US 8,025,211 B2Granted

Systems and methods of production, distribution, logistics, and printing of tickets

AssigneeLoteria De Concepcion

InventorClaudio Marcos Ossandón-Marzolo

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Abstract

Systems and methods for the production, distribution, logistics and printing of lottery tickets are disclosed. A central server provides a ticket combination and identifying variable data in response to a request from a computing system terminal. The terminal receives combination and variable data and issues commands for the printing of the same on a plurality of tickets. The tickets comprise a substratum capable of being printed upon at high speeds and colors and images. The printing may be performed at a point of sale. Prior to printing, the plurality of tickets may be imprinted with information related to marketing and appearance. Additionally, prior to the printing, the plurality of tickets do not have a combination or identifying variable data serving to identify the plurality of tickets.

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Dependent claims

A system for the production, distribution, logistics and printing of preprinted tickets for lotteries which comprises:

a) a lottery ticket loading system configured to receive lottery tickets carry printed information related to marketing and appearance and no printing of a combination, understood as a choice of letters, numbers or other signs, nor the identifying variable data for said combination;
b) a high velocity ticket printing system permitting the printing of the combination and its identifying variable data on said lottery tickets;
c) a first plurality of lottery tickets wherein said tickets carry printed information related to marketing and appearance and no printing of the combination and its identifying variable data and are produced on a substratum adequate for the high velocity printing of identical motives with an unlimited capacity for colors and layouts and denominated first printing, wherein the first printing is conducted on an offset printer;
d) a second plurality of lottery tickets produced from the first plurality of lottery tickets by high velocity printing of a combination and the identifying variable data using the printing system, denominated second printing, wherein said second printing is generated by commands from a computing system for the on line registration of combinations, wherein the second printing is conducted with a thermal type ticket printing system;
e) said first and second plurality of lottery tickets comprising marks which identify the beginning and end of each preprinted lottery ticket;
f) an acknowledgement system for the markings which identify the beginning and end of a lottery ticket within said first and second plurality of lottery tickets;
g) a system for the separation of lottery tickets for the separation of a ticket from said first and second plurality of lottery tickets once identification is made of the markings which define the beginning and end of each ticket;
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h) a system for the reception of preprinted lottery tickets which have been separated;
wherein the adequate substratum corresponds to paper, cardboard or a similar product adequate for the offset printing and for the subsequent thermal type printing.

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A method for the production, distribution, logistics and printing of preprinted tickets for lotteries, comprising

a) preparing, by an administrative entity, a first plurality of tickets on which is printed information related to marketing and appearance and without a combination or its identifying variable data;
b) sending, by the administrative entity, said plurality of tickets to a point of sale;
c) placing said plurality of tickets on the loading system of a printing system;
d) allowing a customer to select a combination which is entered in a computing system for the on line registration of combinations for a reading of the combination;
f) sending a request from the computer system for on line registration of combinations to the central server of the administrative entity for authorization to send the combination;
g) assigning variable data associated to the combination in said central server of the administrative entity:
h) remitting the combination and identifying variable data from said central server of the administrative authority to the computer system for the on line registration of combinations;
i) receiving the combination and identifying variable data at the computing system for on line registration of combinations and identifying variable data;
j) generating commands to the printing system to print the combination and the identifying variable data of each ticket on respective ones of the first plurality of tickets.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.