| 摘要 |
The present invention is a method and system for selling game of chance tickets at a point of sale cash register. The invention can be used for both lottery and other social games of chance tickets. An actual game ticket may be preprinted by the commercial printer, printed in the in-store kiosk, self-service terminal or on the standard gaming terminal. These preprinted tickets are not eligible to win prizes unless activated at the cash register. Tickets have a barcode or other means readable by a cash register or other equipment. The ticket is read at the cash register and activated. Acknowledgement of activation of the ticket is then printed on the cash register receipt. The main advantages of the proposed method are that using this approach does not require additional gaming equipment, such as a secure printer or a special gaming terminal at the cash register, it doesn't require any custom software changes in cash register software, it allows selling of tickets meeting the criteria of bearer's bond without the need of special printing media at the cash register, it allows for integrated accounting of gaming products and other products sold in the store and it allows for age control of ticket buyers. This approach allows for the sale of customer and computer generated lottery game selections at a cash register without any additional equipment in the lane or custom software in the cash register, with additional benefits of age control and integrated accounting.
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