Patent ID: 7625279

Claim:
A system for manufacturing on-demand lottery tickets comprising: a lottery game server to: generate a plurality of lottery ticket pools each comprising a plurality of lottery ticket pool games, and supplement one of said lottery ticket pools with a new lottery ticket pool when the number of un-played games within said one pool drops to a predetermined threshold value; and at least one vending device, operatively coupled to said lottery game server and comprising at least one printer and at least one display device, to: process blank lottery ticket media; retrieve ticket data from said lottery game server responsive to a purchase request, said purchase request including information identifying at least one of said plurality of lottery ticket pools, said ticket data uniquely identifying a single ticket and a game outcome; provide a lottery ticket using said media and said at least one printer, said lottery ticket including indicia representing said retrieved ticket data; wherein said vending device further displays on said at least one display device said game outcome of said provided lottery ticket concurrently with providing said lottery ticket.