Lottery ticket vending machine

A lottery ticket vending machine comprising:

• a machine housing comprising an openable front door, the front door comprising a ticket collection receptacle comprising:
• a first rear wall,
• a second rear wall spaced-apart from the first rear wall, the first rear wall and the second rear wall defining a first ticket receiving slot,
• a bottom wall connected to and extending outwardly from the second rear wall,
• a first front wall connected to and extending outwardly and upwardly from the bottom wall,
• a first top wall spaced-apart from the first front wall, the first front wall and the first top wall defining a ticket retrieval slot, the second front wall extending downwardly,
• a second front wall connected to and extending inwardly and upwardly from the first top wall,
• a second top wall connected to and extending inwardly from the second front wall,
• a third front wall connected to and extending inwardly and upwardly from the second top wall, and
• a third top wall connected to and extending inwardly from the third front wall, the third top wall connected to and the first rear wall, and wherein the first rear wall is connected to extends downwardly from the third top wall;
• a ticket drawer column in the machine housing, the ticket drawer column comprising a plurality of ticket drawers, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a pack of lottery tickets;
• and
• a ticket burster in the machine 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, the ticket burster movable to a ticket dispense position adjacent to the ticket collection receptacle and such that the ticket outlet of the ticket burster is aligned with the first ticket receiving slot of the ticket collection receptacle.

A lottery ticket vending machine comprising:

• a machine housing comprising an openable front door, the front door comprising a ticket collection receptacle comprising:
• a ticket-receipt section and a ticket-holding-and-access section that are formed by:
• a first rear wall,
• a second rear wall spaced-apart from the first rear wall, the first rear wall and the second rear wall defining a first ticket receiving slot,
• a bottom wall connected to and extending outwardly from the second rear wall,
• a first front wall connected to and extending outwardly and upwardly from the bottom wall,
• a first top wall spaced-apart from the first front wall, the first front wall and the first top wall defining a ticket retrieval slot, the second front wall extending downwardly,
• a second front wall connected to and extending inwardly and upwardly from the first top wall,
• a second top wall connected to and extending inwardly from the second front wall,
• a third front wall connected to and extending inwardly and upwardly from the second top wall,
• a third top wall connected to and extending inwardly from the third front wall, the third top wall connected to and the first rear wall, and wherein the first rear wall is connected to extends downwardly from the third top wall, and
• a downwardly extending angled ramp below the first ticket receiving slot, wherein the ramp is connected at a top portion and extends downwardly from an inner section of the second rear wall, the ramp comprises an upper section that is angled away from the second rear wall, and the ramp comprises a lower section that is angled toward and extends toward the second rear wall;
• a ticket drawer column in the machine housing, the ticket drawer column comprising a plurality of ticket drawers, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a pack of lottery tickets;
• and
• a ticket burster in the machine 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, the ticket burster movable to a ticket dispense position adjacent to the ticket collection receptacle and such that the ticket outlet of the ticket burster is aligned with the first ticket receiving slot of the ticket collection receptacle.