Lottery sales systems and methodology for supporting cross-platform reporting
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1. A method of cross-platform lottery activity reporting between a lottery sales terminal and a retailer point-of-sale (POS) system, the method comprising:
- accessing sales reporting data from the lottery sales terminal that indicates total sales of respective lottery products of interest and, for each lottery product of interest, generating and printing a machine-readable indicator corresponding to the total sales of the lottery product of interest;
entering the lottery activity data into the POS system by scanning the printed generated machine-readable indicator with a scanner that is interfaced with the retailer POS system; and
with the POS system, correlating the machine readable indicators with the respective lottery products of interests and updating lottery product records in the retailer POS system with the sales data contained in the machine readable indicators, wherein the effect of integration between the lottery sales terminals and the POS system is accomplished through the reading of the machine readable indicators.
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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 method of cross-platform lottery activity reporting between a lottery sales terminal and a retailer point-of-sale (POS) system, the method comprising:
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accessing sales reporting data from the lottery sales terminal that indicates total sales of respective lottery products of interest and, for each lottery product of interest, generating and printing a machine-readable indicator corresponding to the total sales of the lottery product of interest; entering the lottery activity data into the POS system by scanning the printed generated machine-readable indicator with a scanner that is interfaced with the retailer POS system; and with the POS system, correlating the machine readable indicators with the respective lottery products of interests and updating lottery product records in the retailer POS system with the sales data contained in the machine readable indicators, wherein the effect of integration between the lottery sales terminals and the POS system is accomplished through the reading of the machine readable indicators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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