In 1985, the first week the Oregon Lottery was in business, Cal Tigner stopped at a convenience store for a soda. While the cash register drawer was open, he noticed lottery tickets inside and purchased two. As the clerk handed them to him, he realized, “If I hadn’t seen them, I wouldn’t have bought them.” That evening, using cardboard, he made his first lottery ticket dispensing prototype. The next evening, he made his first plastic dispenser. All these years later, TAKE-A-TICKET, INC., the first lottery ticket dispenser company, continues to produce quality dispensers to each lottery’s specifications.

Established in 1985, Take-A-Ticket is the original inventor of Instant Ticket Dispensers. We provide a wide variety of ticket dispensers and merchandising displays for more than 25 US lotteries. Because no two lotteries are alike, Take-A-Ticket provides custom fabrication and design services to meet each lottery’s specific needs. We employ 27 full-time employees in our 45,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility located in Albany, Oregon.