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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2019
Scientific Games International, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Ajay J. Ghia, Cumming, GA (US);
Scientific Games International, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A system and associated method are provided for activating and dispensing lottery tickets at a retail establishment. For each pack of lottery tickets delivered to the retail establishment, a pack code unique to the pack is scanned and transmitted to a central lottery server. At the central lottery server, the lottery tickets within the ticket packs associated with the pack codes are electronically activated to a ready for sale status in a database. At the retail establishment, a unique ticket code provided on each lottery ticket is scanned at a time of sale of the individual lottery ticket and transmitted to the central lottery server wherein it is confirmed that the ticket code is associated with a lottery ticket previously flagged as ready for sale and, if so, the individual ticket is flagged as sold in the same or a different database. At defined time intervals, accountability and billing information is provided from the central lottery server to a central retail establishment server based on individual lottery tickets flagged as activated and sold during the defined time periods.