SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COMPLETING A REMOTE LOTTERY TICKET SALES TRANSACTION VIA RECEIVING PAYMENT AT A POINT OF SALE
Systems and methods for completing a transaction request via receiving payment at a point of sale comprising: a lottery ticket provider, wherein the lottery ticket provider is remote from an originating location of the transaction request and wherein the lottery ticket provider comprises: a processing device; a user device; a fulfillment computer device; a lottery ticket; and a lottery ticket approved sales location database.
1 . A system for completing a transaction request comprising:
a lottery ticket provider, wherein the lottery ticket provider is remote from an originating location of the transaction request and wherein the lottery ticket provider comprises:
a processing device;
a user device;
a fulfillment computer device;
a lottery ticket; and
a lottery ticket approved sales database.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the lottery ticket provider is configured to accept the transaction request from the user device.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the user device is remote from the lottery ticket provider.
4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the lottery ticket provider further comprises a point of sale.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the point of sale is located at a physical location.
6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the user device is located at the physical location.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the fulfillment computer device comprises a location determination component.
8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the fulfillment computer device comprises a transaction completion authorization component.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the lottery ticket is an instant-win-type lottery ticket.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the lottery ticket is a draw-type pre-printed lottery ticket.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the lottery ticket is a virtual draw-type pre-selected lottery ticket.
12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the lottery ticket is associated with a product for sale and the lottery ticket is activated upon a purchase of the product for sale.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the virtual draw-type pre-selected lottery ticket is maintained in an electronically stored inventory comprising a plurality of virtual draw-type pre-selected lottery tickets.
14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user device comprises comprise a personal computer, a tablet, a smartphone, a cloud computing system, a server, or combinations thereof.
15 . A method for completing a transaction request comprising:
receiving, by a fulfillment computer device, the transaction request, wherein the transaction request originates from a location remote to the fulfillment computer device;
determining, by the fulfillment computer device, whether a lottery ticket associated with the transaction request may be provided to a purchaser; and
sending, by the fulfillment computer device, an authorization for the activation of the lottery ticket associated with the transaction request.
16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
selecting, by the fulfillment computer device, a lottery ticket to provide to the purchaser.
17 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
sending, by the fulfillment computer device, an authorization to a lottery ticket provider to provide the lottery ticket to the purchaser.
18 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
providing, by the fulfillment computer device, the lottery ticket to the purchaser.
19 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
comparing, by the fulfillment computer device, approved locations for a sale of the lottery ticket to the location remote to the fulfillment computer, to determine whether the lottery ticket may be provided to the purchaser.
20 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
receiving, from a lottery ticket provider, a purchase verification for the lottery ticket.