Checkout system

A check-out system (1) is described, for application in for instance a supermarket or the like, comprising: - at least one recognition station (10) for identifying articles; - a secure area (40) associated with the at least one recognition station; - at least one payment machine (50) arranged within the secure area, designed for issuing a payment receipt (59); - wherein the recognition station (10) has a passage (30) for users, with an entrance (31) for a user who offers articles to the recognition station, and an exit (32) which exclusively leads to the said secure area; - wherein the secure area has at least one normally closed exit gate (42), wherein each exit gate of the secure area is provided with control means (60) for checking payment receipts (59), which control means are designed for releasing the exit gate concerned in case of an established validity of a payment receipt.