California tries self-service lottery kiosks

From KioskMarketplace:

Under the contract change order, GTECH will provide the California Lottery with 550 Altura terminals, adding to the 18,500 Alturas already in operation. The company will also supply 12,500 Express Point Plus devices, bringing the total to 19,000. The Express Point Plus terminals facilitate convenient player-activated identification of online winning tickets. The Lottery will also receive 1,000 20-bin Expandable Dispensing System Quad Burster ITVMs, which will be used primarily as replacement machines.

Along with the ITVMs, GTECH will provide 150 GamePoint terminals, the company's new lottery self-service solution, combining the best of the instant ticket vending machine with online self-service capability. Over the next 90 days, the Lottery has agreed to order 200 additional ITVMs or 100 additional GamePoints, or some mix of the two equipment types.

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