Lottery ticket dispenser and ticket bin

Abstract

A lottery ticket dispenser includes a number of ticket bins mounted in a housing of the dispenser. The ticket bins hold a fanfold stack of tickets proximate a transparent front panel of the dispenser for optimum visibility. The ticket bins are adjustably mounted in the dispenser for proper positioning in one of a variety of positions depending upon the size and configuration of the stack of fanfold tickets. The tickets are transported from the ticket stack upwardly over a guide by a ticket transport mechanism for processing by a powered separator to separate the adjacent tickets apart prior to dispensing. Excessive stress is not placed on the tickets which in prior art dispensers resulted in prematurely bursting the perforated joints apart or damaging the tickets.

1 . A lottery ticket dispenser for dispensing lottery tickets serially connected to each other along perforated joints, the dispenser comprising:
 a housing;   at least one drawer mounted within the housing;   at least one slot in the housing through which the tickets are dispensed; and   at least one ticket bin adjustably mounted to each drawer, each ticket bin being adapted to contain at least one stack of the lottery tickets in a fan fold configuration, the ticket bin being selectively mounted to the associated drawer in one of a plurality of positions to accommodate a variety of ticket stack sizes.   
   
   
       2 - 24 . (canceled)