Method and system for enhanced lottery ticket accounting and sales at a retail establishment level
First Claim
1. A method for dispensing pre-printed scratch-off lottery tickets at a retail establishment, the lottery tickets authorized for sale in a given jurisdiction by a lottery authority, the method comprising:
- printing each lottery ticket with a ticket purchase code and a separate ticket data code prior to providing the lottery tickets to the retail establishment;
at time of purchase of one of the lottery tickets at the retail establishment, electronically scanning the ticket purchase code with a scanner into a point-of-sale (POS) system of the retail establishment such that purchase of the lottery ticket mimics purchase of a non-lottery product in the POS system;
at the time of purchase, electronically scanning and using the ticket data code to electronically retrieve or generate a ticket data packet associated with the ticket data code;
for each lottery ticket sold at the retail establishment, electronically transmitting the ticket data packet from the retail establishment to the host lottery system, the ticket data packet identifying the particular lottery ticket sold from the ticket data code and the particular retail establishment at which the lottery ticket was sold;
at the host lottery system, maintaining a data base of individual ticket sales at the retail establishment and electronically generating data reports that include at least the number of lottery tickets sold at the retail establishment during one or more specified time periods; and
transmitting the data reports at specified time intervals to the lottery authority, the data reports comprising accountability and billing information based on the number of lottery tickets sold rather than a number of lottery tickets delivered to the retail establishment.
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Abstract
A system and associated method are provided for dispensing lottery tickets at retail establishments, the lottery tickets authorized for sale in a given jurisdiction by a lottery authority. The lottery tickets are formatted for sale at the retail establishment with a ticket purchase code and a separate ticket data code. For each ticket sale, the ticket purchase code is input into a point-of-sale (POS) system of the retail establishment such that purchase of the lottery ticket mimics purchase of a non-lottery product in the POS system. For each ticket sold, a ticket data packet is transmitted from the retail establishment to a host lottery system, the data packet identifying the particular lottery ticket sold from the ticket data code and the particular retail establishment at which the lottery ticket was sold. At the host lottery system, a data base is maintained of individual ticket sales at the retail establishment and data reports are generated that include number of tickets sold at the retail establishment during specified time periods. The data reports are transmitted to the lottery authority at specified time intervals.
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1. A method for dispensing pre-printed scratch-off lottery tickets at a retail establishment, the lottery tickets authorized for sale in a given jurisdiction by a lottery authority, the method comprising:
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printing each lottery ticket with a ticket purchase code and a separate ticket data code prior to providing the lottery tickets to the retail establishment; at time of purchase of one of the lottery tickets at the retail establishment, electronically scanning the ticket purchase code with a scanner into a point-of-sale (POS) system of the retail establishment such that purchase of the lottery ticket mimics purchase of a non-lottery product in the POS system; at the time of purchase, electronically scanning and using the ticket data code to electronically retrieve or generate a ticket data packet associated with the ticket data code; for each lottery ticket sold at the retail establishment, electronically transmitting the ticket data packet from the retail establishment to the host lottery system, the ticket data packet identifying the particular lottery ticket sold from the ticket data code and the particular retail establishment at which the lottery ticket was sold; at the host lottery system, maintaining a data base of individual ticket sales at the retail establishment and electronically generating data reports that include at least the number of lottery tickets sold at the retail establishment during one or more specified time periods; and transmitting the data reports at specified time intervals to the lottery authority, the data reports comprising accountability and billing information based on the number of lottery tickets sold rather than a number of lottery tickets delivered to the retail establishment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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