Patent ID: 7621810

Claim:
A system for selling pre-printed lottery game tickets for purchase by a lottery game player, the system comprising: a central inventory computer and at least one point of sale terminal networked to said central inventory computer, said point of sale terminal having a plurality of terminal keys configured for entering transaction information for items purchased at the point of sale terminal; at least one dedicated ticket dispenser assembly for said point of sale terminal configured to monitor and intercept communications between said associated point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer; and a supply of pre-printed lottery game tickets held within the ticket dispenser assembly; and said ticket dispenser assembly configured to detect activation of a first predetermined terminal key of said associated point of sale terminal from monitored communications between said point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer and determine therefrom the number and type of pre-printed lottery games to be played and being further configured to dispense the desired number and type of game tickets therefrom upon the activation of a second predetermined terminal key of the associated point of sale terminal detected from monitored communications between said point of sale terminal and said central inventory computer.