MOBILE CASINO SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile casino system by which lot type prices can be enjoyed among respective portable terminal users by combining a portable terminal and a code pattern reader. SOLUTION: In the system, information is transmitted/received between a server 6 for managing lot winning information and a portable terminal 3 owned by a user. When the user receives service from the place side or purchases a commodity, a scratch card 1 is provided as a prize accompanying the service or purchase. In the scratch card 1, a patterned print of a lot code 1B is coated, and when the user peels off the coat at the time of lottery and drives the code reader 2 (or the reading function of the terminal 3 itself), lot code data read out from the lot code 1B are inputted to the portable telephone 3 and transmitted to the server 6. The server 6 refers to lot winning information stored in a database 6D and returns lottery result information expressing the winning/rejection of the lot code data to the portable terminal 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI