Lottery ticket selling system having a lottery ticket scanning assembly that processes connected draw lottery tickets printed by a draw lottery ticket printer of the system

A lottery ticket selling system comprising:

• an electronic ticket courier server;
• a wager details display device;
• a lottery terminal with a scanner;
• a draw lottery ticket printer positioned to sequentially print a plurality of draw lottery tickets on an elongated sheet of a paper such that the plurality of draw lottery tickets are connected draw lottery tickets;
• and
• a draw lottery ticket scanning assembly comprising:
• a draw lottery ticket feeder positioned to receive the connected draw lottery tickets from the draw lottery ticket printer, the draw lottery ticket feeder comprising a frame, a plurality of rotatable non-driven guide rollers supported by the frame, a plurality of rotatable drive rollers supported by the frame, and a plurality of stationary guides supported by the frame,
• a draw lottery ticket scanner comprising a scanner housing and a digital camera supported by the scanner housing, the draw lottery ticket scanner positioned to sequentially receive from the draw lottery ticket feeder and scan each of the connected draw lottery tickets, and
• a draw lottery ticket rewinder comprising a base, a support connected to and extending upwardly from the base, a drive motor supported by the support, and a rotatable spool holder connected to and supported by the drive motor, the draw lottery ticket rewinder positioned to receive from the draw lottery ticket scanner each of the connected draw lottery tickets and to rewind each of the connected draw lottery tickets on a storage spool.

A lottery ticket selling system comprising:

• an electronic ticket courier server;
• a wager details display device;
• a lottery terminal with a scanner;
• a draw lottery ticket printer positioned to sequentially print a plurality of draw lottery tickets on an elongated sheet of a paper such that the plurality of draw lottery tickets are connected draw lottery tickets;
• and
• a draw lottery ticket scanning assembly comprising:
• a draw lottery ticket feeder,
• a draw lottery ticket scanner, and
• a draw lottery ticket rewinder,
• wherein the draw lottery ticket printer, the draw lottery ticket feeder, the draw lottery ticket scanner, and the draw lottery ticket rewinder are positioned to cause each sequentially printed connected draw lottery ticket to be:
• fed into the draw lottery ticket feeder,
• maintained in the ticket feeder until the draw lottery ticket scanner is ready to receive that printed lottery ticket,
• fed into the draw lottery ticket scanner after the draw lottery ticket scanner is ready to receive that draw lottery ticket,
• stopped in the draw lottery ticket scanner to enable the draw lottery ticket scanner to obtain an image of that printed draw lottery ticket,
• fed out of the draw lottery ticket scanner after the draw lottery ticket is scanned, and
• fed to the draw lottery ticket rewinder such that the draw lottery ticket rewinder can wind the draw lottery ticket on a removable storage spool.