Lottery

Lottery

Manage every lottery pack in your store — from the moment it arrives to the weekly payment with the lottery commission.

This section shows you how to use the Lottery menu in CStoreiQ. Open any article below to learn one specific task.

What can I do here?

I want to... Open this article
Set up a new lottery game in CStoreiQ Add Game
Record packs delivered today Confirm Pack
Put a pack on the counter for sale Activate Pack
Move a pack to a different bin Move Pack
Take a pack off the counter Inactivate Pack
Send a pack back to the lottery Return Pack
See all my lottery packs right now Lottery Inventory
Close the day (end of shift) Day Close
See what I owe the lottery this week Weekly Settlement
See lottery sales at a glance Lottery Dashboard
Pull a report of activated packs Activation Report

New to lottery in CStoreiQ?

Start with these three articles in order:

  1. Lottery Module Overview — learn what "pack", "bin", and "safe" mean
  2. Reading a Lottery Ticket Barcode — what the numbers on a scratch ticket mean
  3. Add Game — register the first game you sell

When do I use each screen?

Every time a lottery truck delivers → use Confirm Pack to record what arrived.

When you put a pack on the counter → use Activate Pack.

Every business day, at the end of your shift → use Day Close to enter today's lottery sales.

On your settlement day each week → check Weekly Settlement to see what the lottery commission will sweep from (or deposit to) your bank.

Quick tips

Tip: You only need to add a game once. After that, every pack of that game uses the same game record.

Tip: Run Day Close the morning after each business day, with the lottery terminal's printed Sales Report in hand. You'll type the numbers from that report into CStoreiQ.

Tip: If your scanner doesn't read a barcode, every screen has a Manual Entry option — just type the numbers from the ticket.

Need help?

If something doesn't work as described, or you can't find an answer here, contact your CStoreiQ support team.

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