Dispensing lottery tickets
US6714838B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S283/903
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The input of information into the control unit of a lottery ticket dispensing machine, for filling of dispensing containers of the machine with different game tickets, defining a game number for a game provided on the tickets, a price of the ticket, a total number of the tickets making up the quantity of tickets and a length of the tickets from a leading edge of each ticket to a trailing edge thereof is simplified so as to avoid requiring the service person to enter the information on a key pad as numerical values. This is effected by providing the information in machine readable form on the tickets themselves or on a game set up card associated with the tickets so that the information can be scanned into the control unit by a reader. Alternatively, the information can be provided in a simplified coded form for simple input by the service person into a key pad of the control unit. In a further alternative the control unit is arranged to communicate with a central data source which provides the information from the game number manually input by the service person.
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