Specialty game tickets

• US 5,286,062 A
• Filed: 11/13/1990
• Issued: 02/15/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Trade Products, Inc. (Ostel Management, Inc.), Arrow International Incorporated (Teleflex Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Ace Novelty Company, Inc., Trade Products, Inc. (Ostel Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Poll, Harry, Greenwood, W. Loren
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US07/612,827
• Time in Patent Office: 1,190 Days
• Field of Search: 281/2, 281/5, 283/105, 283/106, 283/903
• US Class Current: 283/106
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/069 having a message becoming legible by tearing-off non-adhesive parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket

Abstract

An improved gaming ticket having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having folded sections forming three thicknesses containing hidden indicia. The three thicknesses are glued together along only the outer edges thereof. Perforations are placed only in the top two sections on the inside of the glue areas such that by tearing the top two sections along the perforations, the ticket sections can be separated to view the hidden indicia.

Claims

1. A gaming ticket comprising:

a first panel having visible indicia on a first portion thereof;

a second panel integrally formed with the first panel and formed of at least two sections to be folded over and glued to a second portion of said first panel to form a three section thickness hiving indicia representing winning or nonwinning combinations hidden on the inside thereof;

adhesive holding only the outer side edges of the ticket section securely together; and

perforations extending inwardly of the adhesive and along the outer side edges of only the at least one section to allow the at least one section to be torn along the perforations to expose the indicia hidden on the inside thereof.

2. A gaming ticket as in claim 1 further comprising a glue dot placed between the outer end of the at least one section and the second portion of said first panel over which said one section is folded to assist in preventing unwanted separation of the folded ticket section.

3. A gaming ticket as in claim 2 further comprising:

a first fold line separating the bottom one of the three sections and the middle one of the three sections; and

a second fold line separating the top one of the three sections from the middle one of the three sections such that the top one of the sections may be folded about the second fold line over the middle one of the three sections and the combination folded about the first fold line over the bottom one of the three sections to form the three thickness ticket section.

4. A gaming ticket as in claim 3 wherein:

the top one of the three sections is folded inwardly about the second fold line and glued to the edges of the middle one of the sections beyond the perforations to form a double thickness panel that conceals at least a part of the indicia to be hidden; and

the double thickness panel is folded inwardly about the first fold line and glued on the edges beyond the perforations to the bottom section of the folded ticket sections to form said three section thickness, the top two sections being easily torn free along the perforations to expose the hidden indicia.

5. A gaming ticket as in claim 4 wherein the indicia to be hidden are printed on the inside of the top two sections such that the indicia are hidden when the top two sections are folded over each other.

6. A gaming ticket as in claim 4 where the indicia to be hidden are printed on the inside of the bottom two sections such that the indicia are hidden when the top two sections are folded over the bottom section.

7. A gaming ticket as in claim 5 or 6 further comprising an opaque surface formed on at least one of at least one of the folded sections to prevent viewing of the concealed indicia through the ticket in its folded condition.

8. An improved gaming ticket of the paper type having at least a first panel with visible indicia in a first area to identify the ticket and having a second adjacent area and a second panel separated from the first panel by a first fold line, a combination of indicia that represents winning and nonwinning combinations extending across at least one of said second area of said first panel and said second panel, said second panel being formed of sections folded inwardly concealing said combination of indicia, the improvement comprising:

a second fold line separating the second panel into third and fourth sections;

perforations extending inwardly of and along the side edges of only the third and fourth sections; and

adhesive applied to the outer edges of only the second adjacent area of the first panel and at least one of the third and fourth sections beyond the perforations such that when the fourth section is folded over the third section to form a double thickness portion, the fourth section adheres to the third section and when the double thickness portion is folded over the second adjacent area of the first panel, the double thickness portion adheres to the second adjacent area of the first panel, the perforations enabling the centers of the third and fourth sections to be removed up to the first fold line to expose the concealed indicia on the inside thereof.

9. A gaming ticket comprising:

a first panel having visible indicia on a first portion thereof, and having a second adjacent portion;

a second panel integrally formed with and separated from the second adjacent portion of the first panel by a first fold line;

multiple individual areas extending across said second adjacent portion of the first panel and said second panel, said individual areas having indicia at least partially thereon representing winning and nonwinning combinations;

said second panel being formed of at least two section to be folded over each other and said second adjacent portion of said first panel to form a three-section thickness that covers the winning and nonwinning combination of indicia in said individual areas;

adhesive holding said two sections to said second adjacent portion of said first section only on each side of each individual area having said indicia combinations thereon; and

perforations extending from one end of the ticket inwardly of the adhesive and along each side of each individual area across only said at least two sections such that each individual indicia combination area can be separately exposed by removing a selected second panel by tearing along the perforations on each side thereof.

10. A gaming ticket comprising:

a first panel having visible indicia printed thereon;

a second panel integrally formed with the first panel and having multiple removable windows thereon for selectively exposing indicia hidden thereunder representing winning and nonwinning combinations;

each of said windows being formed of at least one top section folded over a bottom section and having the indicia representing the winning or nonwinning combinations hidden on the inside of the folded sections;

adhesive securing together only the side edges of the folded section forming each window; and

perforations in only the at least one top section extending inwardly of the adhesive and along the edge of each window to allow the at least one top section of each window to be individually removed by tearing along the perforations to expose the indicia hidden on the inside thereof.

11. A gaming ticket as in claim 10 further comprising a glue dot placed between the outer end of the bottom of the at least one folded section forming each window and the adjacent bottom section to assist in preventing unwanted separation of the at least one folded section from the bottom section.

12. A gaming ticket as in claim 10 wherein said at least one top section is formed of at least two integrally formed sections folded over each other.