Patent ID: 7758413
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G07F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a system including a lottery game server, and at least one vending device operatively coupled to the lottery game server, the at least one vending device including at least one printer and at least one display device, a method for manufacturing on-demand lottery tickets comprising: generating in the lottery game server a plurality of lottery ticket pools each comprising a plurality of lottery ticket pool games; supplementing one of the lottery ticket pools with a new lottery ticket pool when the number of un-played games within the one pool drops to a predetermined threshold value; sending a purchase request from the at least one vending device to the lottery game server, the purchase request including information identifying at least one of the plurality of lottery ticket pools; receiving ticket data, representing a lottery ticket cool game from the identified lottery ticket pools, from the lottery game server at the at least one vending device, the ticket data uniquely identifying a single ticket and a game outcome; printing a lottery ticket at the at least one vending device using blank lottery ticket media and the at least one printer, the lottery ticket including indicia representing the received ticket data; displaying on the at least one display device the game outcome of the printed lottery ticket concurrently with providing the lottery ticket.