lottery processor from the customer 39 s lottery entry a lottery comparison number is generated this is compared with a random lottery target number generated by the lottery processor if the comparison number and target number match the customer is informed of his winning advantageously lottery customers are quickly notified of their winnings application_number US 64871091 A description fig1 is a block diagram of a system for providing customer paid lottery or sponsor paid lottery services a customer at customer station 1 is connected via a local switching system 3 to a toll switching system 5 the local switching system may be for example a 1a ess tm switch described in 34 no 1 electronic switching system 34 bell system technical journal vol 43 no 5 pp 1831 2592 sep 1964 and 34 1a processor 34 bell system technical journal vol 56 no 2 pp 119 315 feburary 1977 in order to be able to process calls without requiring credit card or equivalent data it is desirable that the local switching system be capable of identifying the telephone number of a customer and forwarding this number to a toll switching system i e capable of performing the automatic number identification ani function in this embodiment the local switching system is connected to a toll switching system which may for example be the.