METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED SORTING OF RANDOMLY SUPPLIED PACKS OF LOTTERY GAME TICKETS

摘要

An automated method and system (10) for sorting packs of lottery tickets (12) supplied in a random order includes designating collections of the ticket packs, and assigning each particular collection to a bin position along an automated sorting line. Each ticket pack is identified with a particular collection as a function of data marks on the ticket packs. The ticket packs are conveyed in a random linear sequence past a data mark reader (148) and to the bin positions (32). For each scanned pack, a bin position is determined for a collection the respective ticket pack is needed for. The ticket packs are automatically removed at the proper bin position (32).