Patent ID: 8540182

Claim:
A lottery ticket dispensing system, comprising: a dispenser housing having an internal compartment comprising a plurality of lottery ticket roll positions therein, said housing further comprising an openable cover that upon opening provides simultaneous access to all of said lottery ticket roll positions within said internal compartment; a plurality of lottery ticket rolls carried within said internal compartment between opposite sidewalls of said housing such that said housing has a dimension between said sidewalls corresponding generally to the width of a single said lottery ticket roll; at least one wall of said housing defining a common dispensing face with a respective dispensing slot for each of said lottery ticket rolls through which a leading end of each of said lottery ticket rolls is pulled and dispensed independently of said other lottery ticket rolls; a separate rewind mechanism for each of said lottery ticket rolls configured on an outward face of at least one of said sidewalls; a plurality of spindles mounted to a side wall of said housing extending into said internal compartment and extending through each of said lottery ticket rolls; a brake mechanism configured between each spindle and said side wall to prevent freewheeling of the lottery ticket rolls upon dispensing thereof wherein the brake mechanism and rewind mechanism for each lottery roll mechanically engage and control movement of the spindle; wherein the openable cover is formed in one of the opposite side wails rather than the dispensing face such that when the openable cover is opened the tickets remain in the dispensing slots; internal walls having a staggered, increasing height from said dispensing face towards an opposite wall of said housing; and wherein said internal walls within said housing separating individual said lottery ticket roll positions within said internal compartment.