US 11,995,959 B2
Methods for selling pre-printed online lottery tickets
Gino Giunti, Sault Ste. Marie (CA)
Assigned to Blackhawk Network, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Filed by Blackhawk Network, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,338.
Application 17/859,338 is a continuation of application No. 16/280,629, filed on Feb. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,488,451.
Application 16/280,629 is a continuation of application No. 15/833,566, filed on Dec. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,769,894, issued on Sep. 8, 2020.
Application 15/833,566 is a continuation of application No. 14/679,028, filed on Apr. 6, 2015, granted, now 9,865,135, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/104,844, filed on Jan. 18, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0343718 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 40/00 (2020.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/329 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/209 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing a random draw lottery ticket comprising:
(a) receiving, by a third-party transaction processor, a transaction request from a retailer point of sale (POS) to activate the random draw lottery ticket, wherein the random draw lottery ticket is selected by a customer prior to initiation of a check-out process and is presented by the customer for activation during the check-out process, wherein the third-party transaction processor receives transaction requests from a plurality of different retailers;
(b) providing, via a first secured communication, by the third-party transaction processor or retailer, to a lottery administration system unique identification information associated with random draw lottery information received from the retailer POS without the use of lottery hardware; and
(c) receiving, via a second secured communication, by the third-party transaction processor or retailer, from the lottery administration system, indication that draw information has been associated with the random draw lottery ticket.