Method and apparatus for handling prize advertisement on communication network

Abstract

According to the present invention, in a method and an apparatus for handling a prize advertisement through a communication network, (in a system), a prize advertisement request is received through the communication network and the received prize advertisement is classified in accordance with prize contents and stored. The stored prize advertisement is distributed together with a display form instruction corresponding to the classification to a visitor through the communication network. An entry for the distributed prize advertisement is received together with additional information regarding an entrant via the communication network. Further, the number of entries for the prize advertisement is accumulated together with the additional information of the entrants to form an accumulation report. The accumulation report is transmitted to a client through the communication network.

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