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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Blackhawk Network, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gino Giunti, Sault Ste. Marie, CA;
Assignee:
BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/209 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of selling pre-printed lottery tickets for random draw lotteries through the retailers POS without the use of additional lottery hardware. Pre-printed lottery tickets allow a consumer to purchase a lottery ticket for a subsequently occurring draw by including that ticket in their shopping basket. The pre-printed lottery ticket may be purchased as any other common product through the point of sale terminal. No specialized hardware such as lottery terminal, printer or dispensing device is necessary.