Systems and methods for printing lottery tickets containing ‘smart’ QR codes

A method for printing uniquely identifiable quick response (QR) code-containing physical mediums and assigning feedback instructions for the same, the method comprising:

• generating a plurality of unique QR codes, the plurality of unique QR codes each comprising unique information and non-unique information, wherein the non-unique information comprises a website uniform resource locator (URL) destination, a win or loss designation, and a win amount designation, and wherein the unique information comprises unique identification data (UID) comprising a multicharacter code encoded in the website URL destination;
• assigning each of the plurality of unique QR codes to a respective simulated ticket of a plurality of simulated tickets;
• assigning print information to each of the plurality of simulated tickets based on the win or loss designation and the win amount designation;
• generating a simulated ticket layout for the plurality of simulated tickets on the one or more physical mediums;
• assigning one or more ticket control numbers to each of the plurality of unique QR codes;
• assigning one or more feedback instructions to each of the ticket control numbers;
• storing the plurality of unique QR codes in a QR database hosted on the one or more memories, the one or more memories also hosting a QR code data proxy and one or more servers;
• printing a plurality of tickets on one or more physical mediums via a printer communicatively coupled to the processing system based on the simulated ticket layout;
• receiving a URL access command associated with one of the unique QR codes of one of the plurality of tickets;
• redirecting the URL access command via the QR code proxy to the one or more servers communicatively coupled to the QR code proxy, wherein the URL access command comprises the website URL destination and the UID;
• filtering the UID from the URL access command via a web application service of the one or more servers;
• associating the UID of the URL access command with the corresponding UID of the one of the plurality of unique QR codes in the QR database via the web application service;
• and
• transmitting the one or more feedback instructions associated with the one of the plurality of unique QR codes in the QR database to an origin of the URL access command.

A system for utilizing uniquely identifiable quick response (QR) codes and assigning feedback instructions for the same comprising an apparatus comprising a processing system comprising one or more memories and one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the apparatus to execute computer-executable instructions stored in the one or more memories, comprising:

• storing unique QR codes of a plurality of physical mediums in a QR database hosted on the one or more memories, wherein:
• each physical medium has print information and one of the plurality of unique QR codes,
• the one or more memories also host a QR code data proxy and one or more servers,
• each of the unique QR codes comprise unique information and non-unique information,
• the unique information comprises unique identification data (UID) comprising a multicharacter code,
• the non-unique information comprises a website uniform resource locator (URL) destination, a win or loss designation, and a win amount designation, and
• the print information is based on the win or loss designation and the win amount designation;
• assigning one or more ticket control numbers to each of the plurality of unique QR codes;
• assigning one or more feedback instructions to each of the ticket control numbers;
• in response to receiving a URL access command associated with one of the unique QR codes of one of the plurality of tickets, redirecting the URL access command via the QR code proxy to the one or more servers communicatively coupled to the QR code proxy, wherein the URL access command comprises the website URL destination and the UID;
• filtering the UID from the URL access command via a web application service of the one or more servers;
• associating the UID of the URL access command with the corresponding UID of the one of the plurality of unique QR codes in the QR database via the web application service;
• and
• transmitting the one or more feedback instructions associated with the one of the plurality of unique QR codes in the QR database to an origin of the URL access command.