SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PLAYERS WITH LOCATION OF LOTTERY TICKETS WITH SPECIFIC GAME PLAY CHARACTERS
FIG5 is a diagram of a mobile smart device embodiment of the present system and method
Referring to FIG5, in a particular system and method configuration, the application running on the mobile smart device 60 enables recognition and receipt by the smart device 60 of a unique ID signal 68 emitted by a transmitter 64 located at the retail establishment. Once the player is within the retail establishment and within range of the transmitter device 64, the bin 44 within the array 42 containing the lottery ticket 10 having the game play characters 21 chosen by the player is revealed to the player via the mobile smart device 60. The signal 68 is unique to the retail establishment and is transmitted to the central server 54 by the player's mobile smart device 60, which uses the store identification to further filter the search previous results to the particular retail establishment in order to provide the specific bin 44 and ticket location within the bin 44 to the player. This information may be revealed to the player via their mobile smart device 60 or another display 56 within the retail location, such as a stand-alone monitor or screen in the retail establishment or a display configured with a lottery terminal kiosk 58 in the retail establishment.
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"Your Numbers" lottery tickets lottery ticket
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transmitter
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code codes
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['1. A lottery ticket dispensing system configured to reveal one or more game play characters on scratch-off lottery tickets to players prior to purchase of the scratch-off lottery tickets, comprising: a dispenser array at a retail establishment, the dispenser array having one or more bins each configured to house and dispense a pack of the scratch-off lottery tickets, wherein each of the scratch-off lottery tickets includes a set of game play characters covered by a scratch-off coating; a scanner associated with the array and configured to read a ticket pack code of each of the packs loaded into the array, wherein each ticket pack code is associated with a computer database file that includes identification of all or some of the game play characters for each of the scratch-off lottery tickets in the pack and location of the pack; a central server in communication with the scanner for receipt of the ticket pack codes and a signal that identifies bin location of the pack in the array; and a display at the retail establishment in communication with the central server, wherein, based on ticket location information from the central server, the display is configured to reveal one or more of the game play characters of at least certain ones of the scratch-off lottery tickets remaining in the array.', '11. The lottery ticket dispensing system as in claim 9 or 10, wherein the application enables recognition and receipt by the mobile smart device of a unique ID signal emitted by a transmitter device at the retail establishment, wherein once the player is within the retail establishment and within range of the transmitter device, the bin within the array containing the scratch-off lottery ticket having the game play characters chosen by the player is revealed to the player via the mobile smart device display.']