Patent ID: 8206207

Claim:
A method of vending game tickets from a vending machine during a game play session, each ticket being preprinted with a plurality of individually playable games, each game having a game result, the games being associated with at least one deal of games that includes at least some games having predetermined winning game results, the method comprising: (a) electronically purchasing one or more games on a ticket in a current game play session in response to a request inputted into the vending machine from a patron, wherein less than all of the games on the ticket may be purchased during the current game play session; (b) electronically recording in database records an indication of which games on the ticket have been purchased; and (c) dispensing from the vending machine all tickets that are played, including tickets wherein less than all of the games on the ticket were purchased during the current game play session, and wherein the records of the database may be used to verify which of the games on each of the played tickets have been purchased in the game play session.