ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,034, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Blackhawk Network Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for completing a remote lottery ticket sales transaction via receiving payment at a point of sale" was invented by Richard Alan Gotlieb (Alamo, Calif.), Prashant Nedungadi (San Jose, Calif.), Melissa Murillo (Tracy, Calif.), Ryan Koop (Dover Centre, Canada), Gino Giunti (Sault Ste. Marie, Canada) and Vipin Das Anantha Mohandas (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for completing a transaction request via receiving payment at a point of sale comprising: a lottery ticket provider, wherein the lotter...