Automated lottery system and method using ATM network
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1. A method of processing lottery ticket purchases using an automatic teller machine and associated automatic teller machine networks to communicate user inserted information to a teller machine for transmission to a transaction processor. For transmission to a user bank and an automatic teller machine bank including the steps of:
- a) providing a third party lottery ticket purchase facilitator for obtaining said information;
b) providing a lottery game servicer having banking facilities;
c) communicating user information through said transaction processor to said user bank and said lottery game servicer banking facility;
d) employing said inserted information upon approval of said user bank to actuate said automated teller machine to print and dispense a requested lottery ticket.
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A method of processing lottery ticket purchases using an automated teller machine and automated network to communicate user inserted information for transmission to a transaction processor before transferring to a user bank and a teller machine bank.
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1. A method of processing lottery ticket purchases using an automatic teller machine and associated automatic teller machine networks to communicate user inserted information to a teller machine for transmission to a transaction processor. For transmission to a user bank and an automatic teller machine bank including the steps of:
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a) providing a third party lottery ticket purchase facilitator for obtaining said information;
b) providing a lottery game servicer having banking facilities;
c) communicating user information through said transaction processor to said user bank and said lottery game servicer banking facility;
d) employing said inserted information upon approval of said user bank to actuate said automated teller machine to print and dispense a requested lottery ticket. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for vending lottery tickets to a user comprising:
- an automatic teller machine having means for presenting and delivering a receipt;
a transaction processor;
an automatic teller machine bank and a user bank communicating with said transaction processor for completing a user initiated transaction;
a third party lottery ticket purchase facilitator communicating with said transaction processor for receiving purchase information from said user;
a lottery game servicer having banking facilities communicating with said ticket purchase facilitator;
said transaction processor being selectively activated to communicate with said lottery ticket purchase facilitator upon receipt of user inserted purchase information from said user;
said user bank selectively issuing command data for operating said printing means to print and dispense a lottery ticket.
- an automatic teller machine having means for presenting and delivering a receipt;
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