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US 11995959
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Patent Overview — US 11995959 B2
Title: Methods for selling pre-printed online lottery tickets
Patent number / application: US 11995959 B2; application US 17/859,338 (published as US 20220343718 A1)
Inventor / assignee: Gino Giunti; Blackhawk Network, Inc. (original and current assignee per the source listing)
Key dates: Priority date 2015-01-18; filing date 2022-07-07; granted/publication date 2024-05-28; status Active with adjusted expiration 2035-04-06. A related application (US 18/434,916; US 20240177573 A1) is noted.
Purpose: The disclosure addresses selling draw-based ("online") lottery tickets through a retailer's point of sale (POS) without specialized lottery hardware — terminals, ticket printers, or customized devices — so tickets can be bought in a normal checkout lane, including multi-lane grocery and big-box stores, rather than at a separate lottery counter. It notes that receipt paper is typically low quality and tickets printed on it may deteriorate in sunlight or water.
Plain-language scope: Pre-printed lottery tickets are manufactured and distributed without an assigned draw date or wager (lottery numbers). Each carries a unique bar code identifying the ticket and a UPC identifying the lottery product (one bar code may hold both). Until purchased and activated, the tickets have no value and cannot be used for validation or redemption. Once scanned at the retailer's POS and paid for, the lottery system generates wagers, assigns the next available draw date, and prints the generated numbers, draw date, and unique ticket identifier on the customer's shopping receipt. The pre-printed ticket — not the receipt — is the legal instrument for validation and prize redemption; receipt information confirms activation and assignment. Communication between POS and lottery system may be facilitated by a transaction processor. A variation uses pre-printed tickets bearing pre-printed wagers, in which case the lottery system assigns the next draw date and activates the ticket from a database of pre-printed tickets and associated wagers. FIGS. 1–9 depict tickets, system components, and related processes.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US11995959/en
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