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US 2026/0045151 A1Published application
Lottery ticket vending machine with local maintenance access
AssigneeBrightstar Global Solutions Corporation
InventorMedina Marie Topalian
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Abstract
Lottery ticket vending machines configured to enable a purchaser to select one or more different instant lottery tickets to purchase via one or more purchaser input devices, dispense the instant lottery tickets, enable local maintenance access via the one or more purchaser input devices.
Claims20
A lottery ticket vending machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a ticket drawer holder in the housing, the ticket drawer holder comprising a plurality of ticket drawers, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a pack of instant lottery tickets;
- a ticket burster in the housing, the ticket burster configured to receive a lottery ticket and dispense the lottery ticket to a lottery ticket purchaser;
- a code reader supported by the housing, the code reader configured to receive an input code;
- a display device supported by the housing;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor and memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- cause the code reader to receive an input code;
- receive code data that is based on the input code received by the code reader;
- authenticate the code data as a maintenance access code;
- and
- responsive to authentication of the code data, cause a display by the display device of a vending machine maintenance user interface.
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A lottery ticket vending machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of ticket drawers, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a pack of instant lottery tickets;
- a ticket burster in the housing, the ticket burster configured to receive a lottery ticket and dispense the lottery ticket to a lottery ticket purchaser;
- a code reader supported by the housing, the code reader configured to receive an input code;
- a display device supported by the housing;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor and memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- cause the code reader to receive an input code displayed by a display device of a field maintenance user device, wherein the input code comprises a changeable code;
- receive code data that is based on the input code received by the code reader;
- authenticate the code data as a maintenance access code;
- and
- responsive to authentication of the code data, cause a display by the display device of a vending machine maintenance user interface.
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A lottery ticket vending machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of ticket drawers, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a pack of instant lottery tickets;
- a ticket burster in the housing, the ticket burster configured to receive a lottery ticket and dispense the lottery ticket to a lottery ticket purchaser;
- a code reader supported by the housing, the code reader configured to receive an input code;
- a display device supported by the housing;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor and memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- cause the code reader to receive an input code;
- receive code data that is based on the input code received by the code reader;
- authenticate the code data as a maintenance access code based on a local maintenance access authorization message received from a central lottery server;
- and
- responsive to authentication of the code data, cause a display by the display device of a vending machine maintenance user interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.