ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,630, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BRIGHTSTAR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Corp. (Providence, R.I.).
"Lottery ticket vending machine" was invented by Thomas Quaranta (North Kingstown, R.I.), Paul A. Bucci (Glocester, R.I.), John Tavares (West Warwick, R.I.) and Stewart Thoeni (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lottery ticket vending machine including a ticket collection receptacle of its front door that is configured to receive lottery tickets of different sizes and shapes. The ticket collection receptacle includes a first ticket-receipt section, a second ticket-receipt section, and a third ticket-holding-and-access section. The fir...