Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation

Igt Global Solutions Corporation

Paul A Bucci

Medina Marie Topalian

Scott Clear

Apostolos D Kallis

Michael Roeygaard

Thomas Quaranta

Jungwoo Choi

Gnanaprakasam Ramalingam

Ankit Kashmir Batra

Ronald Joe Crozier, Jr

Robert Corvese

Henry Constant

A lottery ticket vending machine configured to determine if lottery tickets received by a ticket burster from a ticket drawer of a ticket drawer column are connected by tape, and to take one or more actions if such lottery tickets are connected by tape. In various embodiments, each of the tickets bursters includes a suitable tape sensor.

Lottery ticket vending machine

A lottery ticket vending machine including a ticket collection receptacle of its front door that is configured to receive lottery tickets of different sizes and shapes. The ticket collection receptacle includes a first ticket-receipt section, a second ticket-receipt section, and a third ticket-holding-and-access section. The first ticket-receipt section is configured to receive instant lottery tickets from the bursters. The second ticket-receipt section is configured to receive printed lottery tickets (and/or receipts) from the printer. The third ticket-holding-and-access section is configured to hold the received lottery tickets (and receipts) in a manner that does not block receipt of further tickets (and receipts).

An instant lottery ticket vending machine configured to determine if its ticket bursters are improperly separating the lottery tickets received from the ticket drawers of the ticket drawer columns, and to make one or more adjustments and/or alert an operator if its ticket bursters are improperly separating the lottery tickets. In various embodiments, each of the tickets bursters includes a suitable ticket edge sensor configured to sense an edge (such as a leading edge) of each lottery ticket received in such ticket burster. In various embodiments, the lottery ticket vending machine includes one or more controllers configured to receive such signals from the ticket edge sensor and make such determinations regarding any adjustments and/or alerts, and to cause any such adjustments and/or alerts.

A lottery ticket vending machine configured to obtain code image data (such as bar code image data) from a leading lottery ticket in each of the lottery drawers in the lottery ticket vending machine, and use the code image data for activating or verifying activation of the lottery tickets loaded in the ticket drawers. This expedites the ticket loading process by eliminating the need for an operator to manually and/or separately scan a code (such as a bar code) for each ticket pack loaded into the ticket drawers.

An instant lottery ticket vending machine including a machine housing, a ticket pack holder positioned in the machine housing and including a plurality of ticket pack drawers that are each configured to hold a pack of instant lottery tickets, a ticket receptacle supported by the machine housing, and a ticket burster positioned in the machine housing, wherein the ticket burster movable into a plurality of different ticket receipt positions respectively associated with and in alignment with a different one of the ticket pack drawers, wherein in each ticket receipt position, the ticket burster is configured to receive from the ticket pack drawer associated with that ticket receipt position an instant lottery ticket attached to a next instant lottery ticket, and wherein the ticket burster is configured to separate the instant lottery ticket from the next instant lottery ticket and dispense the instant lottery ticket into the ticket receptacle.

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Glocester, RI, United States of America

Paul A Bucci