Method, module and apparatus for dispensing lottery tickets

A module for dispensing tickets from a book of tickets, preferably precut tickets, the device comprising:

• a chassis configured to hold a plurality of cassettes, each cassette comprising a housing to house a book of tickets, the cassettes of said plurality of cassettes preferably being superposed on one another along an axis of stacking,
• a mobile robot able to move with respect to said chassis and configured to be coupled selectively with one of said plurality of cassettes;
• the robot comprising:
• an actuator configured, when the robot is coupled to one of the cassettes, to actuate a dispensing mechanism of the cassette so as to extract a terminal portion of the book from the coupled cassette;
• and
• a receiving device configured to receive said terminal portion of the book;
• and
• a separation device configured to perform separation along a separation plane;
• wherein the receiving device and the dispensing mechanism are jointly configured to:
• align a separation line of the terminal portion of the book with the separation plane of the separation device;
• and/or
• tension said terminal portion so as to allow the ticket to be separated by the separation device.