Vending Device for Manufacturing On-Demand Lottery Tickets
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsRobert Anthony Luciano, JR., Warren Rapelye White
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Abstract
A distributed manufacturing and distribution process for lottery tickets is disclosed. The manufacturing/vending system comprises a ticket manufacturing server and one or more vending devices located at remote sites. Each vending device is operatively coupled for communication with the server, normally via a network connection. Each vending devices is further equipped with blank media and printing means, so that a customer is able to purchase on-demand tickets from a vending device in communication with the server. Additionally, the vending devices may be configured as electronic aid to display the results of the purchased lottery tickets in entertaining ways to the customer.
Claims12
Means for manufacturing on-demand lottery tickets comprising:
- a lottery game server;
- means for generating, by said lottery game server, a plurality of lottery pool games;
- means for providing functionality associated with at least one vending device, said functionality including being operatively coupled for communication with said lottery game server and further comprising means for processing blank lottery ticket media and a printing means;
- means for retrieving ticket data responsive to a purchase request, said purchase request having means for identifying at least one of said plurality of games, said ticket data comprising means for uniquely identifying a single ticket and a game outcome;
- means for providing a lottery ticket using said media and said printing means using said retrieved ticket identification means;
- and,
- means for supplementing one pool of said lottery pool games when the number of un-played games within said one pool drops to a predetermined threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.