| 摘要 |
A SMS lottery gateway server obtains one SMS message from a mobile phone via a base station over a wide area network and parses the one SMS message to identify a plurality of game entries including one or more associated picks. A lottery server receives the game entries and associated picks from the SMS lottery gateway server and plays lottery games based thereon. An SMS lottery gateway server can parse the SMS message in various ways such as looking for a number and an associated pick, the number indicating a quantity of the plurality of entries. An SMS transaction gateway server sends a request indicative of the game entries over a wide area network to a billing platform server, receives a confirmation or denial over a wide area network from the billing platform server, and commences fulfillment of the game entries when a confirmation is received. Lottery winnings can be credited to a prepaid or postpaid account. |
