System and method for selling lottery game tickets through a point of sale system
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1. A system for selling pre-printed lottery game tickets for purchase by a lottery game player, the system comprising:
- a central inventory computer and at least one point of sale terminal networked to said central inventory computer, said point of sale terminal having a plurality of terminal keys configured for entering transaction information for items purchased at the point of sale terminal;
at least one dedicated ticket dispenser assembly for said point of sale terminal configured to monitor and intercept communications between said associated point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer; and
a supply of pre-printed lottery game tickets held within the ticket dispenser assembly; and
said ticket dispenser assembly configured to detect activation of a first predetermined terminal key of said associated point of sale terminal from monitored communications between said point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer and determine therefrom the number and type of pre-printed lottery games to be played and being further configured to dispense the desired number and type of game tickets therefrom upon the activation of a second predetermined terminal key of the associated point of sale terminal detected from monitored communications between said point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer.
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Abstract
A system for selling game tickets for purchase by a game player within a store, the system comprising a point of sale terminal in communication with a game monitor that detects inputted game selection data and determine therefrom the number and type of game tickets to be played. The system further comprises a ticket dispensing system in communication with the game monitor. The game monitor detecting the activation of a predetermined terminal key of the point of sale terminal and dispenses the desired number and type of game tickets from the ticket dispensing system.
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1. A system for selling pre-printed lottery game tickets for purchase by a lottery game player, the system comprising:
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a central inventory computer and at least one point of sale terminal networked to said central inventory computer, said point of sale terminal having a plurality of terminal keys configured for entering transaction information for items purchased at the point of sale terminal; at least one dedicated ticket dispenser assembly for said point of sale terminal configured to monitor and intercept communications between said associated point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer; and a supply of pre-printed lottery game tickets held within the ticket dispenser assembly; and said ticket dispenser assembly configured to detect activation of a first predetermined terminal key of said associated point of sale terminal from monitored communications between said point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer and determine therefrom the number and type of pre-printed lottery games to be played and being further configured to dispense the desired number and type of game tickets therefrom upon the activation of a second predetermined terminal key of the associated point of sale terminal detected from monitored communications between said point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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