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An overview ofthe burgeonmg number ofon-lme opttons for gettzng
znstant ticket games to the customen .
Over the past several years, the that is currently dispensing the same games, theterminal contains an instant
shape of instant ticket technology has instant tickets that are being sold by ticket drawer for dispensing rub—off
taken some innovative twists. During agents over-the-counter. instant tickets. The terminal validates
that period, a number of manufac— Syntech was the first company to and accounts fortheticketsand in so
A turers have departed from the tradi· offer an automated, on-line player-
tional methods of printing or distribut— activated terminal, the first with a ·
ing tickets, and are expanding the touch-screen terminal, andthe first to
. options open tolotteries forconduct- sell rub-off instant tickets through i
‘_ ing instant ticket sales. that terminal. . . ‘ ,
The new systems, either available Currently, the PAT-2000; are being
or already in place, are designed to stocked with the same paper tickets · V `I
increase accountability, cut down on being sold by retail agents, but the · · EL-·
. labor overhead, and increase security. terminal can be programmed to offer °
avideogamethatsimulatesthepaper , ·
I mr tickets and uses the same prize gtrug V ~
; ture and system of prize distribution ·
; . if as the paper tickets, The terminal has
? ; ¢ *TZ _ been named Lottery Express by the _ __ H ,
· ._ ·r~a .. V new york stare Lottery. mjf'f“f'*'°G°"‘°" L°“"'YS"'°‘C°"‘°‘â€
I _ ‘ ` iv According tO SYnt€Ch President
i _· i T \ _ { `-—. _ t Cordon Graves, sales of instant tickets doing performs the conventional Tel-
_» J e. i from the player-activated terminals Sellfunctionsthatallowthe retailerto
have been twice as heavy as those receive new tickets when needed.
- ~_iV handled dvd, the Counter by agents. Also available from the company is
2; _ A ¤A Arsd available from Syntech is a a standalone "Consumer-Activated
’ dedicated on-line terminal available Terminal" that can contain an auto-
_ for the sale of instant tickets only. The matic instant ticket dispenser.
company says it was the first with For instant-only agents, Scientific
. ,~¤ ..,· Such ¤ terminal- Thu ¤T¤·6¤0¤ ¤*f¤¤ Games <>f*¤n tin MFR
3,;.; »*’.j . that is designed toimprove inventory . ; -—T
° [ih V · trol timel re ortin and sales '
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Scientific Gomes, Inc. g
V Z \é\/hile still commgtted to the design i af?
st an manufactured traditiona instant .
tickets, Scientific Games now offers *2
The following is a rundown on products computerized equipment and systems
l currently available or soon to be mar- for distribution and accounting of _
keted_ those tickets. ’
i One of the company's devices for
Synlech Intemutlonal such distribution comes as part of its gddndnc games nggg mmm; _
Syntech has in place a player-acti- "Lottery SalesCenter,"aclerk-operated
vated terminal (PAT-2 000) in the state terminal designed to integrate market- Instant Game Electronic Retailing).
of New York that is designed to dis- ing of all of a lot~tery's products. In Operating underadial-up system,the
pense all of that lottery‘s games, and addition to selling numbers and lotto terminal can validate both instant
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game and on-line winning tickets (up . instructions, odds, etc.-could be pre-
*0 the a""°'-‘"t Specified bY a kmewir i .,,,,Q’,{f‘° , printed priorto deliveryto the lottery.
and provides computerized sales J1 ;..,-;T__m Under the ITS system, it would not
monitoring and ticket accounting gi s;. matter if the tickets were stolen prior
functions for instant-only agents. to sale, because they would have no
fit 5 _ value until they went through the
General Instrument, ArnTote Sys- my ,,i- ; terminal. According to the company,
gems pmsion ·g-, ·__' 1 I _ a lottery could run all of its on-line
General Instrument offers aT0uCh- ·; V ‘ V as g¤m€$*i¤ addition Y0 th€ in$Y6"t Same"
Screen Self-Service Terminal that can ° i through the ITS system, which, ifneces-
be configured either to dispense the V ¤ sary, can be provided as an add—on to
same type of paper instant tickets ~ a lottery’s existing terminals.
sold by retail agents or programmed ` Alternatively, the ITS printer can
to offer a video facsimile of that game gi work with another vendor's terminal
on its screen. The terminal is designed on a dial-up basis.
to sell all other of a lottery's products . ·
in addition to the instant game. GTECH Corporation
¤ Through its playenoperated P.O.S.T
Electro-Sport, Inc. terminal, GTECH offers a lottery the
Like the General Instrument terminal, option of dispensing traditional paper
the E|ectro·Sport VAULT can be de- instant tickets, as well as its other
signed to either dispense traditional games. Additionally, the P.O.S.T. will
instantticketsorofferavideorepresen- offer, via a digital camera, a video
tation ofthe instant game, depending equivalent of the paper ticket game
on the preference of a lottery, as well ICT Video Lottery terminal being Offered gn the street;
as a lottery’s other games. The P.O.S.T. is designed to use
g sentations of its capabilities, most ,2; _.,_, . ‘ ° V. g é
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‘’’’i’ `Qi _ Generaii Y 3 ? ' ’
_ A _ E gn __ Intern¤tIon¤I‘I’¤I¤lIz¤tor Systems ‘ ;» ii .
L ITS is out to revolutionize the instant i . i 4
‘ Ll, _ ticket business by providing a paper g ‘ { ;
; "�i·§ >· .. alternative to the traditional paper i i _ _ V
* i I - · ~ __ i instant ticket. ln essence, the ITS I g ;
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,; _ system would print that part of the “
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. rf I ‘`‘— V to i
Q · .» . '_ .L` ITS Datamark 4 terminal
( A ticket determining winners at the GTECH p_O_$_T_ tuminal i
Eieqrmgport vAUi_·r terminal point-of-sale, rather than at the manu- I :2
facturer's premises. Through thermal either continuous form paper tickets ( c>
printing, game characters would be orthebook-styletickets used in some, >-1
lntem¤tlon¤IG¤meTe¢hn¤Iogy printed under the already-in-place New England states. Theterminal will 9,
IGT has already programmed its scratch-off covering.Also at that time, also eventually be able to offer instant
video lottery terminal to make a video a visible number and bar code would game tickets with game play data
copy of a state lottery instant ticket 1 `be printed on the ticket. The majority printed at the point-of—sale. PG
game, and has conducted four pre- of the rest of the ticket—graphics, i
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