# US 12,762,916 B2 · Lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operation thereof that employ ticket purchase trailers for draw lottery ticket images > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,762,916 B2 - Document ID: US12762916B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 19/071,216 - Filed: 2025-03-05 - Published: 2026-09-10 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2025-03-05 - Assignees: Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Paul Schneider; Robert Corvese - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12762916B2 ## CPC - G07C 15/005: {with dispensing of lottery tickets} - G06Q 20/208: {Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing} - G06Q 30/0185: {Product, service or business identity fraud} - G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards} - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 Lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operating the systems that enable the purchase of a draw lottery ticket using a ticket purchase trailer for draw lottery ticket images, wherein the system includes an electronic ticket retail server, a bet processor, and a lottery terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lottery ticket selling system comprising: a lottery terminal associated with a code reader and a lottery ticket printer; a lottery ticket scanner; a bet processor that is associated with an electronic bet details display device and comprises a bet trailer processor and a bet trailer memory device that stores a first plurality of instructions; and an electronic ticket retail server comprising a server processor and a server memory device that stores a second plurality of instructions, which when executed by the server processor, cause the server processor to: receive an order from a player electronic device associated with an original purchaser, the order comprising bet details for a purchase of a draw lottery ticket; generate a ticket purchase identifier for the draw lottery ticket prior to the purchase of the draw lottery ticket, wherein the original purchaser is uniquely identifiable using the ticket purchase identifier; generate bet slip data that comprises the bet details for the draw lottery ticket; and send the bet slip data and the ticket purchase identifier to the bet processor; wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet processor memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to: generate a digital bet slip that includes the bet details based on the bet slip data; display the digital bet slip via the electronic bet details display device to enable the lottery terminal to scan the displayed digital bet slip via the code reader, cause a purchase of the draw lottery ticket, and cause the lottery ticket printer to print the draw lottery ticket; cause the lottery ticket scanner to scan the printed draw lottery ticket to obtain ticket image data for the printed draw lottery ticket; obtain ticket details for the printed draw lottery ticket from the ticket image data; and generate a ticket purchase trailer for the printed draw lottery ticket based on the ticket details and the ticket purchase identifier, wherein the ticket purchase trailer comprises the ticket purchase identifier and associates the original purchaser with the printed draw lottery ticket. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 1, wherein the ticket purchase trailer comprises the ticket purchase identifier and the ticket details associated with the printed draw lottery ticket. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 2, wherein the ticket details comprise a draw game identifier for the printed draw lottery ticket, a draw date for the printed draw lottery ticket, and player numbers for the printed draw lottery ticket. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 1, wherein the ticket purchase trailer comprises a trailer digital image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 4, wherein the trailer digital image comprises a digital QR code comprising the ticket purchase identifier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 5, wherein the digital QR code further comprises the ticket details. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 6, wherein the digital QR code enables validation of the printed draw lottery ticket. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 4, wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet trailer memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to generate a combined ticket and trailer image that comprises the trailer digital image appended to the ticket image data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 4, wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet trailer memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to generate an augmented ticket and trailer image by modifying the ticket image data to comprise the ticket purchase trailer without changing a pixel aspect ratio of the ticket image data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 4, wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet trailer memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to send the trailer digital image and the ticket digital image to the player electronic device via the electronic ticket retail server. ### Claim 11 A lottery ticket selling system comprising: a lottery terminal associated with a code reader and a lottery ticket printer; a lottery ticket feeder comprising a housing and a plurality of roll engagers supported by the housing; a lottery ticket scanner; a bet processor that comprises an electronic bet details display device, a bet trailer processor, and a bet trailer memory device that stores a first plurality of instructions; and an electronic ticket retail server comprising a server processor and a server memory device that stores a second plurality of instructions, which when executed by the server processor, cause the server processor to: receive an order from a player electronic device associated with an original purchaser, the order comprising bet details for a purchase of a draw lottery ticket; generate a ticket purchase identifier for the draw lottery ticket prior to the purchase of the draw lottery ticket, wherein the original purchaser is uniquely identifiable using the ticket purchase identifier; generate bet slip data that comprises the bet details for the draw lottery ticket; and send the bet slip data and the ticket purchase identifier to the bet processor; wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet processor memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to: generate a digital bet slip that includes the bet details based on the bet slip data; display the digital bet slip via the electronic bet details display device to enable the lottery terminal to scan the displayed digital bet slip via the code reader, cause a purchase of the draw lottery ticket, and cause the lottery ticket printer to print the draw lottery ticket; cause the lottery ticket feeder to feed the printed draw lottery ticket to the lottery ticket scanner; cause the lottery ticket scanner to scan the printed draw lottery ticket to obtain ticket image data for the printed draw lottery ticket; obtain ticket details for the printed draw lottery ticket from the ticket image data; and generate a ticket purchase trailer for the printed draw lottery ticket based on the ticket details and the ticket purchase identifier, wherein the ticket purchase trailer comprises the ticket purchase identifier and associates the original purchaser with the printed draw lottery ticket. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 11, wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet trailer memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to: encode the ticket details and the ticket purchase identifier into a digital QR code; and generate a combined ticket and trailer image that comprises the ticket image data and the digital QR code. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 12, wherein the printed draw lottery ticket comprises the ticket details. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 13, wherein the ticket purchase identifier is independent from the ticket details. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 12, wherein the digital QR code enables validation of the printed draw lottery ticket. ### Claim 16 A lottery ticket selling system comprising: a lottery terminal associated with a code reader and a lottery ticket printer; a lottery ticket scanner; a bet processor that is associated with an electronic bet details display device and comprises a bet trailer processor and a bet trailer memory device that stores a first plurality of instructions; a lottery central system comprising a central server processor and a central server memory device that stores a second plurality of instructions; and an electronic ticket retail server comprising a ticket server processor and a ticket server memory device that stores a third plurality of instructions, which when executed by the ticket server processor, cause the ticket server processor to: receive an order from a player electronic device associated with an original purchaser, the order comprising bet details for a purchase of a draw lottery ticket; generate a ticket purchase identifier for the draw lottery ticket prior to the purchase of the draw lottery ticket, wherein the original purchaser is uniquely identifiable using the ticket purchase identifier; generate bet slip data that comprises the bet details for the draw lottery ticket; and send the bet slip data and the ticket purchase identifier to the bet processor; wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet processor memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to: generate a digital bet slip that includes the bet details based on the bet slip data; display the digital bet slip via the electronic bet details display device to enable the lottery terminal to scan the displayed digital bet slip via the code reader, cause a purchase of the draw lottery ticket by the lottery central system, and cause the lottery ticket printer to print the draw lottery ticket; cause the lottery ticket scanner to scan the printed draw lottery ticket to obtain ticket image data for the printed draw lottery ticket; obtain ticket details for the printed draw lottery ticket from the ticket image data; and generate a ticket purchase trailer for the printed draw lottery ticket based on the ticket details and the ticket purchase identifier, wherein the ticket purchase trailer comprises the ticket purchase identifier and associates the original purchaser with the printed draw lottery ticket. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 16, wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet trailer memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to: encode the ticket details and the ticket purchase identifier into a digital QR code; and generate a combined ticket and trailer image that comprises the ticket image data and the digital QR code. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 17, wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the bet trailer memory device, when executed by the bet trailer processor, cause the bet trailer processor to generate the combined ticket and trailer image by modifying the ticket image data to comprise the ticket purchase trailer without changing a pixel aspect ratio of the ticket image data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 17, wherein the digital QR code enables validation of the printed draw lottery ticket. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The lottery ticket selling system of claim 19, wherein the second plurality of instructions, when executed by the central server processor, cause the central server processor to: receive, from the electronic ticket retail server, a validation request for the printed draw lottery ticket based on the digital QR code; and send, to the electronic ticket retail server, a validation response comprising winning ticket information associated with the printed draw lottery ticket.