US Patent Issued to Blackhawk Network on Feb. 24 for "Systems and methods for completing a remote lottery ticket sales transaction via receiving payment at a point of sale" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,661, 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 A. Gotlieb (Alamo, Calif.), Prashant Nedungadi (San Jose, Calif.), Vipin Das Anantha Mohandas (Pleasanton, Calif.), Ryan Koop (Dover Centre, Canada), Gino Giunti (Sault Ste. Marie, Canada) and Melissa Murillo (Tracy, 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 lottery ...