US 12,462,630 B2
Lottery ticket vending machine
Thomas Quaranta, North Kingstown, RI (US); Paul A. Bucci, Glocester, RI (US); John Tavares, West Warwick, RI (US); and Stewart Thoeni, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to BRIGHTSTAR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation, Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,804.
Prior Publication US 2025/0118126 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. G07C 15/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/42 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 15/005 (2013.01) [G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lottery ticket vending machine comprising:
a machine housing comprising an openable front door, the front door comprising a ticket collection receptacle comprising:
a first ticket-receipt section defining a first ticket receiving slot,
a second ticket-receipt section defining a second ticket receiving slot, and
a third ticket-holding-and-access section defining a ticket retrieval slot,
wherein the second ticket-receipt section and the third ticket-holding-and-access section comprise a plurality of walls formed from a sheet metal with a grain extending in an upright direction;
a ticket drawer column in the machine housing, the ticket drawer column comprising a plurality of ticket drawers, each of the ticket drawers configured to hold a pack of lottery tickets; and
a ticket burster in the machine housing, the ticket burster defining a ticket inlet and a ticket outlet, the ticket burster movable to a plurality of different ticket receipt positions, each different ticket receipt position associated with and in alignment with a different one of the ticket drawers, the ticket burster movable to a ticket dispense position adjacent to the ticket collection receptacle and such that the ticket outlet of the ticket burster is aligned with the first ticket receiving slot of the ticket collection receptacle.