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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Blackhawk Network, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Richard Alan Gotlieb, Alamo, CA (US);
Prashant Nedungadi, San Jose, CA (US);
Melissa Murillo, Tracy, CA (US);
Ryan Koop, Dover Centre, CA;
Gino Giunti, Sault Ste. Marie, CA;
Blackhawk Network, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
A method including receiving an activation request including an identifier uniquely identifying the pre-printed lottery ticket for a pre-printed lottery ticket from a point-of-sale terminal, accessing a record associated with the pre-printed lottery ticket, determining if the activation request is valid, determining a set of attributes associated with the pre-printed lottery ticket based upon the identifier uniquely identifying the pre-printed lottery ticket, determining a central gaming system responsible for administering a lottery with which the pre-printed lottery ticket is associated, and enrolling the set of attributes associated with the pre-printed lottery ticket in the lottery with the central gaming system.