Method and system for terminal dispensed lottery ticket with validation mark
AssigneeScientific Games International, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Behm, Kenneth A. Stephens
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Abstract
Lottery tickets are printed and validated (“branded”) at a point-of-sale terminal by providing a stock paper to the terminal, the stock paper having a first defined inkjet printing section, and a second defined section having a thermally sensitive ink composition applied thereto. At the point-of-sale terminal, the individual lottery tickets are printed on the stock paper, including printing game data and related indicia on the first section with an inkjet printer. For each ticket presented as a winning ticket, a validation mark is formed on the ticket by exposing the second section of the stock paper to a heat source to activate the thermally sensitive ink composition.
Claims14
A method of printing and validating a lottery ticket at a point-of-sale terminal, comprising:
- providing a stock paper to the terminal, the stock paper having a first defined inkjet printing section, and a second defined section having a thermally sensitive ink composition applied thereto;
- at the point-of-sale terminal, printing an individual lottery ticket on the stock paper, including printing game data and related indicia on the first section with an inkjet printer;
- for each ticket presented as a winning ticket, forming a permanent and continually visible validation mark on the ticket by exposing the second section of the stock paper to a heat source to activate the thermally sensitive ink composition, such that the validation mark remains visible on the lottery ticket to show that it has been submitted for validation;
- forming the second section by coating the stock paper with the thermally sensitive ink composition in the second section, and applying a protective coating over the coating of thermally sensitive ink composition;
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- wherein the thermally sensitive ink composition is applied to the second section as a pattern or indicia that is exposed to a uniform heat source such that the validation mark appears as the originally applied pattern or indicia.
A lottery or game ticket printed at a point-of-sale terminal, comprising
- a stock paper having a first defined inkjet printing section, and a second defined section having a thermally sensitive ink composition applied thereto;
- game data and related indicia inkjet printed on said first section;
- said second section having said thermally sensitive ink composition applied in an amount and pattern such that upon exposure of said second section to a heat source, a said ink composition is activated and produces a permanent and continually visible validation mark, thereby indicating the ticket has been submitted for validation wherein the thermally sensitive ink composition is applied to the second section as a pattern or indicia that is exposed to a uniform heat source such that the validation mark appears as the originally applied pattern or indicia;
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- a protective coating over said pattern of thermally sensitive ink composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.