a sports match or encounter experiences a major disadvantage associated with the necessity of simultaneous transmission of predicted data over the telephone network (for example, chess moves) and careful monitoring of the course of the match as it takes place.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The subject of the invention is a method of organizing various sporting events associated with running a lottery or betting on sporting events or matches, and the practical implementation of this method requires neither the use of various special betting slips nor the use of communication channels as a means of transmitting predicted data to the data collection center.

The object of the invention is that each or several participants use at least a memory device having a timing unit, an internal memory, a data input device, and a data output device, wherein the time data coming from the timing unit is stored in the internal memory in the moment the subscriber has released the predicted data that is also stored in the internal memory by the subscriber using the data input device, and only a portion of the predicted data output from the storage device through the data output device that is written is used to compare the predicted data with the actual data into its internal memory until the actual data is discovered.

In addition, according to the method, the time of recording data to the internal memory of the memory device can be determined by calculating the algebraic sum of the running time for reading data from the internal memory, the negative value of the timing unit having it at the time of reading said data and were recorded to the internal memory at the time of data recording.

Where a system is used to operate a lottery, betting on sporting events, as well as other events associated with the fact that the participants of those events estimate actual data, the system shall include an actual data source and at least one data collection center which includes pre-processing means; connected to a computer designed to process the results of data proposed by the subscribers, the essence of the system being that the subscribers have storage devices each comprising an internal memory and also a timing device associated with the internal memory, the internal memory and the timing device being connected to the control unit and one or more data input / output devices, said data collection center having means for outputting data from the internal memory of the storage device.

In addition, the system may be equipped with one or more actual data acquisition sensors and a timing device which are connected to a central storage device connected to the data preprocessing means.

An advantage of the contemplated method of operating the lottery and the system for carrying out this method is to avoid having to use tickets, coupons, or other analogous means in one game event or another. Another advantage of the invention is the complete independence of the participants of the gaming events from the communication means used to transfer the predicted data to the data collection center. Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description of the examples of the invention and from claims 3 to 15.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be better understood from the following description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, in which reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a general scheme of a system for running a lottery and sports betting system,

Fig. 2 shows a functional diagram of a portable storage device,

Fig. 3 shows one variant of the external appearance of the portable storage device; and

Fig. 4 shows a block diagram of an algorithm for running a lottery or sports event betting.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In describing an exemplary embodiment of the method used to operate a lottery, the system of which is shown in the figures, specific terminology is used to facilitate understanding of the subject matter of the invention. However, the invention is not limited to these adopted terms, and it is to be understood that each such term covers all equivalent elements that operate in the same way and are used to accomplish the same hives, and are included in a lottery organizing system, sports betting, meeting and matches and in the system of organizing various competitions, quizzes and the like. It should also be noted that the term user further means any participant or any group of participants who have a separate storage device during a game of lottery or betting on sporting events, matches or races.

In FIG. 1, the reference numeral i denotes the actual data source, which is a summary of events, the result of the i-th event being determined at the time T (i). The moments of the beginning and end of the i-th event are correspondingly denoted by T1 (i) and T2 (i). The term event may be understood as events such as running a lottery using a fate, a chess game, a football game, a basketball game, as well as a sporting event that can be transmitted via a communication channel 2, such as television or radio communication channels. The term "communication channel" here and hereinafter refers to the sum of the technical means and physical media that are intended to transmit data (signals) from a transmitter to a receiver (user). The basic technical means included in the communication channel assembly are real data sensors, transmitters, receivers, signal amplifiers, coding and decoding devices, modulators and demodulators, commutators, filters, coupling circuits and the like. The technical means and physical media that ensure the transmission of the signals from the transmitter to the receiver together form a communication line. The transmission medium may comprise segments of different types, for example wired or fiber optic lines, and a suitable transformer must be included between these lines. In the transmitter, the message (data) from the actual information source 1 is converted into digital or analog signals, which are then input to the communication line, and upon receiving the signals at the output of the communication line, the receiver reproduces the transmitted message. Depending on the nature of the signals, a distinction is made between electrical communication lines (wires and radio transmission), sound (acoustic transmission) and light (optical transmission) (electronics: encyclopedic dictionary, V. G. Kolesnikov, Soviet Encyclopedia, 1991, p. 189). The actual information representative may be transmitted to the user 2 directly from the source 1 or via representative devices included in the communication channel 2. The representative devices are visual and acoustic (television) devices or only acoustic (radio receivers) real data representatives. The presence of several communication channels 2 is explained by the possibility of transmitting data from source 1 along several television and radio channels. At the time t (i), each user can! 2 to record the data it has proposed to the storage device A, which is designated as PSD (portable storage device) in order to emphasize that it is not one of many functional elements but is in the form of a final portable structure. One of the basic conditions for the assumed data to be accepted for the draw is the fulfillment of one of the following inequalities: t (i) <T (i), t (i) <T1 (i), t (i) <T2 (i). The choice of one or other inequalities is determined by the rules created by the event organizers and is a function of the moment when the current data is discovered. The dashed lines 5 indicate the connections that are used after the end of any gaming event to connect the PSD 4 to the comparison device (CD) 7 via communication channels 5 to which computers can be used. The dashed lines 8 designate the connections that are used to connect the PSD 4 directly to the CD 7, i.e. without using any communication channels. The purpose of connecting the PSD 4 to the CD 7 is to compare the actual data stored in the data collection center 9 with the predicted data stored in the PSD 4. The data collection center 9 and the CD 7 are connected via communication channels 10. The comparator 7 is included in terminals 11, 11. each of which is a subscriber (user) site for processing and comparing the data coming to this terminal from the PSD 4 and the data collection center 9. Each terminal 11 includes a comparator device 7, which may be a microcomputer, and an output device 12, which may be line printers, cash dispensers, communication line adapters and the like. The data collection center 9 includes an accurate timing device 13, an output of which can be connected to the accurate time signal former and a central storage device 14, which outputs signals from one or more actual data acquisition sensors 15. The output of the exact time signal former (not shown) may be coupled to a code specifier (not shown), such as a numeric code specifier and a code-to-signal converter, input to communication channels 2. Desired data stored in the central storage device 14 they may be sent by the data pre-processing means 16 to the output of the calculator 17, which may be a computer. It should be noted that one of the terminals 11 can be located inside the data collection center 2. All elements included in the system described above are constituted by known or standard elements. For example, the actual data acquisition sensor 15 may be a broadcast television camera, the central storage device 14 by the video recording device, and the data pre-processing means 16 may be represented by the skilled worker. A standard embodiment of the other elements will be described below. In addition, as mentioned above, the actual data acquisition sensor 15 may be part of one or more communication channels 2.

Fig. 2 shows a functional block diagram of a portable storage device 4. This functional block diagram is constructed based on the functional block diagram of a standard microcomputer. The number of portable storage devices 4 must not be less than the number of users participating in lotteries or sports betting or match betting. The second element included in the portable storage device may be a decoding element 18. This decoding element 18 includes a signal receiver 19 connected to the decoder 20, which is connected to the internal memory 23 via the control and internal bus 22. The internal memory 23 of the unit 21 is connected via the internal busses 22 with one or more 11 independent timing units 25 which include corresponding control units. In addition, the internal memory 23 is connected to one or more data input devices 27 via the control unit 26 and the one or more data output devices 29 via the control unit 28. In addition, said internal memory is connected to a main adapter which connects in particular a combined the transmitter and receiver 24 and the interconnection block with the communication line 30, if the LCD display 32 is via the control unit 31. All elements contained in the portable storage device 4 are powered by an internal power supply 33. All these elements interact with the internal memory 23 by a processor 34. The elements disclosed herein may be constructed according to known schemes or may consist of standard units (single crystal microcomputers, LSI circuits, and the like) that are used in communication systems and computer technology. In addition, said portable storage device may include other units, in particular units for proper operation in the event of external influences (external radiation, mechanical acceleration). In the simplest embodiment of the portable storage device, a PIC type microprocessor having low power consumption may be used. All PIC microprocessors have built-in ROM (0.5-4 K) and Smm (32-256 B). In addition, the portable storage device is equipped with timers (from 1 to 3 pieces), a built-in reset system, a watchdog timer and an internal clock pulse generator that can be activated by a quartz resonator. In a more complex embodiment of the portable storage device, additional independent microprocessors may be used to perform additional auxiliary functions consisting of introducing data into the portable storage device from the user's voice, receiving and processing data sent from the center.

S. to collect data, release variants of predicted data, and the like. Other embodiments of the portable storage device may be specialized, for example, only to participants of betting on chess meetings.

Fig. 3 depicts one variant of the external appearance of the transfer storage device, on whose front panel there is a liquid crystal display panel 35, an alphanumeric or numeric keypad 36 of the pushbuttons only, and a function keypad 37, each of which causes input of appropriate commands. Press 38 and 39 to load the event code and activity code, respectively. By briefly pressing the key 40, the input commands or the data recorded in the memory block 23 of the portable storage device 4 are canceled. The buttons 41 and 42 are intended to input data having a two-alternative character in case the hypothetical result of any event or action specified by the user it is associated with only two outcome options, either yes or no. By pressing button 43, user-generated data using the keyboard switches 36 is recorded in internal memory 23. · Buttons 44 and 45 are associated with pushbuttons, one of which is intended to correct timer 25, while the other button is used to disconnect a power source 33 from electrical circuits that serve that portion of the internal memory in which the user-generated data is stored. Of course, depending on the structural features, the complexity and also the purpose of the portable storage device (using the portable storage device only for chess tournaments or only lottery operation and the multifunctional design of the portable storage device) different buttons may be used in different types of portable storage device. in addition, a combined function mode may be provided that allows each button to be used for two or even three operations.

Fig. 4 shows a block diagram of an algorithm for running a lottery or sports betting tip. Numerical designations not fully indicated in FIG. 5, certain meanings are given. Reference numeral 47 denotes the operation of pressing the button 44 at the moment of transmitting the signal s (t). Reference numeral 48 indicates that the timing unit 25 data will be corrected. Reference numeral 49 indicates the operation of setting the event code. Reference numeral 50 denotes an activity setting an activity code. Reference numeral 51 indicates the operation of input and storage of predicted data. Reference numeral 52 indicates the operation of automatically storing data that comes from the timing unit 25. Reference numeral 53 indicates the condition that the codes set will be changed. Reference numeral 54 indicates a condition to continue. If during operation of the lottery it is desirable to set only the event code or only the activity code, then the block diagram of the algorithm shown is simplified by excluding activity 49 or activity 50 from this algorithm.

The lottery operation or sport event betting system operates according to the block diagram of the algorithm shown in FIG. 4, and is based on a summary of the following two ideas. The first of these two ideas is linked to the fact that the hypothetical outcome of one or the other event (lottery draw, next move in chess, football outcome), which was previously entered on a special ticket or reported by telephone (telegraph, computer network and the like) ) can be recorded in the memory of the individual storage device. The second idea is that, in order to check that only the predicted data has been recorded, it is sufficient to store in the memory of the storage device the time of recording the data. As a result, not only is there any elimination of the user's influence on the means of communication during one or the other event, but, as mentioned above, also introducing an observation process, for example after one or the other sporting event, leads to a qualitatively higher level of betting. lottery or betting intellectual effort. The described algorithm is realized in practice by means of special software which is stored both in the fixed-memory device located in the internal memory 23 of the transfer storage device 6 and also in the fixed-memory devices located in the computers 7, 17 which are included in the above considered. system. Further, the case is considered after pressing the button 45, i.e. after applying voltage (action 46) to the terminals of the elements of the portable storage device 4 that serve the internal memory 23 and the timing unit 25. In this case, it is not necessary to correct the data of said time unit not ”in condition 48), which is associated with aligning these data specifically to the timing device data 13 for a given error. Potential refusal to correct the timing unit 25 may occur, for example, if a sufficiently long period of time has elapsed after the last block. period. Other instances of refusal will be considered below. In addition, the functioning of the system depends on the nature of the event, the data source of which is indicated by 1, and also on the nature of the user 2's participation in that event. In the event that a user is involved in a lottery or sports betting for a meeting or match without requiring predicting actions, such as an athlete during the game itself, such as terminating one or more sub-actions in an event, the predicted data is recorded in the portable memory. devices before starting. The term event may be understood to mean a lottery, chess game, heavy boxing, basketball, roulette and the like. In this case, some of the actions that will occur in the following events may also be mentioned: dropping winning numbers, chess moves, boxer efforts to prolong the round after he has escaped a knockout hit, playing another ball (tennis, basketball, football) , water polo and the like), a penalty kick. Desired data for all events and actions involved in a lottery or sports event betting is stored in the memory of the computer 17 and then sent to the memory of the comparator 7. The pre-selection of the desired data is performed by the data pre-processing means 16, as mentioned above, it may be represented by a human subject that selects the data involved in the draw from the central storage device 14, which is constructed, for example, in the form of a video recording device (video) to which data is input. by means of one or more sensors 15 for capturing actual data or by means of one of the communication channels 2 and one of the timing devices 14. The exchange of data between the computer 17 and the terminals 11 takes place via communication channels 10, which in particular ALLOW specialized adapters: universal synchronous-asynchronous receiver transmitter (USART). In case the user wins after the event! of course, it must present a transmission memory device at one of the locations where the terminal XX is located, and after the direct connection indicated in FIG. 1, the broken data line 8 of the portable storage device with said terminal is the respective data read from the memory of the portable storage device to the memory of the comparator 2, said data being compared with the data that is brought into the memory of the comparator 7 from the data collection center 9 this comparison and also depending on the conditions and rules set by the event organizers, the winnings are calculated. This prize can be handed to the user either in cash or transferred to the user's account using one of the data output devices 12. In the case of small prizes, the reading of the respective data from the memory of the transmission storage device into the memory of the comparator 7 may be performed via one of the communication channels

5. An appropriate code may be retained to identify the user at the data collection center 9 or in case the terminal 11 is located in the permanent internal memory of the portable storage device. Connecting the portable storage device to the communication channel 8 is also advantageous if prize draw is intended to attract the viewer to an event in progress. In the above data comparison, the following features may be considered: degree of match between predicted and actual data, difference T1 (i) - t (i), difference T2 (i) - t (i) and difference T (i) - t (i). Some variations in the particular use of the above features in winning size calculations will be described below. As already mentioned, the communication channels 8, 10 serve to connect the interconnection devices included in the portable storage device to the terminals 11 or other interconnection devices 16 in those terminals. It should be noted that the basic type of said channels used in remote data processing systems is a single (dedicated) channel. At the same time, it is common to envisage the use of switch telephone channels, telegraph channels and, in certain cases, broadband channels with a higher transmission rate. There are a wide range of connection systems between the terminals (subscriber locations), the data collection center 9 and the portable storage device 4. The basic types of these systems include: a direct connection system (radial system), a multipoint communication line system, a concentrator system ( multiplexes), a packet or normal radio communication system, and a local area network system. Of course, in a real computer network, it is possible to use different combinations of these systems depending on the needs arising. It is, of course, also possible to transfer data recorded on a magnetic medium by postal services or courier services to the location of the terminal 11. It is very convenient for the user to be able to make a preliminary check of the draw results on his home PC computer. The data as well as the software necessary for such a control can be received via the communication channel 6, for example the Internet can be used as the communication. The recording of the hypothetical result of the terminated selected i-th event in the memory of the portable storage device is performed after the event code has been stored in said memory by pressing the button 38, which is designated as the input code. The recording of the result in said memory consists in the gradual creation of the appropriate characters (numbers or letters) using the keys included in the keypad 36 and then pressing the button 43, all the above data appearing in the panel 35. Numeric (alphanumeric, letter) codes of all events are set according to the rules only once and do not change. These codes may consist of, for example, numeric codes that correspond to certain events (basketball

- 01, football - 02, boxing - 03, chess match - 04, chess game

- 05, sport-lotto lottery - 06, tactical game - 07) and also is17 those events included in the above events (free ball throw - 01.1, ball throw from basketball zone - 01.2, eleven meter penalty kick in football - 02.1, choice of predicted move in chess game - 05.1, estimation of chess game result in chess match - 04.2).

At the same time as the predicted data generated by the user 3 is recorded, the running time value generated by the timing unit 25 is also recorded in the internal memory 23. In this case, the term running time is understood as one time only (date and running time or to start reading the corresponding data after it is recorded in the memory of the portable storage device lying on the timeline.

In other embodiments of the portable storage device, when the initially predicted data is input, the timing unit 25 is turned on and actuated, in which case the timing unit acts as a timing device. The possibility of simultaneous recording of predicted data and running time value to the internal memory 23, as well as performing other activities, such as inputting said data into a portable storage device and outputting data therefrom, is ensured by appropriate software and a standard microprocessor structure which can be created on a single crystal microcomputer, which is constructed according to KNOP technology, which has low power consumption (10-10W). A typical microcomputer comprises the following elements connected by a common internal bus 22: processor 34, internal memory 23, control units 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, a bus adapter, including at least a combined transceiver 24 and a communication block 30 The continuation of the internal bus is formed by an external bus to which input devices (communication line couplers) of one of the communication channels 6 or the control unit contained in the microcomputer 7 can be connected in this case. The portable storage device comprises a decoding element 18 which forms one from input devices. The output devices 29 may be formed, for example, by non-contact emitters (optical, ultrasonic, acoustic, electromagnetic), micro-cassette magnetic storage devices. Said control units are intended for respective interconnection devices 25, 20, 32., 29, 27 with the internal bus 22 of the microcomputer. The bus adjuster performs the function of an electrical and, optionally, logic interface. It should be noted that in the above case, the user may refuse to correct the timing unit 25. because after the user has acquired the portable storage device or after the last read correction from the timing unit, it cannot significantly precede the reading of the timing device.

13. In order for the predicted data (operation 51) to participate in the next move of the i-th event, it is sufficient to record it not later than the time value T (i) -g, where g is the maximum error accumulated in the portable storage device after its last correction. It should be noted that in order to realize this possibility (participation in the game without correcting the portable storage device), the timing unit 25 must be set in such a way that the relative time reading error under any conditions is only positive. In other words, at any point in time (except at the time of the correction itself), the timing unit 25 has to overtake the actual time determined by the timing device 13.

In the following, the general function of the system will be described on a case-by-case basis.

This paragraph will give a first example of the most widespread variant of betting on a football match, in which it is necessary to guess the results of three separate football matches and a lottery. In order to participate in the betting, the user must place a bet in any known manner and at any time before the first of the three sessions begins. Also, at any time before the start of any one of said sessions, if rules allow, user 3 records the code of said betting variant and the result of each session in the memory of the portable storage device. All data (code, meeting result) is displayed on panel 35. In the case of a user participating in a lottery, it is necessary to store the lottery code and the required number of number variants participating in the lottery in the memory of the portable storage device. The presence of the elements 15, 14, 16, 13, 17, 7, 12, 10 is not mandatory for the above variants, since after the end of a series of football matches or lottery the comparison and also the calculation of winnings can be done manually (of course only after reading the predicted data and the time of their recording from the memory of the portable storage device at the data collection center or at the location of the terminal 11) according to the usual procedures. As already mentioned, data from the internal memory of the portable storage device can be read by contact methods and non-contact methods.

Hereinafter, another embodiment of a portable storage device construction based on its use during an event, such as basketball, chess, football and also boxing, will be described. In the event that a sufficiently long time has elapsed since the last repair in the portable storage device before the said event has run, it is desirable (not obligatory) to re-perform this repair (YES in condition 48), since the presence of a timing error can distort t (i) and hence the parameters that are taken into account when determining the extent of winnings. It should be noted that, depending on the complexity of the timing unit 25, the frequency of the desired repair may range from a few weeks to several months. Given a given average relative error of 1/6 x 10, the repair process in a portable storage device for relatively slow sports (classic and active chess, figure skating) can take place once a month. The correction itself is performed by directly using the contact or non-contact method and transmitting the specific correction signal to the timing unit 25. This signal is intended to align the data of the timing unit 25 specifically with the data of the timing device 13 or current or world time. If a contact method is used, the correction signal is routed through one of the input devices 20, which in the simplest case is constructed in the form of a connector. The amplification and preloading processes are implemented in receiver 19 and decoding in decoder 20. The type of receiver 19 and decoder 20 is selected according to the type of input signal (radio signal, optical and acoustic signal) and its modulation type.

In the following, several variants of performing the repair process will be presented.

The first option concerns a repair in a transfer storage device made at a location specifically reserved for this modification. If this variant is used, it is advantageous or even necessary to carry out certain unique codes together with the correction signal, which codes, when stored in a portable storage device, to ensure the authenticity of the correction signal. In the event that said correction is made at any location using acoustic, telephone or radio signals of the exact time, then in the case of a subsequent reading to avoid intentional attempts to limit the data read by the time unit 25, it is desirable to check the authenticity of such correction. One possible method of such control is to separately determine and compare the relative errors of the timing unit 25, which relate to two periods of time. The first period falls within the range between its last two corrections and the second period between its last correction and the moment of the above reading. If the exact time signal is correct and there is no pre-recording on, for example, a tape recorder, the relative error values will be the same at that accuracy. In order to increase the reliability of said control, it is necessary to have several identical independent timing units 25, the time value of each of these units being recorded and stored in the corresponding memory area of the portable storage device. In this case, the final judgment as to the accuracy or inaccuracy of the accurate time signal used is made on the basis of the criterion of reaching a given number of said timing units 25, which are subject to the aforementioned inspection.

Other variants of said correction may include the following operations: joint transmission of the correction signal and code that is repeated twice (once before the event starts and the second time before its end), joint transmission of the correction signal and code.

It should be noted that there are ways of storing time t (i) that even require timing unit correction

25. The essence of these methods is that the time coordinate, which is bound by the portable storage device at the time of recording the predicted data, is connected at the time of reading the data. In other words, after said data is recorded in the memory of the portable storage device, one or more timing units are actuated and act as a timing device, each of which separates two events. One of these events is the moment of storing the data (after pressing the 43, 41 or 42 button), while the other is the moment of reading the data (for example, pressing the corresponding button located on the portable storage device or comparison device 2). the time at the moment of reading the predicted data from the memory of the portable storage device and the value of the timing unit 25 at the time at which the said data were stored, denoted as t, then the exact time of predicting data related to the i-th event or action will be determined as t - t (i), where t ^ (i) is the time period accumulated by the timing unit related to the i-th event or action. The possibility of influencing unit 25 by various factors that destabilize its function in order to reduce the size t _x (i) is considered to be a disadvantage of this method. In order to limit or eliminate said drawback, it is advantageous to use one of the units 25 as an electronic clock. In addition, it is desirable to install special sensors inside the portable storage device which store in its memory various deviations from the parameters that characterize the external conditions of use of the device, including ambient temperature, acceleration, a parameter that represents whether the portable storage device it is or is not subjected to a test, and external radiation effects of different nature. A complete refusal to repair can also occur if one or more units 25 are used which act as timing devices (date and time of day) or as a time accumulator. The exact time of recording data related to the i-th event (event code, action code included in said event, predicted data) will then be determined in the form of the algebraic difference t - t + t (i), where t ₂ (i) is read from the unit 25 at the moment of recording data relating to the i th event and t is reading from the unit 25 at the moment of reading data from the memory of the portable storage device. Obviously, the circuit of the portable storage device, which does not require timing correction of the timer unit 25, need not be equipped with a decoding element 18. In the case of using several timing units 25, which act as clocks, t ₂ (i) and t can be considered average times calculated inside a portable storage device. Also, if the user has a bet confirmation that was issued prior to the start of the selected event (the receipt must also include the event or action code) and the time must be corrected (YES in condition 48), then by starting the selected event, presses button 43 and holds (action 47) until the correction signal ends. During a lottery or sports competition, the user uses button 39 to set one or more action codes that may nevertheless occur in the event and are also paid for the estimated winnings. Initializing said codes, for example by flashing them, can be accomplished by pressing the corresponding button located on the portable storage device. When the button 43 is pressed, the generated codes can be corrected or deleted by pressing the button 40. All predicted data stored in the memory of the portable storage device by the user is only related to the initialized code. Buttons 41 and 42 are used if, after one or the other action, two alternatives result or, in extreme cases, three alternatives. After pressing the buttons

41, the data is quickly recorded in the memory of the portable storage device. This is explained by the fact that the user has only seconds to decide on the possible outcomes of certain actions that have two alternatives. Thus, if a button 41 or button 42 was pressed before a penalty kick or a free throw was made in a basketball or a free throw, a goal was scored or no goal was scored or the ball was thrown into the basket or was not thrown into then the predicted results stored in the memory of the portable storage device are considered guessed. Of course, the likelihood of a correct estimation increases substantially when a user sitting in front of a television or at a stadium takes into account the athlete's personality as well as his physical and moral characteristics before taking any free throw or penalty kick.

The following is a case in which, prior to the start of a basketball game (or football game), each of the 500,000 people wager $ 10-100 dollars to estimate the result of free throws (or penalty kicks) that will be marked throughout the game. In this case, for a 100% estimate, a monetary amount of 10% of the total amount allocated to pay prizes is, for example, $ 1,200,000. Then, if there were twenty free throws during the game and three people guessed their results, each would receive $ 40,000. Other money is divided according to previously created rules among users who achieved worse results. The payouts are made after a certain period of time during which it is necessary to transfer data from the internal memory of the portable storage device via the communication channel 6 to the data collection center 9 or to the terminal 11.

It is best to use the following technology to quickly check the results of betting on sporting events. The entire sporting event is recorded on the video, which in this case acts as a central storage device 14. the event image data is inputted from the actual data sensors 15 or other means included in the communication channel assembly 2 (television, tuner) to the video input. During preprocessing, the person 16 designated to perform the processing watches a sporting event and visually determines all the moments T (i) after which the ball was thrown with respect to basketball (in some cases it is possible to determine the moments after result of free throw final). Each time value of the above moment is determined by stopping the recording, subtracting the running time value from the monitor by that person and then inserting it into the computer 17. All input values of the moments T (i) are collected on the computer 17 in separate files to which the corresponding code is assigned events also recorded in computer memory, which can also act as a comparator 7.

The comparison of the predicted data recorded in the internal memory of the portable storage device 4 and the determination of the prize size does not show any specific features, the prize sizes being completely determined by the corresponding software as well as the conditions and rules defined by the betting organizers. In certain cases, while watching a sporting event, the television company may intend to transmit a special signal (acoustic or visual) during which the desired result may be recorded in the memory of the portable storage device.

The following describes a user interaction with a portable storage device as an example of a chess match, which is a feature of any event during which the numerical data of the predicted results of any actions are also recorded. When betting on a chess match, the data entry and storage operations are mainly associated with estimating chess moves. There are an infinite number of variations that can be used to organize betting or generous prizes, for example, from companies or companies whose advertising is accompanied by a chess game. People who play and support chess can guess the highest number of chess moves in their uninterrupted series and so on.

From the point of view of the present inventors, the most interesting betting speed will be, for example, the 29th move of the white figure and the 32nd move of the black figure. In this variant, the 29th move of the white figure and the 32th move of the black figure should be recorded as quickly as possible in the memory of the portable storage device, and it is desirable for the number of moves to be reported to the TV or chess audience. only after the game started. This excludes any preliminary agreement between the chess player and the bettor. It is particularly interesting in this variant that even a person who has recently become acquainted with the chess game can receive a high cash prize in this betting. In fact, in proportion to the chess game approaching the 29th move with a white piece and the 32th move with a black piece, on the one hand, there is a greater likelihood that the moves will be guessed, but on the other hand there is less chance of winning a high prize. However, the probability of guessing increases essentially only for the experienced chess player, which means that the probability of guessing is about the same for all participants in the betting in a relatively long period of time to pass until the 29th turn.

The predicted chess move data (activity 51) is input to the portable storage device by pressing the appropriate keyboard keys 36 and, if the numerical representation of the chess moves displayed in the panel 36 is error-free, it is recorded in the portable storage device memory by pressing the 43 button. According to the invention, the time of recording of said moves is also automatically recorded in said memory. Upon completion of one or the other event, it is desirable to use the button 45 to turn off (operation 54) all elements that serve the internal memory 23 and the timing units.

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It is also considered an advantage of the invention that during the lottery the participants are independent of the means of communication. In addition, the use of the system brings the process of observing, for example, one or the other sporting event to a qualitatively higher level, essentially related to the fact that the fan participating in the betting is not only a passive observer of the sporting event but gains the ability to estimate an athlete's action based on an understanding of one or the other of the sport (chess moves, basketball free throw, football penalty kick, knockout result until boxing, when the referee counts to ten or so) sport event, as well as the result of the decision of the referees, for example in figure skating, gymnastics, boxing and the like. It is also possible to estimate the technical results achieved by athletes: speed (race, bobsleighing), distance (long jump). A further advantage of the invention is its unlimited possibilities and means by which several hundred million viewers can additionally be attracted to television and radio receivers and computers connected to telecommunications networks, as well as to stadiums and sports grounds. In addition, the invention has a number of advantages associated with great savings in paper and printing ink, as well as means for making various coupons, tickets and similar tickets that are used in lotteries and sports betting. In this case, the natural environment is not polluted and there is a significant reduction in expenditure on resources linked both to the processing of the said leaves and to the provision of the abovementioned security measures. Other benefits include: possibility for users to withdraw early from betting on any event, possibility to organize betting between two or more users (provided that at least one of them has a personal computer that represents the function of the comparator 2), processing

2Ί of the predicted data and the complete elimination of falsification of data recorded in the memory of the portable storage device. The low expenditure required for the means for processing the predicted data is due to their small number, since if the predicted and actual data do not match, the user does not present his portable storage device at the data processing center. The complete elimination of the possibility of data falsification is ensured by the fact that the data is not recorded on paper, but in the memory of a portable storage device which cannot be disassembled and is equipped with sensors to detect various external influences that can be used to change the predicted data. In addition, it may be noted that, even in the absence of these sensors, the control program, in particular the output of the predicted data from the portable storage device, is also corrupted when the portable storage device is tampered with to alter the predicted data. Indirect advantages of the invention may be the expected increase in demand for computer technology as well as software for running chess betting games. Thus, the invention opens a new era in relations between the media and people, as a result of the invention these people move from passive observers of one or more events to active participants in those events.

Industrial usability

The invention may be applicable to events associated with the operation of each type of lottery and betting on sports matches and meetings. The invention may serve to popularize chess because virtually any person who owns a portable storage device may participate in a chess bet or chess tournament. The invention can be used by an advertising agency and company to attract people to view repetitive advertising, since while the advertising is running, simple questions may be asked, for example, questions about the product being manufactured that require an operative answer. The invention can be used to organize mass production of portable storage devices in the industry in which integrated electronic circuitry by KNOP technology is produced, for example the microprocessors of the KV1013 LSI series manufactured in Russia or the microprocessors of the PIC 160XX series from MicroChip. The general (commercial) names of portable storage devices under which these devices can be manufactured and marketed may be mentioned: lottery, toter, lototer, lottoter, toloter, totloter, cessloter, chesstoter.

Claims (15)

-ρυ Ί-2Ο- <18th A method of operating a lottery, releasing predicted data, actual data, at the moment as a result of which its participants (3) are compared with which may appear at a certain end of a lottery activity or some other event, such as a sporting event, the amount of winnings is calculated from the result of the comparison of said data, characterized in that the time at which the actual data appears is recorded and each or several participants (3) uses a memory device (4) which comprises at least a timing unit (25). ), internal memory (23), data input device (27) and data output device (29), the data coming from the time unit (25) at the time of storing (51) the predicted data that is issued by the subscriber (3) ) by using a data input device (27) in said memory, stored (52) in an internal memory (23), That is, only the portion of the predicted data output from the memory device (4) via the data output device (29) that entered its internal memory (23) until a moment of discovery of the actual data is used will be used. that the time at which the predicted data is stored in said memory is calculated after reading the running data coming from the timing unit (25) via the data output device (29). Lottery operation method according to claim 1, characterized in that said time for recording data (52) of data to the internal memory (23) is determined by calculating an algebraic sum of the running time for reading data from the internal memory (23), a negative timing unit time value. (25) that the unit has at the time of reading said data and the data of the timing unit (25) that were recorded to the internal memory (23) at the time of the data recording (52). Lottery operation method according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that in the case of calculating the total winnings after a partial or complete match between the above mentioned data, the time between the moment when the actual data appeared and the moment when the actual data appeared discovered predicted data. Lottery operation method according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the user (3) records (49, 50) the code of the above event or action associated with the above event into the internal memory (23) by acting on the device (27) on the data input. Lottery operation method according to claim 4, characterized in that the above code is automatically stored in the internal memory after it is allocated from the signal received by the memory device (4). Lottery operation method according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the sum of money is pre-stored in the internal memory (23). Lottery operation method according to claim 6, characterized in that the sum of money reduced by the sum of the sum previously stored in the internal memory is stored in the internal memory (23) by the subscriber (3) using the data input device (27). . 8th Lottery operation method according to claims 6 to 7, characterized in that said sum of money is stored in the internal memory (23) by reading said sum using the data input device (27) from the data stored on the bank credit card. The method of operating a lottery according to claims 1 to 8, characterized in that an audio or video signal is transmitted via communication channels (2), wherein during the transmission of this signal the subscriber (3) can record the predicted data in the internal memory (23). A system for operating a lottery, betting on sporting events, as well as other events related to estimates of actual data with a part of the participants (3) in those events, which includes a source (1) of actual data such as known fate and at least one center (9) for collecting data, comprising data pre-processing means (16) associated with a computer (17) for processing the data estimated by the subscribers (3), characterized in that the subscribers (3) have storage devices (4); ), each comprising an internal memory (23) as well as a timing unit (25) associated with said memory, said internal memory and time unit being connected to a control unit (34) and one or more data input devices (27); data output devices (29), said data collection center (9) having means for outputting data from said internal memory (23) of said storage device ia (4) and from the timing unit (25). Lottery system according to claim 10, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of independent timing units (25). 12th Lottery system according to claims 10 and 11, characterized in that the data output device (29) of the memory device (4) is designed in the form of a unit which allows the data to be output from the internal memory (23) in a contactless manner. Lottery system according to claim 9, characterized in that it comprises at least one actual data acquisition sensor (15) and one timing device (13), the sensor and the timing device being connected to a central storage device (14) , which in turn is connected to the data preprocessing means (16). Lottery system according to claims 10 to 13, characterized in that said data acquisition center (9) is connected to one or more terminals (11) each having at least means for outputting data from said storage device (4). ). Lottery system according to claims 10 to 14, characterized in that the memory device (4) has an integral structure.