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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Diamond Games Enterprises, Chatsworth, CA (US);
James A. Breslo, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Diamond Game Enterprises, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Abstract
Preprinted game tickets, such as pull tab tickets or instant game lottery tickets, are dispensed from a vending machine. A selection option on the vending machine allows the patrons to select either redemption of the value of the winning ticket at the vending machine immediately after purchasing the ticket if the ticket is a winning ticket, or deferral of redemption of the value of the winning ticket immediately after purchasing the ticket if the ticket is a winning ticket. A ticket dispenser dispenses the purchased winning ticket after a selection option is made. A ticket marker in the vending machine visually defaces winning tickets as they are dispensed only if a patron selects the option to redeem the value of the winning ticket at the vending machine immediately after purchasing the ticket. The visual defacing of the winning tickets inhibits attempts to perform deferred redemption of the winning tickets.