Patent ID: 7322529
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: A23J,A63F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A lottery ticket redemption apparatus for redeeming a lottery ticket comprising: an agent terminal having a keyboard, a display and a bar code reader adapted to read a bar code printed on the lottery ticket; a player ticket checker, operatively connected to said agent terminal, having a data reader adapted to read a win code and a ticket identifier printed on the lottery ticket; a pre-validation file, operatively associated with said data reader, adapted to receive at least one of said ticket identifiers; a processor, including a microprocessor, operatively connected to said agent terminal and said player ticket checker effective to determine if said ticket identifier printed on the lottery ticket read by said data reader corresponds to one of said ticket identifiers in said pre-validation file such that the lottery ticket can be validated by said agent terminal without having to manually enter said ticket identifier by said keyboard; wherein said processor and said pre-validation file are located in said agent terminal and said ticket checker is effective to transmit said ticket identifier read by said data reader to said processor for said determination; and wherein said processor is effective to generate a message on said dlsplay instructing a lottery agent to manually enter said ticket identifier if said ticket identifier printed on the lottery ticket read by said data reader does not corresoonds to one of said corresponding ticket identifiers in said pre-validation file.