Lottery game and method for playing same

• US 5,158,293 A
• Filed: 09/27/1991
• Issued: 10/27/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wayne L. Mullins
• Original Assignee: Wayne L. Mullins
• Inventors: Mullins, Wayne L.
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US07/767,055
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• Field of Search: 273/139, 273/138 R, 283/100-102, 283/901, 283/903
• US Class Current: 273/139
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/069 having a message becoming legible by tearing-off non-adhesive parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/901 Concealed data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket

Abstract

A lottery game and a method for playing a lottery game which incorporates an instant play type lottery game combined with a jackpot type lottery game and also incorporates a second bonus jackpot type drawing where only selected tickets from the original lottery jackpot drawing are eligible to win and where the method of determining those tickets eligible in the bonus jackpot drawing is related to the results of the instant lottery game.

Claims

1. A method for playing lottery games, including the following steps:

(a) providing a lottery ticket containing at least one instant-win lottery game play and at least one jackpot lottery game play said instant-win lottery game play being played with a first series of indicia imprinted on said ticket and said jackpot lottery game play being played with a second series of indicia imprinted on said lottery ticket;

(b) associating each instant-win lottery game play with a corresponding jackpot lottery game play;

(c) playing said instant-win lottery game play in combination with said jackpot lottery game play;

(d) determining whether the player has won said instant-win lottery game play by determining whether said first series of indicia matches a predetermined set of indicia;

(e) determining whether the player has won said jackpot lottery game play by determining whether said second series of indicia matches a series of indicia randomly selected by lottery officials;

(f) identifying which jackpot lottery game plays correspond to winning instant-win lottery game plays, said jackpot lottery game plays thereby becoming bonus jackpot lottery game plays;

(g) entering said bonus jackpot lottery game plays in a bonus jackpot lottery game; and

(h) awarding a valuable prize to a player that has won any of said lottery game plays.

2. The method of claim 1, further including the player playing multiple lottery game plays on said lottery ticket.

3. The method of claim 1, further including providing to the player means for choosing indicia for said jackpot lottery game play.

4. The method of claim 1, further including collecting an instant-win lottery game prize prior to a jackpot lottery game drawing.

5. The method of claim 1, further including determining winning jackpot lottery game indicia through a central, random drawing.

6. The method of claim 1, further including determining winning valuable prize indicia through a central, random drawing.

7. The method of claim 1, further including providing the player with one or more chances to win valuable prizes using said bonus jackpot lottery game plays.

8. The method of claim 1, further including providing means for lottery officials to verify that said jackpot lottery game play used to win said valuable prize in said bonus jackpot lottery game corresponds to a winning instant-win lottery game play.

9. An apparatus for playing lottery-type games comprising:

(a) a game ticket having a plurality of lottery games on said game ticket, said plurality of lottery games being playable through indicia printed on said game ticket, and said plurality of lottery games being traceably connected with each other through means for correlating said lottery games printed on said ticket;

(b) means for physical separation of said plurality of lottery games on said game ticket;

(c) identification means for correlating individual game plays from one lottery game with individual game plays from other lottery games on said game ticket;

(d) means for determining the winners of said lottery games;

(e) means for playing one or more additional lottery games based upon winning one of said lottery games on said game ticket; and

(f) means for identifiably connecting game plays within each of said plurality of lottery games to corresponding game plays within each remaining lottery game on said game ticket.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising at least a portion of said indicia that are covered with an opaque removable material.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising said identification means that are covered with an opaque removable material.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein at least one of said plurality of lottery games is an instant-win game.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein at least one of said plurality of lottery games is a jackpot game.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said means for physical separation of said plurality of lottery games is a perforation across said game ticket.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said game ticket is printed at a time of purchase.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said plurality of lottery games are each printed at the time of purchase on separate game tickets.

17. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of game plays within each of said plurality of lottery games.

18. A method for playing lottery games, including the following steps:

(a) providing a plurality of associated lottery tickets with at least one of said tickets containing at least one instant-win lottery game play and with at least one of said tickets containing at least one jackpot lottery game play, said instant-win lottery game play being played with a first series of indicia imprinted on one of said tickets and said jackpot lottery game play being played with a second series of indicia imprinted on one of said lottery tickets;

(b) associating said plurality of lottery tickets by providing said tickets with a means for correlating said plurality of tickets;

(c) associating each instant-win lottery game play with at least one corresponding jackpot lottery game play;

(d) playing said instant-win lottery game play in combination with said jackpot lottery game play;

(e) determining whether the player has won said instant-win lottery game play by determining whether said first series of indicia matches a predetermined set of indicia;

(f) determining whether the player has won said jackpot lottery game play by determining whether said second series of indicia matches a series of indicia randomly selected by lottery officials;

(g) identifying which jackpot lottery game plays correspond to winning instant-win lottery game plays, said jackpot lottery game plays thereby becoming bonus jackpot lottery game plays;

(h) entering said bonus jackpot lottery game plays in a bonus jackpot lottery game; and

(i) awarding a valuable prize to a player that has won any of said lottery game plays.

19. The method of claim 18, further including the player playing multiple lottery game plays on said lottery ticket.

20. The method of claim 18, further including providing to the player means for choosing indicia for said jackpot lottery game play.

21. The method of claim 18, further including collecting an instant-win lottery game prize prior to a jackpot lottery game drawing.

22. The method of claim 18, further including determining winning jackpot lottery game indicia through a central, random drawing.

23. The method of claim 18, further including providing the player with one or more chances to win valuable prizes using said bonus jackpot lottery game plays.

24. The method of claim 18, further including lottery officials verifying that said jackpot lottery game play used to win said valuable prize in said bonus jackpot lottery game corresponds to a winning instant-win lottery game play.