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Lottery Ticket Purchase Apparatus And Method

  • US 20120089468A1
  • Filed: 10/08/2011
  • Published: 04/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for completing a lottery ticket purchase transaction local to a lottery ticket retailer location but remote from a lottery ticket cashier, comprising:

  • establishing a temporary connection between a mobile communications device of a player and a lottery point-of-sale terminal through short range wireless communications protocol;

    displaying on a display screen of the mobile communications device at least one indicia of an available lottery game, each lottery game available having a discrete indicia;

    selecting a lottery game for which a game ticket is to be purchased;

    accessing a payment transfer system to transfer funds from an account of the player to the account of the lottery provider to purchase the game ticket; and

    transferring to the mobile communications device an electronic lottery game ticket.

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