Lottery Sales Systems and Methodology for Supporting Cross-Platform Reporting
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1. A lottery sales computing device interfaced to a printer, the device configured to:
- Track inventory of activated instant tickets and access sales reporting data, the sales reporting data indicating total sales of at least one lottery product of interest;
for each lottery product of interest, generate a machine-readable indicator corresponding to the total sales of the lottery product of interest; and
print at least one report comprising each generated machine-readable indicator.
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Abstract
A lottery sales method and related system utilizes a computing device interfaced to a printer. The device is configured to track inventory of activated instant tickets and access sales reporting data, the sales reporting data indicating total sales of at least one lottery product of interest. For each lottery product of interest, a machine-readable indicator is generated corresponding to the total sales of the lottery product of interest. A report is printed that includes each generated machine-readable indicator.
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1. A lottery sales computing device interfaced to a printer, the device configured to:
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Track inventory of activated instant tickets and access sales reporting data, the sales reporting data indicating total sales of at least one lottery product of interest; for each lottery product of interest, generate a machine-readable indicator corresponding to the total sales of the lottery product of interest; and print at least one report comprising each generated machine-readable indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of cross-platform reporting of lottery activity data, the method comprising:
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accessing sales reporting data, the sales reporting data indicating total sales of at least one lottery product of interest; for each lottery product of interest, generating a machine-readable indicator corresponding to the total sales of the lottery product of interest; and printing at least one report comprising each generated machine-readable indicator. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of cross-platform lottery activity reporting, the method comprising:
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obtaining lottery activity data into a point-of-sale system by scanning a generated machine-readable indicator in at least one report; based on the obtained lottery activity data, identifying the lottery product of interest and total sales of the lottery product of interest without accessing data from a lottery sales system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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