# US 12,190,687 B1 · Lottery ticket dispensing system including lottery ticket vending machine and a lottery ticket vending machine side car > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,190,687 B1 - Document ID: US12190687B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/462,669 - Filed: 2023-09-07 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-07 - Assignees: IGT Global Solutions Corporation - Applicants: IGT Global Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Apostolos D. Kallis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12190687B1 ## CPC - G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards} - G07F 17/42: for ticket printing or like apparatus {, e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards} - G07F 5/00: Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks - G07F 7/04: by paper currency - G07F 11/68: in which the articles are torn or severed from strips or sheets - G07F 17/32: for games, toys, sports, or amusements - G07F 17/3216: {Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A lottery ticket dispensing system including a lottery ticket vending machine and a lottery ticket vending machine side car including a housing, a physical connection assembly, an electrical connection and communication assembly, and at least one of a paper bet slip receiver assembly, a currency receiver assembly, and a coin receiver assembly. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lottery ticket dispensing system comprising: a lottery ticket vending machine comprising: a first housing comprising a frame, a top wall connected to the frame, spaced-apart side walls connected to the frame, a rear wall connected to the frame, a base connected to the frame and configured to rest on a floor, and a front door connected to the frame, a ticket drawer column in the first housing, the ticket drawer column comprising a plurality of ticket drawers, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a strip of lottery tickets, a ticket burster in the first housing, the ticket burster defining a ticket inlet and a ticket outlet, the ticket burster movable to a plurality of different ticket receipt positions, each different ticket receipt position associated with and in alignment with a different one of the ticket drawers, and a controller configured to control movement of the ticket burster to the different ticket receipt positions and other operations of the ticket burster; and a side car comprising: a second housing comprising a frame, a top wall connected to the frame, spaced-apart side walls connected to the frame, a rear wall connected to the frame, a base connected to the frame and configured to rest on the floor, and a front wall connected to the frame, wherein one of the side walls of the side car in configured to be positioned adjacent to one of the side walls of the first housing of the lottery ticket vending machine, wherein one of the other walls of the second housing is moveable from a closed and locked position to an open position to allow access to an interior of the second housing, a physical connection assembly configured to connect the side car to the first housing of the lottery ticket vending machine, an electrical connection and communication assembly configured to send data to the controller, and at least one of a paper bet slip receiver assembly, a currency receiver assembly, and a coin receiver assembly. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 1, wherein the paper bet slip receiver assembly comprises: a slip receiver, a slip reader, and a slip storage compartment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 2, wherein the slip receiver comprises: a section defining a slip receiving slot, and a bet slip engager. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 1, wherein the currency receiver assembly comprises: a currency receiver, a currency reader, and a currency storage compartment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 4, wherein said currency receiver comprises: a section defining a currency receiving slot, and a currency engager. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 1, wherein the coin reader assembly comprises: a coin receiver, a coin reader, and a coin storage compartment. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 1, wherein said coin receiver comprises: a section defining a coin receiving slot, and a coin path. ### Claim 8 A lottery ticket dispensing system comprising: a lottery ticket vending machine comprising: a first housing comprising a frame, a top wall connected to the frame, spaced-apart side walls connected to the frame, a rear wall connected to the frame, a base connected to the frame and configured to rest on a floor, and a front door connected to the frame, a ticket drawer column in the first housing, the ticket drawer column comprising a plurality of ticket drawers, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a strip of lottery tickets, a ticket burster in the first housing, the ticket burster defining a ticket inlet and a ticket outlet, the ticket burster movable to a plurality of different ticket receipt positions, each different ticket receipt position associated with and in alignment with a different one of the ticket drawers, and a controller configured to control movement of the ticket burster to the different ticket receipt positions and other operations of the ticket burster; and a side car comprising: a second housing comprising a frame, a top wall connected to the frame, spaced-apart side walls connected to the frame, a rear wall connected to the frame, a base connected to the frame and configured to rest on the floor, and a front wall connected to the frame, wherein one of the side walls of the side car in configured to be positioned adjacent to one of the side walls of the first housing of the lottery ticket vending machine, wherein one of the other walls of the second housing is moveable from a closed and locked position to an open position to allow access to an interior of the second housing, a physical connection assembly configured to connect the side car to the first housing of the lottery ticket vending machine, and an electrical connection and communication assembly configured to send data to the controller. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 8, wherein the side car comprises a paper bet slip receiver assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 8, wherein the side car comprises a currency receiver assembly. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 8, wherein the side car comprises a coin receiver assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The lottery ticket dispensing system of claim 8, wherein the electrical connection and communication assembly is connectable to an electrical connection and communication assembly of the lottery ticket vending machine. ### Claim 13 A side car for a lottery ticket dispensing system including a lottery ticket vending machine having a first housing comprising a frame, a top wall connected to the frame, spaced-apart side walls connected to the frame, a rear wall connected to the frame, a base connected to the frame and configured to rest on a floor, and a front door connected to the frame, a plurality of ticket drawers in the first housing, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a strip of lottery tickets, a movable ticket burster in the first housing, and a controller configured to control movement of the ticket burster to the different ticket receipt positions and other operations of the ticket burster, the side car comprising: a second housing comprising a frame, a top wall, spaced-apart side walls, a rear wall, a base configured to rest on the floor, and a front wall, wherein one of the walls of the second housing is moveable from a closed and locked position to an open position to allow access to an interior of the second housing, a physical connection assembly configured to connect the side car to the first housing of the lottery ticket vending machine, an electrical connection and communication assembly configured to send data to the controller, and at least one of a paper bet slip receiver assembly, a currency receiver assembly, and a coin receiver assembly. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The side car of claim 13, wherein the paper bet slip receiver assembly comprises: a slip receiver, a slip reader, and a slip storage compartment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The side car of claim 14, wherein the slip receiver comprises: a section defining a slip receiving slot and a bet slip engager. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The side car of claim 13, wherein the currency receiver assembly comprises: a currency receiver, a currency reader, and a currency storage compartment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The side car of claim 16, wherein said currency receiver comprises: a section defining a currency receiving slot, and a currency engager. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The side car of claim 13, wherein the coin reader assembly comprises: a coin receiver, a coin reader, and a coin storage compartment. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The side car of claim 18, wherein said coin receiver comprises: a section defining a coin receiving slot, and a coin path. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The side car of claim 13, wherein the electrical connection and communication assembly is connectable to an electrical connection and communication assembly of the lottery ticket vending machine.