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Abstract

A ticket dispenser for dispensing a ticket from a pack of tickets having first and last tickets at opposite ends of the pack and each ticket having opposed first and second edges, the ticket dispenser comprising: a ticket rack assembly having a rack with a support platform for receiving the pack of tickets with first edges against the support platform, and a ticket pack biasing mechanism configured to bias against a face of the last ticket of the C pack and to urge the last ticket towards the first ticket; a ticket housing for preventing unauthorised external access to the pack of tickets, the ticket housing comprising a ticket dispensing slot; and a ticket dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the first ticket from the pack of tickets, the ticket dispensing mechanism comprising a dispensing control member connected to a ticket ejector, the ticket ejector having a ticket edge engagement feature configured to engage with a first edge of the first ticket, the ticket ejector being operable by movement of the dispensing control member to slide the first ticket from the pack and away from the platform and to dispense the second edge of the first ticket through the ticket dispensing slot.

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