Type of instant scratch-off lottery games
First Claim
1. A tamper resistant lottery ticket for preventing payoff of invalid tickets comprising:
- a ticket body;
a plurality of numerical symbols formed on the ticket body, a game field associated with each of said numerical symbols on the body, the game fields choosable by a lottery player;
at least one winning symbol for the ticket positioned in a game field and associated with a numerical or non-numerical symbol;
a scratch-off material covering the game fields to hide contents of the game fields and therefore hide the at least one winning symbol, the scratch-off material removable by a lottery player to reveal the contents of a game field when the game field is chosen;
a readable security code printed on the scratch off material of the game fields, the security code being removable when the scratch-off material is removed to reveal the game field contents;
whereby the security codes of the ticket may be read to ensure that the proper number of game field contents are revealed and the lottery ticket is valid.
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Abstract
A new type of instant scratch-off lottery game combining the advantages of the conventional lottery, which allows the player to choose his own selected numbers from a set of numbers, and the advantage of the instant scratch-off lottery tickets by enabling the player to immediately learn if he is a winner or a looser. The player is instructed to pick his numbers from a set of numbers. Each number in this set is represented by a a small box overprinted with a security bar-code readable to conventional scanner. The scanner transfer the readable data and the serial number of the ticket to a central computer in the lottery agency to verify the winning status. The player is able to learn immediately if he is a winner by revealing a winning symbol hidden under the scratch-off material and the overprinted security code of the picked numbers.
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19 Claims
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1. A tamper resistant lottery ticket for preventing payoff of invalid tickets comprising:
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a ticket body; a plurality of numerical symbols formed on the ticket body, a game field associated with each of said numerical symbols on the body, the game fields choosable by a lottery player; at least one winning symbol for the ticket positioned in a game field and associated with a numerical or non-numerical symbol; a scratch-off material covering the game fields to hide contents of the game fields and therefore hide the at least one winning symbol, the scratch-off material removable by a lottery player to reveal the contents of a game field when the game field is chosen; a readable security code printed on the scratch off material of the game fields, the security code being removable when the scratch-off material is removed to reveal the game field contents; whereby the security codes of the ticket may be read to ensure that the proper number of game field contents are revealed and the lottery ticket is valid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A tamper resistant lottery ticket for preventing payoff of invalid tickets comprising:
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a ticket body; a plurality of game fields formed on the body, the game fields choosable by a lottery player; a scratch-off material covering the game fields to hide contents of the game fields, the scratch-off material removable by a lottery player to reveal the contents of a game field when the game field is chosen; a readable security code printed on the scratch-off material of the game fields, the security code being removable when the scratch-off material is removed to reveal the game field contents; whereby the security codes of the ticket may be read to ensure the proper number of game field contents are revealed and the lottery ticket is valid. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of playing a lottery game with tickets and preventing payoff of an invalid lottery ticket comprising:
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providing a ticket to a player having a plurality of game fields thereon which are choosable by a lottery player; providing a scratch-off material on the ticket for covering the game fields to hide contents of the game fields, the scratch-off material being removable by a lottery player to reveal the contents of a game field when the game field is chosen by the player; providing a readable security code on top of the scratch-off material of the game fields, the security code being removable when the scratch-off material is removed to reveal the game field contents; instructing the lottery player to choose a predetermined number of the game fields and to remove the scratch-off material and the readable security code for the chosen game fields to reveal the contents of the game fields; reading the security codes of the game fields after the lottery player has chosen to determine the number of game fields having the scratch-off material removed by the player; comparing the game fields with the scratch-off material removed to the predetermined number of game fields to determine if the proper number of game fields were chosen by the player; determining the validity of the lottery ticket based upon said comparison step. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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