Patent ID: 8210921

Claim:
A gaming ticket dispensing device for dispensing tickets having a substrate portion having a character containing surface for containing prize revealing characters, and a covering portion for overlying the substrate portion, the covering portion including at least one removable covering member that covers the prize revealing characters prior to acquisition by an end user, the removable covering member being coupled to the remainder of the covering portion by perforated couplings and being separable from the remainder of the covering portion, the ticket dispensing device comprising: (a) a storage mechanism for holding a plurality of gaming tickets; (b) a revealer for removing the removable covering member to reveal the prize revealing characters, the revealer including a burster engageable with the gaming ticket for causing the covering material member to at least partially separate from the covering portion through breaking the perforation couplings; (c) a scanner for scanning the prize revealing characters; (d) a processor in communication with the scanner for processing information derived from the scanned prize revealing characters to determine a prize value associated with the characters scanned; (e) an audiovisual display for displaying an audiovisual message relating to the prize value; and (f) a dispensing port for dispensing the game ticket to the user.