> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Lottery

> Scratch-off inventory, shift audits, and the money the state actually owes you.

**Lottery Management → Lottery Dashboard** is headed **Lottery Management &
Auditing**. Lottery is doing two jobs for you: catching ticket shrinkage, and
checking the state's settlement against what your store recorded.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Lottery is part of your plan's lottery management feature. If these pages are
> not in your menu, see [Billing and plan](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/admin/billing.md).

## The one rule to understand

**Ticket sales are not your revenue.** The money a customer pays for a ticket
belongs to the state; you are holding it. What you earn is **commission** — a
percentage of sales, plus a bonus on tickets you cash.

PRODUCT\_NAME books only the commission as revenue and shows the ticket sales
separately. Any report that counted gross ticket sales as income would flatter
your revenue enormously and tell you nothing true.

## What the dashboard shows

| Card | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Active Bins / Dispensers** | Scratch tickets currently on display |
| **Active Inventory Value** | Face value of tickets in your bins |
| **Est. Monthly Commission** | What you have earned. Shows a dash until a terminal report is imported |
| **Open Loss Alerts** | Discrepancies needing owner review |

Below that: your active dispenser bins and their ticket levels, and recent
shift audits with Shift Date, Shift, Expected Physical Sales, POS Recorded
Sales, Variance and status.

A red banner appears when there are unreconciled discrepancies — physical ticket
counts that did not match POS sales.

## How the pieces fit

**1. Register the games you sell**

[Game Catalog](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/lottery/games.md) — game number, ticket price, pack size.

**2. Receive and activate packs**

[Pack Inventory](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/lottery/packs.md) — a pack moves from received, to active in
a bin, to settled.

**3. Audit each shift**

[Shift Ticket Audits](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/lottery/shift-audits.md) — count the ticket number
showing in each bin and compare against POS.

**4. Reconcile against the state**

[Terminal Reconciliation](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/lottery/terminal-reconciliation.md) and
[State Invoices](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/lottery/state-invoices.md).

**5. Investigate what does not add up**

[Loss Prevention](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/lottery/loss-prevention.md).


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