Patents
US 11158172 B2: Method and system for enhanced lottery ticket activation and sale at a retail establishment with subsequent billing and accountability of sold tickets
- Granted
- 2021-10-26
- Filed
- 2019-08-05 application 16531537
- Type
- Utility · 6 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A system and associated method are provided for activating and dispensing lottery tickets at a retail establishment. For each pack of lottery tickets delivered to the retail establishment, a pack code unique to the pack is scanned and transmitted to a central lottery server. At the central lottery server, the lottery tickets within the ticket packs associated with the pack codes are electronically activated to a ready for sale status in a database. At the retail establishment, a unique ticket code provided on each lottery ticket is scanned at a time of sale of the individual lottery ticket and transmitted to the central lottery server wherein it is confirmed that the ticket code is associated with a lottery ticket previously flagged as ready for sale and, if so, the individual ticket is flagged as sold in the same or a different database. At defined time intervals, accountability and billing information is provided from the central lottery server to a central retail establishment server based on individual lottery tickets flagged as activated and sold during the defined time periods.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg211026.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Games International, Inc. 140 patents | US company or organization | Newark, DE | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay J. Ghia | Cumming, GA | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/329 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q20/202 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-05 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLC signed 2022-04-02 | DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH NEW YORK, NY | 59852/1 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-04-05 | Correction Amended and restated assignment | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2022-04-01 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLC ALPHARETTA, GA | 59607/375 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-04-05 | Name change Change of name | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, INC. signed 2022-03-03 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLC ALPHARETTA, GA | 59607/190 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-10-30 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2021-10-26 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, INC. ALPHARETTA, GA | 57971/124 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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