ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,756, issued on July 21, was assigned to Blackhawk Network Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Methods for selling pre-printed online lottery tickets" was invented by Gino Giunti (Sault Ste. Marie, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of selling pre-printed lottery tickets for random draw lotteries through the retailers POS without the use of additional lottery hardware. Pre-printed lottery tickets allow a consumer to purchase a lottery ticket for a subsequently occurring draw by including that ticket in their shopping basket. The pre-printed lottery ticket may be purchased as any other common product through the point of...