METHOD AND CENTER FOR FUND MANAGEMENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a center for fund management which is convenient for a betting system. SOLUTION: A balance management center 5 having a balance database 51 which stores balance data consisting of a telephone number for authentication, the balance, and a password code for each user adds a paid-back amount to the balance of the balance data of a winner according to winning data received from a municipally operated race betting center 7 and pays winning money back. Further, the balance management center 5 answers a payment request from a telephone set 3, specifies balance data corresponding to a specified telephone number for authentication in the balance database 51, and updates the balance according to an withdrawal amount and supplies a withdrawal reception number to the user after authenticating the user. The balance management center 5, after verifying the withdrawal reception number on a reception number verification request from a money paying and receiving terminal 1, allows money to be paid. In response, the store where the money paying and receiving terminal 1 is installed supplies the cash corresponding to the withdrawal amount to the user.