Lottery ticket sales in fueling forecourt
First Claim
1. A fuel dispensing system comprising:
- a fuel dispenser including a customer interface for conducting a transaction including a lottery ticket purchase, a payment acceptor for receiving a payment for the transaction, and a lottery ticket dispenser for dispensing lottery tickets; and
a control system operatively associated with said fuel dispenser and adapted to cause said lottery ticket dispenser in said fuel dispenser to dispense a lottery ticket to a customer in response to receiving the payment for the transaction through said payment acceptor in said fuel dispenser.
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Abstract
A system enables lottery ticket transactions in a fueling forecourt by permitting the purchase of lottery tickets at a fuel dispenser. In the system, customers pay for lottery tickets through the fuel dispenser payment acceptors in conjunction with fuel purchases. Payment may be by cash, credit, or wireless credit storage device, with the cost of the lottery ticket or tickets added to the cost of the fueling transaction. The lottery ticket dispensers may be integrated within the individual fuel dispensers, one to each dispenser, or may be apart from the fuel dispensers with one or more lottery ticket dispensers located elsewhere within the forecourt area. The system provides a range of lottery ticket choices including pre-printed tickets, random-number tickets, and customer-number tickets. The system provides a convenient alternative to in-store lottery ticket transactions by allowing fueling customers to purchase and receive lottery tickets without need of entering the store.
75 Citations
40 Claims
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1. A fuel dispensing system comprising:
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a fuel dispenser including a customer interface for conducting a transaction including a lottery ticket purchase, a payment acceptor for receiving a payment for the transaction, and a lottery ticket dispenser for dispensing lottery tickets; and
a control system operatively associated with said fuel dispenser and adapted to cause said lottery ticket dispenser in said fuel dispenser to dispense a lottery ticket to a customer in response to receiving the payment for the transaction through said payment acceptor in said fuel dispenser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A fuel dispensing system comprising:
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a fuel dispenser including a customer interface for conducting a transaction including a lottery ticket purchase and a payment acceptor for receiving a payment for the transaction;
a lottery ticket dispenser associated with said fuel dispenser for dispensing lottery tickets; and
a control system operatively associated with said fuel dispenser and said lottery ticket dispenser and adapted to cause said lottery ticket dispenser to dispense a lottery ticket to a customer in response to receiving the payment for the transaction through said payment acceptor in said fuel dispenser. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A fuel dispensing system comprising:
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a plurality of fuel dispensers, each of said plurality of fuel dispensers including a customer interface for conducting a transaction, the transaction including the purchase of a lottery ticket, and a payment acceptor for receiving a payment for the transaction;
a lottery ticket dispenser associated with said plurality of fuel dispensers for dispensing lottery tickets; and
a control system operatively associated with said plurality of fuel dispensers and said lottery ticket dispenser and adapted to cause said lottery ticket dispenser to dispense a lottery ticket to a customer in response to receiving the payment for the transaction through said payment acceptor at any one of said plurality of fuel dispensers. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A method of selling lottery tickets at a fuel dispenser in conjunction with a fueling transaction comprising:
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prompting a customer to conduct a lottery ticket purchase in conjunction with the fueling transaction;
receiving input from the customer regarding the lottery ticket purchase;
conducting the fueling transaction;
effecting payment at said fuel dispenser for a cost associated with the lottery ticket purchase and a cost associated with the fueling transaction;
dispensing a lottery ticket to the customer corresponding to the lottery ticket purchase. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A fuel dispensing system comprising:
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a fuel dispenser including, a) a customer interface for conducting a transaction, the transaction including a lottery ticket purchase;
b) a payment acceptor for receiving a payment for the transaction;
c) a lottery ticket dispenser for dispensing lottery tickets; and
d) a control system;
said control system adapted to cause said lottery ticket dispenser to dispense a lottery ticket to a customer in response to receiving the payment for the transaction through said payment acceptor in said fuel dispenser.
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40. A fuel dispensing system comprising:
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a plurality of fuel dispensers, each of said plurality of fuel dispensers including, a) a customer interface for conducting a transaction, the transaction including a lottery ticket purchase;
b) a payment acceptor for receiving a payment for the transaction;
c) a control system for controlling operation of said fuel dispenser and for communicating transaction information associated with the purchase of a lottery ticket to a remote lottery ticket dispenser; and
a lottery ticket dispenser associated with said plurality of fuel dispensers for dispensing lottery tickets and adapted to dispense a lottery ticket to a customer based on the transaction information communicated to said lottery ticket dispenser from a given one of said plurality of fuel dispensers.
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Specification