JP5073555B2 - Lottery ticket distribution device and lottery ticket distribution method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lottery ticket sorting apparatus and a lottery ticket sorting method for sorting a packed ticket set for delivery to a plurality of sales floors.

Conventionally, a lottery ticket is printed by a printing company, and thereafter, a ticket set is created by filling the bag every predetermined number (currently every 10). The bundle of ticket sets is packed in a box and delivered to each sales floor. In the boxing of this ticket group, usually, a plurality of ticket groups as serial numbers are packed in one box. Accordingly, a plurality of ticket groups having serial numbers are sold at one sales floor. Then, after the lottery ticket is delivered to each sales floor, the winning number of the lottery ticket is determined at random. Therefore, the sales floors that sell the lottery numbers that match the winning numbers are distributed to sales floors nationwide. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique related to the management and delivery of lottery tickets.
JP 2002-123644 A

  Here, let us consider selling a lottery ticket in which a lottery number is a number with a predetermined number of digits from the top (hereinafter referred to as “upper digit”). For example, in the case where the lottery number is 6 digits and the upper digit of 4 digits is the target of winning, if the winning number is “1234”, all the numbers “123400” to “123499” are won. However, when a lottery ticket is sold by such a winning method, the current lottery ticket distribution method described above, that is, a plurality of ticket sets as serial numbers are packed in one box and delivered to each sales floor. If this method is used, sales floors selling lottery tickets with lottery numbers that match the winning numbers will not be distributed throughout the country. When the above example is used, if the winning number is “1234”, the ticket group packed with the lottery numbers “123400” to “123499” is likely to be concentrated on one sales floor. There is a possibility that all the lottery numbers corresponding to the winning number “1234” are sold only at the sales floor. Therefore, when selling lottery tickets where the number targeted for winning in the lottery number is the upper digit of the prescribed number of digits, consider that the sales floors for the lottery tickets to be won are scattered, Lottery tickets must be distributed.

  Therefore, in the case of selling a lottery ticket in which the number subject to winning in the lottery number is the upper digit of the specified number of digits, the sales of the ticket set is scattered so that the sales floor selling the lottery ticket to be won is scattered. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lottery ticket sorting device and a lottery ticket sorting method that can sort delivery.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a winning target digit number input receiving means for receiving the input of the upper digit number to be won among the number of digits of the lottery number, and a ticket set number input for receiving the input of the number of ticket sets. A receiving means, a bagging means for receiving a cut-out lottery ticket and creating a ticket set in which the lottery numbers of the consecutive number of the ticket set are packed; and a ticket set discharge for sequentially discharging the ticket set Means, an upper digit common number specifying means for specifying a common number of the upper digits of the number of lottery numbers packed in the discharged ticket set, and the specified of the discharged ticket set Number change detecting means for detecting a change in a common number in the upper digits, and a distribution means for sequentially distributing the discharged ticket groups to a plurality of sales floors until the common number in the upper digits changes. Lottery ticket distribution characterized by It is the location.

  Further, the present invention is a lottery ticket distribution method in the lottery ticket distribution device, wherein the winning number target input means accepts the input of the number of upper digits to be won among the number of the lottery number, and the number of ticket sets is input. The accepting means accepts the input of the number of ticket groups, the bagging means accepts the delivery of the cut lottery ticket, creates a ticket group in which the consecutive lottery numbers of the number of ticket groups are packed, The group discharging means sequentially discharges the ticket groups, and the upper common number identification means identifies the common number of the upper digits of the number of the upper digits of the lottery number packed in the discharged ticket group. The number change detection means detects a change in the common number of the identified upper digit of the discharged ticket set, and the sorting means detects the discharged ticket until the common number of the upper digit changes. Divide the group in order as addressed to multiple sales floors Is a lottery ticket distribution method characterized.

  According to the present invention, when selling a lottery ticket in which the number targeted for winning in the lottery number is the upper digit of the specified number of digits, the ticket group in which sales floors selling the lottery tickets to be won are scattered Can be distributed.

Hereinafter, a lottery ticket sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a lottery ticket sorting apparatus according to the embodiment.
In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a printing machine for printing a lottery ticket. Reference numeral 2 denotes a cutting machine that cuts a sheet on which a plurality of lottery tickets are printed. Reference numeral 3 denotes a stacking device that collects the lottery tickets carried out from the cutting machine 2 by serial numbers for each designated number. Reference numeral 4 denotes a bagging device that forms a ticket group by bagging a plurality of consecutively drawn lottery tickets carried out of the stack device 3. Reference numeral 5 denotes a sales floor sorting device that distributes ticket groups to sales floors of delivery destinations. Reference numeral 10 denotes a distribution management device that controls the stack device 3, the bagging device 4, and the sorting device 5 by sales floor. The printing machine 1, the cutting machine 2, the stacking device 3, the bagging device 4, the sales floor sorting device 5, and the sorting management device 10 constitute a lottery ticket sorting device.

  The connecting portions of the printing machine 1 and the cutting machine 2, the cutting machine 2 and the stacking device 3, the stacking device 3 and the bagging device 4, and the bagging device 4 and the sorting device 5 according to the sales floor are connected by a conveyor or the like. It shall be. Then, from the printing machine 1 to the cutting machine 2, a single sheet on which a plurality of consecutively drawn lottery tickets are printed is conveyed from the printing machine 1 to the cutting machine 2 by a conveying machine or the like. In addition, each of the cut lottery tickets is transported from the cutting machine 2 to the stack apparatus 3 by the transport machine or the like. In addition, from the stack device 3 to the bagging device 4, lottery tickets that are grouped by a specified number with serial numbers are transported from the stack device 3 to the bagging device 4 by a transporter or the like. Further, from the bagging device 4 to the sales floor sorting device 5, the packed ticket set is transported from the bagging device 4 to the sales floor sorting device 5 by a transporter or the like.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the distribution management device 10.
As shown in this figure, the distribution management device 10 includes an input unit 11, a communication processing unit 12, a control unit 13, a ticket group number notification unit 14, a distribution management unit 15, and a storage unit 16. Here, the input unit 11 receives input information from an administrator who operates the distribution management device 10. The communication processing unit 12 transmits and receives information to and from the stack device 3, the bagging device 4, and the sales floor sorting device 5. The control unit 13 controls each processing unit of the distribution management device 10. The ticket set number notifying unit 14 notifies the stack apparatus 3 of the number of ticket sets.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of the distribution management device 10.
Next, the processing flow of the lottery ticket sorting apparatus will be described.
First, the input unit 11 of the distribution management apparatus 10 determines the number of digits of the lottery number of the lottery ticket, the number of sets included in one unit of the lottery ticket, the number of units indicating how many units are printed based on the user's operation, the ticket An input of the number of upper digits to be won in the number of sets and the lottery number is accepted (step S101). The unit indicates a lottery ticket sales unit calculated by a predetermined number of group numbers and a lottery number assigned to each group. In this embodiment, one unit is provided with 100 kinds of group numbers “01 group” to “100 group”, and 100,000 lot numbers (lower numbers) “100,000” to “199999” are assigned to each group. It shall exist. That is, there are a total of 10 million lottery numbers in one unit. Further, it is assumed that a lottery ticket of a plurality of units is printed with the ten million lottery tickets as one unit.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that the number of digits of the lottery number is “6”, the number of ticket groups is “10”, and the number of upper digits to be won is “3”. The input unit 11 of the distribution management apparatus 10 registers each piece of information that has received these inputs in the storage unit 16. Then, the manufacturing administrator of the lottery ticket causes the printing machine 1 to read the printing data of the lottery ticket, so that the printing machine 1 converts one sheet on which a plurality of lottery lottery tickets are printed into a young unit number, It prints on a sheet in order from the lottery ticket of the group number and the lottery number. Further, the cutting machine 2 cuts the sheet, divides it into each lottery ticket, and carries it out to the stack device 3. In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the number to be won does not include the set number and only the first three digits in the 6-digit lottery number are to be won. However, it is also possible to connect a 2-digit set number and a 6-digit lottery number so that the upper 3 digits or the upper 4 digits are to be won.

  Next, in the distribution management device 10, the ticket group number notification unit 14 notifies the stack unit 3 of the ticket group number “10” stored in the storage unit 16 (step S102). Then, the stacking device 3 collects the lottery tickets carried out from the cutting machine 2 for each number of issued ticket groups by serial numbering, and stacks them for every 10 number of ticket groups. It is carried out to the device 4. Further, the bagging device 4 sequentially packs a bundle of ten lottery tickets carried out from the stack device 3 to create a ticket set. And the bagging apparatus 4 carries out a ticket group to the sorting apparatus 5 classified by sales floor in order. Each time the bagging device 4 carries out one packed ticket set, it notifies the distribution management device 10 of the ticket set carry-out.

  In the distribution management device 10, the distribution management unit 15 receives a carry-out notification from the bagging device 4 (step S103). Each time the ticket group carry-out notification is received, it is determined that the ticket groups are sequentially carried in by the sales floor sorting apparatus 5 (step S104). Here, since the lottery number is 6 digits and the winning target is the upper 3 digits, the digits that are out of the winning target are the lower 3 digits of the lottery number. This number of digits is calculated by the distribution management unit 15 based on “the number of digits of the lottery number−the number of digits to be won” (step S105). Since “the number of the lottery number 6-the number of digits to be won 3 = 3”, the distribution management unit 15 sets the combination of 3 to 10 when each digit of the 3 digits becomes any value of 0-9. 1000 is calculated by calculation of × 10 × 10, and 1000 is derived as the number of lottery numbers having the same first three digits (step S106). Since the number of ticket groups is “10”, the number of ticket groups having the same number in the first three digits is calculated as 100 by 1000 ÷ 10 (step S107). Therefore, a 2-digit counter is used to count from “00” to “99” each time a ticket set carry-out notification is received (step S108), and it is determined whether the 2-digit count has rotated once ( Step S109). In each count from “00” to “99”, winning target digit change information “0” indicating that the upper three digits of the winning target have not been changed is transmitted to the sorting device 5 by sales floor (step S110) Further, by making one rotation, only when the counter returns from “99” to “00”, winning target digit change information “1” indicating that the upper three digits of the winning target have been changed is transmitted (S110). Step S111). That is, each time the 2-digit counter makes one rotation, the sorting management device 10 packs a ticket set including the lottery number whose top three digits are changed from the bagging device 4 into the sorting device 5 according to the sales floor. It is detected that the device 4 has been carried out to the sorting device 5 according to the sales floor, and this is notified to the sorting device 5 according to the sales floor. Then, it is determined whether the distribution has been completed (step S112), and steps S105 to S112 are repeated until it is determined that the distribution has ended.

  Then, while receiving the winning target digit change information “0” indicating that the first three digits of the winning target have not been changed, the sales floor sorting apparatus 5 converts the ticket groups that are sequentially loaded into a predetermined random number. Sorting is done so that it can be distributed to many sales floors. Here, the sales floor sorting apparatus 5 automatically sorts the ticket groups into a plurality of boxes while receiving the winning target digit change information “0” indicating that the upper three digits of the winning target have not been changed. You may pack by a packing mechanism. Further, when receiving the winning target digit change information “1” indicating that the first three digits of the winning target have been changed, the sales floor sorting device 5 sorts the ticket groups again by a predetermined random sorting method. Repeat the process.

  Note that the predetermined random sorting method is, for example, in the present embodiment, there are 100 ticket sets from “00” to “99” that have the same first three-digit winning numbers. In the order of 100 boxes transported by a belt conveyor, etc., a group of tickets with the same first three digits of the winning target number are packed one by one, and the winning target indicating that the upper three digits of the winning target have changed. In response to the reception of the digit change information “1”, the ticket sets having the same first three-digit winning numbers are packed one by one in the order of 100 boxes conveyed by the belt conveyor. By repeating the above, it is possible to control so that the bags to be won for one winning number are distributed to the sales floors of 100 stores.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, according to the above-mentioned process, when selling a lottery ticket where the digit targeted for the lottery number is the upper digit of the prescribed number of digits, It is possible to distribute the delivery of a ticket group in which sales floors selling the lottery tickets are scattered.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a lottery ticket distribution apparatus. It is a functional block diagram of a distribution management apparatus. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of a distribution management apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Printing machine 2 ... Cutting machine 3 ... Stacking device 4 ... Bagging device 5 ... Sorting device classified by sales floor 10 ... Sorting management device 11 ... Input part 12 ... Communication processing unit 13 ... control unit 14 ... ticket group number notification unit 15 ... distribution management unit 16 ... storage unit

Claims (2)

Of the lottery number digits, the winning target digit number input receiving means for receiving the input of the upper digit number to be won,
A ticket set number input receiving means for receiving an input of the number of ticket sets;
A bagging means for receiving a cut-out lottery ticket and creating a ticket group in which the consecutive lottery numbers of the ticket group are packed;
Ticket set discharging means for sequentially discharging the ticket sets;
Upper digit common number specifying means for specifying the common number of the upper digits of the number of the upper digits of the lottery number packed in the discharged ticket set;
Number change detection means for detecting a change in the common number of the identified upper digit of the discharged ticket set;
Distribution means for sequentially distributing the discharged ticket group to a plurality of sales floors until the common number of the upper digits changes,
A lottery ticket sorting apparatus comprising: A lottery ticket distribution method in a lottery ticket distribution device,
The winning number input acceptance means accepts the input of the number of upper digits to be won among the lottery number digits,
The ticket set number input accepting means accepts the input of the number of ticket sets,
The bagging means accepts the delivery of the cut lottery ticket, creates a ticket group in which the serial number of the ticket group number is packed,
The ticket set discharging means discharges the ticket sets in order,
The upper digit common number specifying means specifies the common number of the upper digits of the number of upper digits of the lottery number packed in the discharged ticket set,
Number change detecting means detects a change in the common number of the specified upper digit of the discharged ticket set,
The lottery ticket distribution method, wherein the distribution means sequentially distributes the discharged ticket groups to a plurality of sales floors until a common number of the upper digits changes.

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