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Ordering lottery tickets using mobile devices

  • US 9,836,923 B2
  • Filed: 03/17/2015
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of filling an order for a lottery image ticket, comprising:

  • displaying a machine-readable code image on a mobile device to identify a code associated with a ticket order, wherein the machine readable code image is associated with a lottery server that generated the ticket order and is initially displayed by the mobile device in response to selections made on the mobile device by a purchaser of the lottery image ticket;

    wirelessly communicating between the mobile device of a user, the lottery server and a lottery retailer to identify the code represented by the machine-readable code image and representing the ticket order for a lottery ticket including at least one player selection;

    receiving, from the lottery server, information associated with the ticket order after the lottery server decodes the machine-readable code image, wherein the mobile device and/or the lottery retailer is incapable of decoding the machine-readable code image; and

    selling the lottery image ticket having player selections matching the player selections included in the order.

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