Game ticket sets and system and method for producing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10467862-B2
Application number	US-201815904582-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2018
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A printed game card, sheet or ticket set can incorporate multiple individual tickets separated by perforation, scoring or folds, for example. In various embodiments, the game card or sheet is printed with at least one playable game on each individual ticket, wherein the games can be instant win games with game indicia and one or more layers of varnish or rubber-based material that is removable to reveal the indicia. Each ticket on the game card, sheet or ticket set can include individual validation and/or activation indicia. The indicia can be human-readable and/or computer readable. Further, the entire game card, sheet or ticket set can include game or sheet activation indicia, such that when the entire sheet is sold, the entirety of individual game tickets can be activated simultaneously. When the individual game ticket validation codes are read, embodiments of the present invention can operate to individually assess whether the ticket is a winner, as well as whether the ticket has previously been redeemed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lottery ticket game set, comprising:
a substrate comprising at least a first lottery ticket, a second lottery ticket, a third lottery ticket, and a global activation indicia partially positioned on the first lottery ticket, partially positioned on the second lottery ticket, and partially positioned on the third lottery ticket;
wherein the first lottery ticket comprises at least first and second ticket edges defining a first lottery ticket size;
wherein the second lottery ticket comprises at least a primary ticket edge and a secondary ticket edge, wherein the primary ticket edge and the secondary ticket edge define a second lottery ticket size, wherein the primary ticket edge is at least partially connected to the first edge of the first lottery ticket;
wherein the third lottery ticket comprises an initial ticket edge and a supplemental ticket edge, wherein the initial ticket edge and the supplemental ticket edge define a third lottery ticket size, wherein the initial ticket edge of the third lottery ticket is at least partially connected to the second edge of the first lottery ticket and at least partially connected to the secondary edge of the second lottery ticket, and wherein the third lottery ticket size is different from at least the first lottery ticket size or the second lottery ticket size; and
wherein the global activation indicia includes a machine-readable code configured to be read by a lottery ticket system.

2. The lottery ticket game set of claim 1 , wherein the primary ticket edge of the second lottery ticket is detachably secured to the first edge of the first lottery ticket, and the initial ticket edge of the third lottery ticket is detachably secured to the second edge of the first lottery ticket.

3. The lottery ticket game set of claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises a structural weakness dividing the substrate into a first column and a second column, wherein the first column comprises a first number of lottery tickets including the first lottery ticket and the second lottery ticket, and wherein the second column comprises a second number of lottery tickets including the third lottery ticket, and wherein the first number of lottery tickets is different from the second number of lottery tickets.

4. The lottery ticket game set of claim 1 , wherein the first lottery ticket further comprises a first lottery ticket purchase price, the second lottery ticket further comprises a second lottery ticket purchase price and the third lottery ticket further comprises a third lottery ticket purchase price, wherein the third lottery ticket purchase price is different from at least the first or second lottery ticket purchase price.

5. The lottery ticket game set of claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises a substrate purchase price, the first lottery ticket further comprises a first lottery ticket purchase price, the second lottery ticket further comprises a second lottery ticket purchase price and the third lottery ticket further comprises a third lottery ticket purchase price, and wherein the substrate purchase price is less than the sum of the first, second and third lottery ticket prices.

6. The lottery ticket game set of claim 1 , wherein the first lottery ticket further comprises a first ticket validation indicia, the second lottery ticket further comprises a second ticket validation indicia, and the third lottery ticket further comprises a third ticket validation indicia, and wherein the first ticket validation indicia, the second ticket validation indicia, and the third ticket validation indicia are configured such that each of the first lottery ticket, the second lottery ticket, and the third lottery tickets may be independently validated by the lottery ticket system.

7. The lottery ticket game set of claim 6 , wherein the second ticket validation indicia is different from the first ticket validation indicia, and wherein the third ticket validation indicia is different from the first and second ticket validation indicia.

8. The lottery ticket game set of claim 1 , wherein the global activation indicia is readable in its entirety by the lottery ticket system reading the global activation indicia partially positioned on the first lottery ticket, reading the global activation indicia partially positioned on the second lottery ticket, and reading the global activation indicia partially positioned on the third lottery ticket.

9. The lottery ticket game set of claim 8 , wherein each of the first lottery ticket, the second lottery ticket, and the third lottery ticket is activated for play by the lottery ticket system after the global activation indicia is read in its entirety.

10. The lottery ticket game set of claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises a first structural weakness between the first and second lottery tickets, and a second structural weakness between the first and third lottery tickets.

11. A lottery ticket game set, comprising:
a substrate comprising at least a first lottery ticket, a second lottery ticket, a third lottery ticket, a global activation indicia partially positioned on the first lottery ticket, partially positioned on the second lottery ticket, and partially positioned on the third lottery ticket, and at least first and second structural weaknesses, wherein the first structural weakness divides the substrate into a first column and a second column,
wherein the first lottery ticket comprises at least first and second ticket edges;
wherein the second lottery ticket comprises at least a primary ticket edge and a secondary ticket edge, wherein the primary ticket edge is at least partially connected to the first edge of the first lottery ticket along the second structural weakness of the substrate;
wherein the third lottery ticket comprises at least an initial ticket edge and a supplemental ticket edge, and wherein the initial ticket edge of the third lottery ticket is at least partially connected to the second edge of the first lottery ticket and the secondary edge of the second lottery ticket;
wherein the first and second lottery tickets are within the first column of the substrate; and
wherein the global activation indicia includes a machine-readable code configured to be read by a lottery ticket system.

12. The lottery ticket game set of claim 11 , wherein the third lottery ticket is within either the first or second column of the substrate.

13. The lottery ticket game set of claim 12 , wherein the first column comprises a first number of lottery tickets including the first and second lottery tickets, and wherein the second column comprises a second number of lottery tickets including the third lottery ticket, and wherein the first number of lottery tickets is different from the second number of lottery tickets.

14. The lottery ticket game set of claim 11 , wherein the first and second ticket edges of the first lottery ticket define a first lottery ticket size, wherein the primary ticket edge and the secondary ticket edge of the second lottery ticket define a second lottery ticket size, and wherein the second lottery ticket size is different from the first lottery ticket size.

15. The lottery ticket game set of claim 11 , wherein the third lottery ticket is in the second column of the substrate, and wherein the initial ticket edge of the third lottery ticket is at least partially connected to the second edge of the first lottery ticket and the secondary edge of the second lottery ticket along the first structural weakness of the substrate.

16. The lottery ticket game set of claim 11 , wherein the initial ticket e

Assignees

• Igt Global Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Gaddy Walter

Classifications

• A63F2009/2425

  Scanners, e.g. for scanning regular characters · CPC title

• B42D25/346

  Perforations · CPC title

• B42D25/25

  Public transport tickets (apparatus for printing and issuing G07B) · CPC title

• A63F3/069

  having a message becoming legible by tearing-off non-adhesive parts · CPC title

• B42D25/30

  Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery · CPC title