System and method for variable perforation profiles in a stack of lottery tickets

A system for producing a perforation line between adjacent lottery tickets in an automated production line wherein a substrate is conveyed through a perforation station in the production line, the substrate having individual lottery ticket indicia printed thereon such that a continuous stream of adjacent lottery tickets oriented end-to-end are conveyed through the perforation station, the system comprising:

• a perforation machine at the perforation station to produce a perforation line between the adjacent lottery tickets;
• a controller in communication with the perforation machine, wherein the controller is configured to:
• receive inputted control variables that relate to conditions that determine a desired perforation profile of the perforation line;
• program the perforation machine to produce the perforation line with a specific perforation profile based on the entered control variables;
• reprogram the perforation machine with a different perforation profile upon receipt of different values for the control variables;
• and
• wherein the control variables relate to environmental conditions expected at a dispensing location for the lottery tickets being produced and the perforation profiles are changed between different ticket production runs, or between tickets in the same ticket production run based on changes in the environmental conditions.