摘要 |
The present invention can provide an interactive TV server device, a lottery method and a lottery program. The interactive TV server device comprises; a clock unit tracking how much time has elapsed since invitations are sent out; a counter unit counting the number of applications received after the invitations have been sent out; and a lottery closing unit closing the lottery when a prescribed time limit or the maximum number of participants has been reached, and refusing all applications after this time. An applicant can improve his/her odds in the lottery in real time by continuing to participate in the lottery program. In this way, finally the audience rating of a program can be improved. <IMAGE> |