Patent ID: 6899621

Claim:
A method of selling and dispensing pre-printed lottery game tickets for purchase by a lottery game player within a store, the store having a networked point of sale (POS) system with at least one point of sale (POS) terminal having a bar code reader adapted to scan product identification codes of items offered for sale, said method comprising the steps of: providing a ticket dispenser supplied with at least one type of pre-printed lottery game ticket; the game player picking up at least one lottery game token from within the store, each lottery game token bearing a game identification code thereon identifying a single predetermined pre-printed lottery game; the game player taking the at least one token to a point of sale (POS) terminal and scanning the at least one token thereat; detecting the scanned game identification code with a point of sale (POS) monitor in communication with the point of sale (POS) system; the point of sale (POS) monitor determining from the scanned game identification code the type of lottery game to be played; the point of sale (POS) monitor communicating with a ticket dispenser controller; and the ticket dispenser controller sending a dispense ticket command to the ticket dispenser such that the desired number and type of pre-printed lottery game tickets are dispensed therefrom; whereby a sales clerk collects payment for, and delivers the pre-printed lottery game tickets to the game player.