Smart bin lottery ticket dispenser with varying ticket size inserts

A lottery ticket dispenser array, comprising:

• a plurality of separate bins, each bin defined by a housing having a defined first internal space for receipt of first stack of interconnected lottery tickets;
• each bin having an electronic drive mechanism that dispenses the lottery tickets therefrom;
• each bin comprising a scanner disposed to read a code on the lottery tickets dispensed from the bin;
• a plurality of different sized bin inserts, each bin insert insertable into the bin housings and defining a second internal space that is less than the first internal space of the housing for receipt of a second stack of lottery tickets having a lesser individual length than the first stack of lottery tickets, wherein the second internal space has a height dimension defined completely within the bin insert such that the second stack of lottery tickets engage the bin insert along top and bottom edges of the lottery tickets;
• a controller within each bin housing that recognizes placement of the bin insert within the housing, the controller in communication with the electronic drive mechanism to modify operation thereof to accommodate the lesser individual length of the lottery tickets in the second stack of lottery tickets.