A system and method of selling pre-printed lottery game tickets, on-line lottery
game tickets, or a combination of pre-printed and on-line lottery game tickets
in a retail store is disclosed. At least one lottery game token is provided bearing
a game identification code thereon for being scanned at a POS terminal provided
as a part of an in-store POS network. The scanned identification code is detected
by a POS monitor in communication with the POS terminal, the POS monitor determining
from the scanned code the type of lottery game to be played. The POS monitor, or
a separate ticket controller in communication with the POS monitor, will then issue
a dispense ticket command to a ticket dispenser located at the POS terminal for
each pre-printed lottery game to be played. For each on-line lottery game to be
played, the detection of the game identification code will result in the generation
of a random series of lottery play numbers, whereupon the POS monitor or the ticket
controller will instruct a lottery ticket printer located at the POS terminal to
print at least one lottery ticket thereat bearing the lottery play numbers thereon.
