Bingo-style lottery game ticket

• US 20060170153A1
• Filed: 01/31/2006
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Miller, Dennis, Martineck, Jeffrey Sr.
• Granted Patent: US 7,481,431 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/138.100
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/062 Bingo games, e.g. Bingo card games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0665 having a message becoming legible after rubbing-off a coating or removing an adhesive layer for educational purposes G09B
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/901 Concealed data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket

Abstract

A scratch-off lottery game card that simulates the rules of the game of Bingo. On the card, there is a first set of game indicia of a first type arranged in a grid that has at least one row of cells having a indicia of a second type with a unique one of the indicia of the second type defining a particular column of the grid. There is a second set of game indicia on the card, each a grouping of one of the first and second type of game indicia such that each defines a potential one of the first type of indicia in a column of cells of the grid of first set of game indicia. A set of prize indicators is adjacent the grid of the first set of game indicia thereby defining a row of the grid and indicating the prize for matching a defined row.

Claims

1. A scratch-off lottery game card, comprising:

a substrate;

a first set of game indicia of a first type on the substrate and arranged in a grid comprised of a plurality of rows of cells, the grid having at least one row of cells and one column of cells having a indicia of a second type with a unique one of the indicia of a second type defining a particular column of the grid;

a second set of game indicia on the substrate, each of the second set of game indicia comprised of a grouping of one of the first type of game indicia and one of the second type of game indicia such that each of the second set of indicia defines a potential indicia of a first type in a column of cells of the grid of first set of game indicia; and

a set of prize indicators on the substrate adjacent the grid of the first set of game indicia thereby defining a row of the grid, wherein each of the prize indicators indicates a prize for a defined row wherein each cell of the defined row containing a game indicia of the first type.

2. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1, wherein the second set of game indicia is in a grid.

3. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1, further comprising a removable coating over the second set of game indicia and the set of prize indicators.

4. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1, wherein the game indicia of a first type are numbers.

5. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1, wherein the game indicia of a second type are letters.

6. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1, wherein each of the set of prize indicators are horizontally adjacent to their respective the defined row of the grid of the first set of game indicia.

7. A method of making a scratch-off lottery game card simulating the game of Bingo, comprising the steps of:

printing a first set of game indicia of a first type on a substrate wherein the first set of game indicia is arranged in a grid comprised of a plurality of rows of cells and columns of cells;

printing at least one row of cells of the grid with an indicia of a second type wherein a unique one of the indicia of a second type defining a particular column of the grid;

printing a second set of game indicia on the substrate, each of the second set of game indicia comprised of a grouping of one of the first type of game indicia and one of the second type of game indicia such that each of the second set of indicia defines a potential indicia of a first type in a column of cells a cell of the grid of first set of game indicia; and

printing a set of prize indicators on the substrate adjacent the grid of the first set of game indicia thereby defining a row of the grid, wherein each of the prize indicators indicates a prize for a defined row wherein each cell of the defined row containing a game indicia of the first type.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of printing the second set of game indicia is printing the second set of game indicia in a grid.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of placing a removable covering over the second set of game indicia and the set of prize indicators.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the game indicia of a first type are numbers, and the step of printing the first set of game indicia is printing a set of numbers.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the game indicia of a second type are letters, and the steps of printing the printing at least one row of cells of the grid with an indicia of a second type is printing letters.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of printing the set of prize indicators is printing the each of the set of prize indicators horizontally adjacent to their respective defined row of the grid of the first set of game indicia.

13. A method of making a scratch-off lottery game card simulating the game of Bingo, comprising the steps of:

a step for placing a first set of game indicia of a first type on a substrate wherein the first set of game indicia is arranged in a grid comprised of a plurality of rows of cells and columns of cells;

a step for placing at least one row of cells of the grid with an indicia of a second type wherein a unique one of the indicia of a second type defining a particular column of the grid;

a step for placing a second set of game indicia on the substrate, each of the second set of game indicia comprised of a grouping of one of the first type of game indicia and one of the second type of game indicia such that each of the second set of indicia defines a potential indicia of a first type in a column of cells of the grid of first set of game indicia; and

a step for placing a set of prize indicators on the substrate adjacent the grid of the first set of game indicia thereby defining a row of the grid, wherein each of the prize indicators indicates a prize for a defined row wherein each cell of the defined row containing a game indicia of the first type.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising a step for placing a removable covering over the second set of game indicia and the set of prize indicators.