JP4437658B2 - Lottery ticketing control method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a lottery ticket control how.

  A lottery method called “squeeze lottery”, in which a winner is determined by lottery using a lottery, has been widely used. Such a lottery for “pick-up” is often devised to make the name of the winning item invisible by, for example, printing the name of the winning item on a sheet in advance and then bending the printed sheet.

  In recent years, many scratch cards have been used for such “whale pulling”. In such a scratch card, characters and pictures printed on the card are concealed by a concealment, and the concealed characters and pictures are made visible by scraping off the concealment with a nail or a coin. Yes, it is aesthetically pleasing and inexpensive.

  A method of printing a scratch card used for such “wrinkle drawing” is mainly performed by a printing method using a printing press. In this printing method, a plate corresponding to characters and pictures for printing on a card is prepared in advance, and printing is performed on a large number of cards using this plate. Then, a large number of scratch cards are created by performing printing for concealing characters and pictures printed on the card with a printing machine on which a concealment thermal transfer sheet is set (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a printing method for printing a scratch card using a generally known thermal printer is also considered. In the case of this printing method, for example, first, an ink ribbon or a base thermal paper is heated with a thermal head to print characters or pictures on a card. Next, after setting the thermal head to the conditions for printing the thermal transfer ribbon for concealment, printing is performed to conceal characters and pictures.

JP 2001-1113889 A

  However, according to the conventional method of printing a scratch card, all the lotteries (scratch cards) must be created before the lottery, and a device is made to make the print of the winning product name invisible. Therefore, there are various problems.

  The first is that it is not possible to control temporally the winning items randomly selected at the lottery.

  Second, when there are a plurality of lottery places, it is not possible to select a venue for a predetermined winning item.

  Thirdly, if an eye-catching product or the like is won early, the degree of attention of the lottery will decrease.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a lottery ticketing control method and a lottery ticketing control device capable of holding a lottery without reducing the degree of attention to the lottery.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a lottery ticketing control method and a lottery ticketing control device that can motivate participants to participate in a lottery by allocating winning lotteries to lottery places with a large sales amount and total number of customers. And

Lottery ticket control method of the present invention is a lottery ticket control method using a lottery ticket dispenser for issuing a lottery is a scratch card, and a server computer connected to the lottery ticket machine, the winning to be printed on the scratch card The server computer according to a table generation step for generating a table in which ticket information related to the ticket generation timing of the lottery is registered in advance for each type of lottery for specifying a target, and the ticket generation information registered in the table generated by the table generation step A print data generation step for generating print data in the print data output step, a print data output step for outputting the print data generated by the print data generation step from the server computer to the lottery ticket issuing machine, and a print data output step. The print data is received by the lottery ticketing machine and the It includes a lottery print issuance process for prints and issues the lottery based on data.
In the present invention, in the lottery ticketing control apparatus connected to at least two or more lottery ticketing machines through a communication network, ticketing information related to the ticketing timing of the lottery is registered in advance for each lottery type that specifies a winning target, A centrally managed table, print data generating means for generating print data in accordance with ticket issuing information registered in the table, and printing for outputting the print data generated by the print data generating means to the lottery ticket issuing machine Data output means.

According to the present invention, when a lottery ticket is issued for each type of lottery that specifies a winning target to be printed on a scratch card, a correlation is made based on ticketing information related to ticketing timing such as ticketing time, ticketing order, and ticketing location. Therefore, there is an effect that the lottery can be held without reducing the degree of attention to the lottery. At the same time, in order to attract the attention of the participants, it is possible to motivate the participants to participate in the lottery by allocating the winning lottery to the lottery places where the sales amount and the total number of customers are large (claims 5 and 6).

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment relates to a lottery ticketing control method for controlling lottery ticketing at a lottery ticketing machine installed in each lottery place when a plurality of lottery places exist at remote locations.

[1. Configuration of lottery ticketing system 100]
Here, FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of the lottery ticketing system 100 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a lottery ticketing system 100 includes a client terminal 101 that is a PC (Personal Computer) installed at each lottery ticketing place (lottery place). Such a client terminal 101 is connected to the Internet 102 which is a communication network via a modem, a TA (terminal adapter), and a router (not shown). The client terminal 101 is connected to the scratch card printer 103 via the RS232C. The scratch card printer 103 is a lottery ticket issuing machine, and prints and issues a scratch card SC (see FIG. 9), which is a lottery for “crawling”. Note that the connection between the client terminal 101 and the scratch card printer 103 is not limited to RS232C, and can be performed by Centronics, LAN, wireless, or the like.

  The lottery ticketing system 100 includes a headquarters server computer (hereinafter referred to as a headquarters server) 104. The headquarter server 104 functions as a Web server, and is connected to the Internet 102 via a router (not shown). The headquarter server 104 is a lottery ticket issuing control device that is connected to the scratch card printer 103 and causes the scratch card printer 103 to print and issue a scratch card SC that is a lottery.

[1-1. Description of Scratch Card Printer 103]
First, the scratch card printer 103 will be described. 2 is an external perspective view showing the scratch card printer 103, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view schematically showing the configuration of the scratch card printer 103. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the scratch card printer 103 includes a printer main body 2 and a paper feeding device 3 that is detachably attached to the printer main body 2. The paper feeding device 3 holds a card C (see FIG. 4). In this embodiment, the card C held by the paper feeding device 3 uses a base thermal paper as a card substrate in order to reduce the printing cost. An example of the card C is shown in FIG. 4A shows the printing surface of the card C, and FIG. 4B shows an xx section of the card C. As shown in FIG. 4 (b), the card C has a thermal paper coloring layer Cb provided on a thermal paper base Ca, and when the heat is applied to the thermal paper coloring layer Cb at a predetermined temperature, the card C Is colored. As shown in FIG. 4A, the card C is provided with a heat sensitive area 50 (heat sensitive paper coloring layer Cb) for making the character information heat sensitive. For example, the winning product name is printed with heat. ing. In addition, 51 is a pre-printing part, 52 is a barcode. The pre-printing portion 51 and the barcode 52 which are background patterns are printed by, for example, offset printing or letterpress printing. Such a card C is supplied to the printer main body 2 by the paper feeding device 3 and printed by the printer main body 2. The printer main body 2 is provided with covers 4 and 5. The cover 5 is detachably attached to the cover 4. When the cover 5 is attached to the cover 4, a card issuing port 6 is formed on the front surface of the printer body 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a card transport path 7 is formed in the printer main body 2 so as to continue from the paper feeding device 3 to the card issuing slot 6, and a rotatable transport roller provided on the card transport path 7. The card C held by the pair 8 is drawn from the paper feeding device 3 to the card conveyance path 7 and then delivered to a rotatable conveyance roller pair 9 provided on the card conveyance path 7, near the card issuing slot 6. The transport roller pair 14 guides the card to be ejected from the card issuing slot 6. Accordingly, the conveying means is formed by the conveying roller pair 8, the conveying roller pair 9, and the conveying roller pair 14.

  The card transport path 7 for guiding the card in this way is provided with a printing mechanism 10a as a first printing mechanism and a printing mechanism 10b as a second printing mechanism. The printing mechanism 10 (10a, 10b) includes a rotatable platen roller 11 (11a, 11b) that is rotationally driven by a stepping motor M (Ma, Mb), and a card transport path 7 to the platen roller 11 (11a, 11b). The thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) having a large number of heating elements arranged in a line that contacts with each other is mainly formed. The thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) is held by a head holding plate 13 (13a, 13b). The head holding plate 13 (13a, 13b) is attached to the thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) by a spring (not shown). The platen roller 11 (11a, 11b) is urged in a direction to be pressed. Therefore, the card C held between the thermal head 12 and the platen roller 11 is guided on the card transport path 7 when the platen roller 11 is driven to rotate. Therefore, the thermal head 12 and the platen roller 11 also constitutes a conveying means.

  Between the thermal head 12a and the platen roller 11a, the card C with the thermal paper coloring layer Cb on the upper side is transported, and the heating elements of the thermal head 12a are selectively heated so that the thermal paper coloring of the card C is achieved. The layer Cb is heated to print character information. The character information is a character, a picture, a combination thereof, and the like. For example, when the card C is used as “Kuji”, it is a character such as a winning product name.

  Further, a concealing thermal transfer ribbon 15 is interposed between the thermal head 12b and the platen roller 11b, and the ink of the concealing thermal transfer ribbon 15 is removed by selectively generating heat from the heating elements of the thermal head 12b. Melt or sublimate and print on card C. The unused concealing thermal transfer ribbon 15 is held by a supply shaft 17 supported at one end by a frame 16. Further, the concealing thermal transfer ribbon 15 used is wound around a winding shaft 18 supported at one end by a frame 16. The winding shaft 18 is rotationally driven by the driving force from the stepping motor Mb transmitted by the gear train.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection of each part built in the scratch card printer 103. A stepping motor Ma for rotationally driving the platen roller 11a and the like, a stepping motor Mb for rotationally driving the platen roller 11b and the thermal heads 12 (12a and 12b), and the like are each provided by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 19 and the like. The drive is controlled by the microcomputer 20 configured. In other words, a CPU 19 that executes various arithmetic processes and centrally controls each unit is provided. In this CPU 19, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 21 that stores fixed data in a fixed manner and a RAM that stores variable data in a rewritable manner. (Random Access Memory) 22 is connected via a system bus 23. The ROM 21 stores a control program, and the microcomputer 20 executes various processes according to the control program stored in the ROM 21 while using the RAM 22 as a work area.

  In the present embodiment, as each part that is driven and controlled by the microcomputer 20 for the printing operation in the printing mechanism 10 (10a, 10b), a stepping motor Ma for driving and driving the platen roller 11a and the like is driven and controlled. A motor driver 24, a motor driver 25 for driving and controlling the stepping motor Mb for rotationally driving the platen roller 11b and the like, and a head driver as a drive control circuit for driving and controlling the thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) 26. The motor drivers 24 and 25 and the head driver 26 are connected to the CPU 19 via the system bus 23. The head driver 26 according to this embodiment is a circuit that can drive and control the two thermal heads 12a and 12b separately.

  Further, since the scratch card printer 103 employs a line-type printing method, the thermal head 12 performs printing in the main scanning direction by a large number of heating elements 27 provided in a line shape, and the thermal head generated by conveying the card C. 12 is printed in the sub-scanning direction. Therefore, since it is necessary to control the transport timing of the card C for printing in the sub-scanning direction, a sensor 28 for detecting the position of the card C is disposed in the card transport path 7. Further, a sensor 29 as a temperature detecting means is disposed in the casing of the scratch card printer 103 in order to detect the temperature of the room where the scratch card printer 103 is disposed as an ambient temperature. These sensors 28 and 29 are connected to the system bus 23 via an I / O port 30.

  Further, although the details will be described later, the scratch card printer 103 takes in print data transmitted from the headquarter server 104 via an interface (hereinafter referred to as I / F) 31 and prints taken in via this I / F 31. Data is converted into image data and developed in the image memory 32. Therefore, the I / F 31 and the image memory 32 are also connected to the CPU 19 via the system bus 23.

  FIG. 6 is a graph showing the relationship between the printing energy supplied to each thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) and the optical sensitivity characteristics of the concealed material formed by the printed portion of the card C and the concealing thermal transfer ribbon. FIG. 6 shows the optical portions of the printed portion and concealed portion of the card C when printing is performed by applying printing energy (mj: millijoule) to each thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) at a temperature of 25 ° C. Sensitivity was measured by measuring an OD (optical density) value with a Macbeth illuminometer. The relationship between the printing energy supplied to the thermal head 12a and the sensitivity to the printed portion of the card C is shown by a graph a, and the relationship between the printing energy supplied to the thermal head 12b and the sensitivity to the concealed portion of the card C is shown by a graph b. Yes.

  In the scratch card printer 103 of this embodiment, when the temperature is 25 ° C., the printing energy of the thermal head 12a for printing character information on the card C is 0.18 mj, and printing is performed to conceal the character information printed on the card C. The printing energy of the thermal head 12b is set in the microcomputer 20 so as to be 0.13 mj (setting means). When the thermal head 12a performs printing with a printing energy of 0.18 mj as shown by a graph a in FIG. 6, and when the thermal head 12b performs printing with a printing energy of 0.13 mj as shown by a graph b in FIG. The sensitivity of the printed part and the concealed part of the card is 1.40, and good printing can be performed.

  Further, as described above, by setting the printing energy of the thermal head 12b to be smaller than the printing energy of the thermal head 12a, after the character information is printed by the thermal head 12a, the character information is concealed by the thermal head 12b. When printing, it can be prevented that the card is colored again and the printing quality is deteriorated.

  FIG. 7 is a graph showing the relationship between the ambient temperature indicating the room temperature and the printing energy of the thermal head 12 (12a, 12b). The relationship between the ambient temperature and the printing energy supplied to the thermal head 12a is shown by a graph c, and the relationship between the ambient temperature and the printing energy supplied to the thermal head 12b is shown by a graph d. As shown in graphs c and d, as the ambient temperature increases from 10 ° C. to 40 ° C., the thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) can be printed with less printing energy.

  In the scratch card printer 103 of this embodiment, data indicating the relationship between the ambient temperature shown in FIG. 7 and the printing energy of the thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) is set in the ROM 21. The CPU 19 controls the print energy of the thermal head 12a and the thermal head 12b separately based on the temperature detected by the sensor 29 for detecting the temperature and the data stored in the ROM 21 (energy). Control means). Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the slope of the graph c showing the relationship between the thermal head 12a and the ambient temperature is set gently, and the slope of the graph d showing the relationship between the thermal head 12b and the ambient temperature is the slope of the graph c. It is getting bigger. Therefore, the printing energy of the thermal head 12b is always smaller than the printing energy of the thermal head 12a. As a result, even if the ambient temperature changes from 10 ° C. to 40 ° C., the thermal head 12 (12a, 12b) can always perform printing with the optimum printing energy for the changed temperature. After printing information, when printing for concealing character information with the thermal head 12b, it can be prevented that the card is colored again and the printing quality is deteriorated.

  Next, the operation when the scratch card SC is created by using the card C by the scratch card printer 103 configured as described above will be described.

  First, the operator sets a predetermined number of cards C in the paper feeding device 3. Then, the scratch card printer 103 designates the character information for thermally printing the character of the selected product name in the heat sensitive area 50 of the card C, and the concealment position for designating the concealment part for concealing the character information printed in the heat sensitive area 50. When print data including information and information on the number of sheets to be printed is received from the headquarter server 104 via the I / F 31, one card C is drawn from the sheet feeding device 3 onto the card transport path 7. The sheet is conveyed between the thermal head 12a of the printing mechanism 10a and the platen roller 11a. At this time, the heating element of the thermal head 12a selectively generates heat based on the character information, and the thermal paper coloring layer Cb of the card C is colored to perform thermal printing. The printing energy when the thermal head 12a performs printing is printed with the printing energy based on the temperature detected by the sensor 29 that detects the temperature. FIG. 8 shows an example of the card C when characters (winning product names) are printed on the thermal area 50 (thermal paper coloring layer Cb) based on the character information. FIG. 8A shows a printing surface of a card C on which character information is thermally printed, and FIG. 8B shows an xx section of the card C on which character information is thermally printed.

  The card C on which the character information is printed is transported along the card transport path 7 and is transported between the thermal head 12b of the printing mechanism 10b and the platen roller 11b. At this time, the heat generating element of the thermal head 12b selectively generates heat based on the concealment position information, and the concealing thermal transfer ribbon 15 interposed between the thermal head 12b and the platen roller 11b is melted to the card C. The ink is transferred from the thermal transfer ribbon 15 for concealing the ink. Printing energy when the thermal head 12b performs printing is printing energy based on the temperature detected by the sensor 29 that detects the temperature. The printing energy of the thermal head 12b is smaller than the printing energy of the thermal head 12a. FIG. 9 shows an example of the scratch card SC created by transferring the concealment thermal transfer ribbon 15 on the basis of the concealment position information to form the peelable concealment layer 53 and concealing characters (winning product name). Yes. FIG. 9A shows a scratch surface of the scratch card SC in which the character information is concealed by the peelable concealment layer 53, and FIG. 9B shows an xx section of the scratch card SC.

  Thus, when one scratch card SC is created, printing of the next card C set in the paper feeding device 3 is started. In this way, the cards C are successively drawn from the sheet feeding device 3 based on the number information transmitted from the headquarter server 104, and printing is performed. That is, the character information transmitted from the headquarter server 104 is printed by the scratch card printer 103 on the card C on which the background set by the operator on the paper feeder 3 is printed. Therefore, according to the scratch card printer 103, the scratch card SC in which character information such as characters and pictures is thermally printed at a desired position and the thermal print portion is covered with the peelable concealing layer 53 by the concealing thermal transfer ribbon 15 is used. A desired number of sheets can be easily created.

[1-2. Explanation of headquarter server 104]
Next, the headquarter server 104 will be described. Here, FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection of each part of the headquarters server 104. As shown in FIG. 10, the headquarter server 104 includes a central processing unit (CPU) that centrally controls each unit, a read only memory (ROM) that stores a control program, and a random access memory (RAM) that functions as a work area for the CPU. A computer-configured control means 61 composed of (Memory) or the like is provided, and this control means 61 controls various calculations and data transfer. A communication control unit 62 is connected to the control unit 61 and performs data input / output control via the Internet 102.

  In addition, the control unit 61 includes a storage unit (storage medium) 63 such as an HDD (HardDisk Drive) that stores the Web application, an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file, and an external called via a CGI (Common Gateway Interface). A storage unit (storage medium) 64 such as an HDD for storing a program (hereinafter referred to as a CGI program) is connected. These storage devices 63 and 64 may be provided inside the headquarter server 104 or may be provided outside the headquarter server 104.

  The Web application is a program that sends browsing information to the client terminal 101 by transferring an HTML file or executing a CGI program when a browsing request for the Web site is made from the client terminal 101 through the Internet 102. For example, when the browsing request from the client terminal 101 is a browsing request for an already prepared HTML file, the Web application transmits the HTML file to the client terminal 101. Further, when there is data transfer or the like in the browsing request from the client terminal 101, the CGI program is executed, and the data is stored and various calculations are performed.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the control means 61 is connected to a storage device (hereinafter referred to as a management table file) 65 for storing a management table T (see FIG. 11). The management table file 65 may be provided inside the headquarter server 104 or may be provided outside the headquarter server 104. Further, there is no problem even if these files 63, 64, 65 are all included in one storage device. As shown in FIG. 11, the management table T registers ticketing information related to the ticketing timing of a lottery for each lottery type in advance. The ticketing information includes ticketing place, ticketing interval, ticketing time, ticketing order. Such information is registered in advance.

[1-3. Description of client terminal 101]
Next, the client terminal 101 installed in each lottery ticketing place (lottery place) will be described. Here, FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of each part of the client terminal 101. As shown in FIG. 12, the client terminal 101 is provided with control means 71 including a CPU for centrally controlling each unit, a ROM for storing a control program, a RAM that functions as a work area for the CPU, and the like. The control means 71 controls various calculations and data transfer. The control means 71 includes a communication control means 72 for performing data input / output control via the Internet 102, a web browser and a web browser installed in the central server 104, and a scratch card printer 103 and a web browser. A storage device 73 such as an HDD for storing various programs such as a program for realizing a special function for operation on the Internet 102 such as a Web publishing tool (for example, ActiveX (trademark of Microsoft Corporation) control) that controls the interface between It is connected.

  The client terminal 101 includes a display unit 74 such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) controlled by the control unit 71, a keyboard 75 and a mouse 76 functioning as an input unit, and various external devices. An interface (I / F) 77 for executing data connection, a barcode scanner 78, and the like are provided. The bar code scanner 78 of the client terminal 101 is for scanning the bar code 52 that is an identification code printed on the scratch card SC when exchanging the winning product at the exchange (lottery place).

[2. Processing in each part constituting the lottery ticketing system 100]
Then, the process in each part which comprises the lottery ticketing system 100 is demonstrated. Here, the ticket issuing process of the scratch card SC from the headquarter server 104 to the scratch card printer 103 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the ticketing process shown in FIG. 13, the ticketing of the scratch card SC is executed based on temporal control. The following methods are conceivable as ticketing methods with controlled time. In particular,
(Ticketing method 1) Method of issuing tickets at specific time intervals (Ticketing method 2) Method of issuing tickets after the specified time has passed since the start of the lottery (Ticketing method 3) Method of issuing tickets before the designated time for the end of the lottery (Ticketing method 4 ) Method of issuing tickets at a specific time (Ticketing method 5) Method of issuing tickets from a lottery place with high total sales at a specific time (Ticketing method 6) Method of issuing tickets from a lottery place with a large number of customers at a specific time (Ticketing method 7) It is a method of issuing a ticket after a certain period of time has passed since winning.

  Therefore, the initialization process in step S1 shown in FIG. 13 governs a process for setting such a temporal constraint in advance. Here, FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a flow of initialization processing. In the initialization process shown in FIG. 14, after the initialization process is executed (step S1-1), the process has not reached the table end of the management table T (N in step S1-2), and the lottery places match. (Step S1-3 Y), the following processing is executed.

  When ticketing method 1 (method for issuing tickets at specific time intervals) is selected (Y in step S1-4), the next ticketing time is set, that is, the ticketing interval is added to the lottery start time (steps). S1-5). For example, in the management table T, the lottery start time is set to 9:00, so the ticketing time is set to 10:00 for the target product for which the ticketing interval is specified as 60 minutes.

  When ticketing method 2 (method for issuing tickets after a specified time has elapsed since the start of the lottery) is selected (Y in step S1-6), the next ticketing time is set, that is, the ticketing is performed at the lottery start time. The interval is added (step S1-7). For example, in the management table T, the lottery start time is set to 9:00, and the ticketing interval of the ticketing place 1 is designated as 60 minutes. Therefore, for the target product for which the ticketing method 2 is designated at the ticketing place 1 Will be set to 10:00. In addition, since the ticketing interval of the ticketing place 2 is designated as 120 minutes, the ticketing time for the target product for which the ticketing method 2 is designated at the ticketing place 2 is set to 11:00.

  When ticketing method 3 (method for issuing tickets before the designated time for the end of the lottery) is selected (Y in step S1-8), the next ticketing time is set, that is, the ticketing interval is determined from the lottery end time. Subtract (Step S1-9). For example, in the management table T, the lottery end time is set to 20:00 and the ticketing interval of the ticketing place 1 is specified as 90 minutes. Therefore, for the target product for which the ticketing method 3 is specified at the ticketing place 1 Will be set at 18:30. In addition, since the ticketing interval of the ticketing place 2 is specified as 120 minutes, the ticketing time for the target product for which the ticketing method 3 is specified at the ticketing place 2 is set to 18:00.

  The above processing is repeated until the processing reaches the table end of the management table T (Y in step S1-2).

  By executing the above processing, it is possible to set a time for issuing a ticket. An example of the management table T after the initialization process is shown in FIG.

  When the initialization process (step S1) ends, as shown in FIG. 13, the non-target process of step S2 is executed. This non-target processing is processing in the case of issuing a ticket by recognizing only the ticketing place without time constraints.

  Here, FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of non-target processing. As shown in FIG. 16, after executing the initial process (step S2-1), the process has not reached the table end of the management table T (N in step S2-2), the lottery places match, and If the non-target processing is selected (Y in step S2-3), print data for the designated number is generated and transmitted to the scratch card printer 103 (step S2-4). For example, in the management table T, the items (tissue paper) of item numbers 1 and 2 are designated as not eligible at the ticketing places 1 and 2, respectively, and therefore the scratch card printer 103 issues the designated number of scratch cards SC. Do. This exclusion process corresponds to a lottery ticketing process corresponding to a so-called empty lottery.

  When the non-target processing (step S2) is completed, as shown in FIG. 13, time information is acquired (step S3), and the total sales amount and the number of customers are updated (step S4). As for the update of the total sales amount and the number of customers, it is possible to manage the total sales amount and the number of customers of the store where the lottery is installed by using the POS system, etc., so that it can be obtained from the POS system inspection work. Just do it.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 13, the time designation process of step S5 is executed. This time designation process refers to the contents of the management table T, and if the current time and the designated time match and the ticketing place matches, the print data for the designated number is generated and sent to the scratch card printer 103. To send.

  Here, FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow of the time designation process. As shown in FIG. 17, after executing the initial process (step S5-1), the process has not reached the table end of the management table T (N in step S5-2), the lottery places match, and The following processing is executed on condition that the times are the same (Y in step S5-3).

  When the ticket issuing method 1 (method for issuing a ticket at a specific time interval) is selected (Y in step S5-4), print data for a specified number of sheets is generated and transmitted to the scratch card printer 103 ( In step S5-5, the next ticketing time is reset, that is, the ticketing interval is added to the ticketing time to set the next ticketing time (step S5-6).

  On the other hand, when the ticket issuing methods 2, 3, and 4 are selected (Y in step S5-7), the print data for the designated number is generated and transmitted to the scratch card printer 103 (step S5). -8).

  The above processing is repeated until the processing reaches the table end of the management table T (Y in step S5-2). An example of the management table T after the time designation processing is shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 13, the total sales process of step S6 is executed. In this total sales processing, when the current time matches the specified time with reference to the contents of the management table T, the specified number of scratch cards SC are issued in the scratch card printer 103 installed at the ticketing place where the total sales are high. Is what you do. That is, a ticket is issued from the scratch card printer 103 installed at a lottery place with a large total sales at a specific time.

  Here, FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of total sales processing. As shown in FIG. 19, after the initial process is executed (step S6-1), the process has not reached the table end of the management table T (N in step S6-2), and the ticketing method 5 is selected. In addition, the following processing is executed on condition that the times coincide (Y in Step S6-3).

  If the total sales information of the ticketing place obtained from the POS system inspection work is the maximum value (MAX) (Y in step S6-4), print data of the designated lot is generated and sent to the scratch card printer 103. It transmits to (step S6-5).

  The above processing is repeated until the processing reaches the table end of the management table T (Y in step S6-2).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the total number of customers process of step S7 is performed. This total customer number processing refers to the contents of the management table T and issues a specified number of tickets from a ticketing place with a large total number of customers when the current time matches the specified time. That is, tickets are issued from lottery places with a large number of customers at a specific time.

  Here, FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of the total number of customers process. As shown in FIG. 20, after the initial process is executed (step S7-1), the process has not reached the table end of the management table T (N in step S7-2), and the ticketing method 6 is selected. In addition, the following processing is executed on condition that the times coincide (Y in step S7-3).

  If the total number of customers at the ticketing place obtained from the POS system inspection service is the maximum value (MAX) (Y in step S7-4), print data for the designated lottery is generated and sent to the scratch card printer 103. It transmits to (step S7-5).

  The above processing is repeated until the processing reaches the table end of the management table T (Y in step S7-2).

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 13, the ticket issuing order process of step S8 is executed. This issuance order processing is for issuing a ticket after a certain time has elapsed after winning a certain lottery.

  Here, FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the flow of the ticketing order process. As shown in FIG. 21, after the initial process is executed (step S8-1), the process has not reached the table end of the management table T (N in step S8-2) and is printed on the scratch card SC. The following processing is executed on the condition that the result of scanning the barcode 52 for identification matches the ticketing code registered in the management table T (Y in step S8-3).

  The processing has not reached the table end of the management table T (N in step S8-4), the entry in the management table T is searched, the ticketing method 7 is selected, and the ticketing code is set If there is an item that matches the number (item number in the previous order) (Y in step S8-5), the next ticketing time is reset, that is, the ticketing interval is added to the current time and the next ticketing time is It is set (step S8-6), and the processing classification is changed from the ticketing method 7 to the ticketing method 4 (step S8-7). Thus, by changing the ticketing method from 7 to 4, it becomes possible to issue a ticket by the same process as the time designation.

  The above process is repeated until the process reaches the table end of the management table T (Y in step S8-2).

  By executing the above processing, a ticket can be issued after a certain time has elapsed after winning a certain lottery. An example of the management table T after the ticketing order processing is shown in FIG. The example shown in FIG. 22 shows a case where the ticket issuance code is set at 15:30 and the winning lottery is redeemed at 19:05. The ticketing method is changed from 7 to 4, and the ticketing time is set to 19:35.

  The processes in steps S3 to S8 in FIG. 13 as described above are repeated until all the lots (scratch cards SC) are issued from the scratch card printer 103 (Y in step S9).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a lottery (scratch card SC) is issued from the scratch card printer 103, the association is performed based on the ticketing information related to the ticketing timing such as the ticketing time, the ticketing order, and the ticketing place. Therefore, there is an effect that the lottery can be held without reducing the degree of attention to the lottery. At the same time, in order to draw the attention of the participants, it is possible to motivate the participants to participate in the lottery by allocating the winning lottery to the lottery places where the sales amount and the total number of customers are large.

  In this embodiment, the scratch card printer 103 is connected to the client terminal 101. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if the scratch card printer 103 is compatible with the network, it may be connected to the headquarter server 104 via the Internet 102.

It is a system configuration figure showing roughly the whole composition of the lottery ticketing system of one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an external perspective view showing a scratch card printer. It is a vertical side view schematically showing the configuration of the scratch card printer. (A) is a top view which shows the printing surface of a card | curd, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the xx cross section of a card | curd. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical connection of each part incorporated in a scratch card printer. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the printing energy supplied to each thermal head and the optical sensitivity characteristic of the concealment object by the printing part of a card | curd, and the thermal transfer ribbon for concealment. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the ambient temperature which shows room temperature, and the printing energy of a thermal head. (A) is a top view which shows the printing surface of the card | curd on which the character information was heat-printed, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the xx cross section of the card | curd on which the character information was heat-printed. (A) is a top view which shows the scratch surface of the scratch card by which character information was concealed by the peelable masking layer, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the xx cross section of a scratch card. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical connection of each part of a headquarters server. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a management table. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical connection of each part of a client terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the ticket issuing process of a scratch card. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the initialization process. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the management table after an initialization process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a non-target process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a time designation | designated process. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the management table after a time designation | designated process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a total sales process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a total customer number process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a ticket issue order process. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the management table after ticket issue order processing.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 102 ... Communication network, 103 ... Whale ticketing machine, 104 ... Server computer, Whale ticketing control device, SC ... Whale, scratch card, T ... Table,

Claims (9)

In a lottery ticketing control method using a lottery ticketing machine that issues a lottery that is a scratch card and a server computer connected to the lottery ticketing machine,
A table generating step for generating a table in which ticket issuing information related to the ticket issuing timing of the lottery is registered in advance for each type of lottery for specifying a winning target to be printed on the scratch card ;
A print data generation step for generating print data in the server computer according to the ticketing information registered in the table generated by the table generation step;
A print data output step of outputting the print data generated by the print data generation step from the server computer to the lottery ticket issuing machine;
Receiving the print data output by the print data output step by the lottery ticket issuing machine, and printing and issuing the lottery based on the print data;
A lottery ticketing control method comprising: At least two or more of the lottery ticket machines are connected to the server computer through a communication network,
The table is centrally managed by the server computer.
The lottery ticket issuing control method according to claim 1. The ticket issuing information registered in the table generated by the table generating step includes the ticket issuing time of the lottery,
The print data generation step generates the print data according to the ticket issuing time.
The lottery ticket issuing control method according to claim 1 or 2. The ticketing information registered in the table generated by the table generating step includes the ticketing place of the lottery,
The printing data output step outputs the printing data to the lottery ticketing machine installed at the ticketing place,
The lottery ticket issuing control method according to claim 2. The ticketing location centrally managed in the table can be set according to the number of customers visiting the store.
The lottery ticket issuing control method according to claim 4. The ticketing location centrally managed in the table can be set according to the sales amount.
The lottery ticket issuing control method according to claim 4. The ticketing information registered in the table generated by the table generating step includes the ticketing order of the lottery,
The print data generation step generates the print data according to the ticketing order.
The lottery ticket issuing control method according to claim 1. When it is recognized that the lottery in the previous order has been redeemed, the ticketing time for the lottery in the next order is set.
The lottery ticket issuing control method according to claim 7. The exchange of the lottery in the previous order is recognized by reading the identification code attached to the lottery at the time of exchange and searching the table.
The lottery ticket issuing control method according to claim 8.

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