Lottery ticket storage and dispensing cassette

A cassette for storing and dispensing lottery tickets from a pack of lottery tickets, the cassette configured to be positioned in a lottery ticket dispenser, the cassette comprising:

• a frame comprising a bottom wall, a rear wall connected to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall, a first side support wall connected to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall, and a second side support wall connected to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall;
• a first side wall positioned in the frame adjacent to the first support wall;
• a second side wall positioned in the frame adjacent to the second support wall;
• a rear ticket engager positioned in the frame adjacent to the rear wall;
• a front wall supported by the fame;
• a ticket guide assembly supported by the first side wall and the second side wall, the ticket guide assembly comprising:
• a moveable roller assembly comprising a central shaft, a roller mounted on the central shaft, a first gear mounted on the central shaft, and a second gear mounted on the central shaft,
• a first spring connected to the moveable roller assembly, and
• a second spring connected to the moveable roller assembly;
• and
• a ticket dispenser assembly supported by the frame.

A cassette for storing and dispensing lottery tickets from a pack of lottery tickets, the cassette configured to be positioned in a lottery ticket dispenser, the cassette comprising:

• a frame;
• a first side wall supported by the frame and comprising a first gear track;
• a second side wall supported by the frame and comprising a second gear track;
• a ticket guide assembly supported by the first side wall and the second side wall, the ticket guide assembly comprising:
• a moveable roller assembly comprising a central shaft, a roller mounted on the central shaft, a first gear mounted on the central shaft and movable on the first gear track, and a second gear mounted on the central shaft and movable on the second gear track,
• a first spring,
• a second spring,
• a first spring connector mounted on the central shaft such that the central shaft is rotatable with respect to the first spring connector, the first spring connector connected to the first spring, and
• a second spring connector mounted on the central shaft such that the central shaft is rotatable with respect to the second spring connector, the second spring connector connected to the second spring;
• and
• a ticket dispenser assembly supported by the frame.