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A non-completed lottery ticket having a blank region adapted for having printed therein information necessary to complete the ticket. The necessary information includes "play data" used to determine the win/lose outcome of the ticket, either "instantly" or at a future date. A lottery ticket having a

A non-completed lottery ticket having a blank region adapted for having printed therein information necessary to complete the ticket. The necessary information includes "play data" used to determine the win/lose outcome of the ticket, either "instantly" or at a future date. A lottery ticket having a first number concealed with a removable material and a blank region adapted for having printed thereon a second number, the first and second numbers indicating the win/lose outcome of the ticket. A method for providing completed lottery tickets comprising the steps of: storing a partially printed, non-completed lottery ticket; providing a terminal coupled to a remotely located computer; and, inserting the non-completed lottery ticket into the terminal and having the terminal communicate with the remotely located computer, the computer supplying to the terminal ticket completion information and such terminal then printing such computer supplied ticket completion information onto the non-completed lottery ticket to provide the purchaser with the completed lottery ticket. Also disclosed is a system for dispensing completed lottery tickets from a vending machine. The vending machine stores partially printed, non-completed lottery tickets. When a lottery ticket is purchased from the vending machine, a printer in the vending machine prints ticket completion information on the stored, non-completed lottery ticket to thereby provide the purchaser with a completed lottery ticket.

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[ What is claimed is:] [29.] A method for providing a completed lottery ticket from a vending machine comprising the steps of:storing in the vending machine a partially printed, non-completed lottery ticket, the lottery ticket having a first area and a second area, one of the first and second areas

[ What is claimed is:] [29.] A method for providing a completed lottery ticket from a vending machine comprising the steps of:storing in the vending machine a partially printed, non-completed lottery ticket, the lottery ticket having a first area and a second area, one of the first and second areas being concealed, wherein the first area has pre-printed data; and,completing the non-completed lottery ticket when a lottery ticket is purchased from the vending machine, by printing additional data onto the second area, wherein after said one of the first and second areas being concealed is revealed, such additional data, if matched with the pre-printed data indicates the ticket as a winning ticket.