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Abstract

A lottery ticket dispensing system is for improved pull-tab lottery tickets of a type that include a plurality of normally closed windows that can be opened to reveal play symbols thereunder with some of the play symbols being winning symbols. Each of the improved lottery tickets is also provided a normally closed bar code window with bar code markings hidden thereunder which includes ticket information for indicating each of the play symbols as aligned with its respective window. When the ticket is being dispensed, the bar code window is opened and the bar code revealed thereunder is aligned with a bar code reading device to read and store the ticket information. The front panel of the machine includes a plurality of display areas and associated switches that correspond to the windows of the ticket to generate a display symbol in the corresponding display area which indicates the play symbol that is under the selected window of the ticket. The ticket information also includes winning information to provide a separate winning display area on the front panel when any of the play symbols are winning symbols. If the play symbols are not winning symbols, bonus winning markings may be added to some of the regions of the ticket but not shown on any display screen to encourage the opening of all of the windows of the tickets that are dispensed even if they do not include any winning display symbols.

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