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US 12,646,384 B2Granted
Self-service lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operation thereof
AssigneeBrightstar Global Solutions Corporation
InventorsMichael Roeygaard, Apostolos D. Kallis, Henry Constant
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Abstract
Self-service lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operating such systems that enable the purchase of draw lottery tickets by players without the assistance of a retail clerk, lottery terminal operator, or other person operating the lottery terminal.
Claims20
A self-service lottery ticket selling system comprising:
- a lottery ticket printer configured to print draw lottery tickets;
- a data receiver/transmitter configured to communicate with a central lottery system via a data communication network;
- and
- a self-service lottery terminal including a housing, a display device having a touch screen and supported by the housing, a code scanner supported by the housing, a wireless communicator supported by the housing, and one or more connectors configured to enable connection of the self-service lottery terminal to the data receiver/transmitter and to the lottery ticket printer, wherein the self-service lottery terminal is configured to enable a purchase of a draw lottery ticket by a player without assistance of any operator of the self-service lottery terminal, wherein the self-service lottery terminal is configured to:
- display, via the display device, an indication of an input configured to cause the draw lottery ticket to be printed by the lottery ticket printer;
- and
- display, via the display device, a code readable by an electronic player device that enables the player electronic device to cause the draw lottery ticket to be downloaded.
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A self-service lottery ticket selling system comprising:
- a lottery ticket printer configured to print draw lottery tickets;
- a data receiver/transmitter configured to communicate with a central lottery system via a data communication network;
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- a self-service lottery terminal including a housing, a display device having a touch screen and supported by the housing, a code scanner supported by the housing, a wireless communicator supported by the housing, and one or more connectors configured to enable connection of the self-service lottery terminal to the data receiver/transmitter and to the lottery ticket printer, wherein the self-service lottery terminal is configured to:
- enable a purchase of a draw lottery ticket by a player without assistance of any operator of the self-service lottery terminal;
- display, via the display device, an indication of an input configured to cause the draw lottery ticket to be printed by the lottery ticket printer;
- and
- display, via the display device, a code readable by an electronic player device that enables the player electronic device to cause the draw lottery ticket to be downloaded.
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A self-service lottery ticket selling system comprising:
- a lottery ticket printer configured to print draw lottery tickets;
- a data receiver/transmitter configured to communicate with a central lottery system via a data communication network;
- and
- a self-service lottery terminal including a housing, a display device having a touch screen and supported by the housing, a code scanner supported by the housing, a wireless communicator supported by the housing, and one or more connectors configured to enable connection of the self-service lottery terminal to the data receiver/transmitter and to the lottery ticket printer, wherein the self-service lottery terminal is configured to:
- simultaneously display, via the display device, indications corresponding to different draw lottery games and different purchase amounts for the draw lottery games;
- display, via the display device, an indication of one of the purchase amounts for a play of one of the draw lottery games corresponding to a player input via the touch screen of the display device indicating a selection of that purchase amount for the play of the draw lottery game, wherein the player input also indicates a selection of the draw lottery game;
- determine numbers for the play of the draw lottery game or receive the numbers for the play of the draw lottery game;
- display, via the display device, payment instructions for that purchase amount for the play of the draw lottery game;
- display, via the display device, a payment confirmation for that purchase amount for the draw lottery game after receiving a player input via the wireless communicator for that purchase amount for the play of the draw lottery game;
- simultaneously display, via the display device,
- an indication of an input configured to cause the draw lottery ticket to be printed by the lottery ticket printer, and
- a code readable by an electronic player device that enables the player electronic device to cause the draw lottery ticket to be downloaded;
- and
- cause the lottery ticket printer to print the draw lottery ticket for the play of the draw lottery game responsive to a player input to cause the draw lottery ticket to be printed by the lottery ticket printer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.