Lottery game tickets and methods for making same

• US 6,752,319 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2001
• Issued: 06/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Szrek, Walter, Gougeon, Francois, Mondou, Denis, Sanchez, Cayetano III, Abraitis, John C., Boulay, Robert, Dueker, Todd A., Hussey, Robert M., Ehrhart, Michael A., Lambert, Claude
• Primary Examiner(s): AHMED, SAMIR ANWAR
• Application Number:
  US09/989,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20020053597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• Field of Search: 235/486, 235/449, 235/375, 235/488, 235/441, 235/451, 235/439, 235/283, 283/94, 283/84, 283/100, 283/901, 283/903, 273/138.1, 273/138.2, 250/586
• US Class Current: 235/486
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/242 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2444 Light detector
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/287 Cameras therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/06 Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games small boxes with balls used for generating random numbers A63F7/048; lottery apparatus G07C15/00; lottery gaming stations, online lottery or bingo G07F17/329; printing processes for lottery tickets B41M3/005
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/065 Tickets or accessories for use therewith A63F3/0625 takes precedence
• 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: G06K 17/0032 Apparatus for automatic testing and analysing marked record carriers, used for examinations of the multiple choice answer type teaching apparatus working with questions and answers G09B7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/073 Special arrangements for circuits, e.g. for protecting identification code in memory protection against unauthorised use of computer memory G06F12/14

Abstract

The present invention relates to lottery game tickets and methods for making the same. In one embodiment, a wavelength-sensitive addition is incorporation in game ticket play area. In another embodiment, reflectance characteristics of a game ticket play area are controlled.

Claims

1. A method for making lottery game tickets of first and second styles, wherein each ticket includes a play area having an outer surface and an indicia icon surface, said method being characterized in that said method includes the steps of:

controlling manufacture of said tickets of said first style so that said outer surface of tickets of said first style exhibits at least one first color under white light and first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic when illuminated at a first predetermined narrow band of wavelengths; and

controlling manufacture of said tickets of said second style so that said outer surface of tickets of said second style exhibits at least one second color under in white light different from said at least one first color and further exhibits said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic when illuminated at said first predetermined narrow band of wavelengths.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a reflectance measurement of said outer surface is substantially uniform when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a reflectance measurement of said outer surface is substantially uniform within a predetermined range of reflectance measurements when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a pattern of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a pattern of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance within a predetermined range of reflectance measurements when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a background of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a background of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance within a predetermined range of reflectance measurements when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a pattern of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band, and a background of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band, said uniform reflectances exhibited by said pattern and said background being distinguishable from one another.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a pattern of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance within a first predetermined range of reflectance measurements when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band, and a background of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance within a second predetermined reflectance range when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band, wherein said first predetermined reflectance range does not overlap said second predetermined reflectance range.

10. A method for making lottery game tickets of first and second styles, wherein each ticket includes a play area having an outer surface and an indicia icon surface, said method being characterized in that said method includes the steps of:

controlling manufacture of said tickets of said first style so that said outer surface of tickets of said first style exhibit at least one first color under white light, and first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic when illuminated at a first predetermined narrow band of wavelengths, and further so that said indicia icon surface of tickets of said first style exhibit at least one second predetermined reflectance characteristic when illuminated under said first predetermined narrow band of wavelengths; and

controlling manufacture of said tickets of said second style so that said outer surface of tickets of said second style exhibit at least one second color under white light different from said first color, and said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic when illuminated at said first predetermined narrow band of wavelengths, and further so that said indicia icon surface of tickets of said second style exhibit said at least one second predetermined reflectance characteristic when illuminated under said first predetermined narrow band of wavelengths.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a reflectance measurement of said outer surface is substantially uniform when illuminated at said first predetermined narrow wavelength band, and wherein said second predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a reflectance measurement of said indicia icon surface is substantially uniform when illuminated at said first predetermined narrow wavelength band, and wherein said uniform reflectances of said outer and indicia icon surfaces are distinguishable from one another.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a reflectance measurement of said outer surface is substantially uniform within a first predetermined range of reflectance measurements when illuminated at said first predetermined narrow wavelength band, and wherein said second predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a reflectance measurement of said indicia icon surface is substantially uniform within a second predetermined range of reflectance measurements when illuminated at a said narrow wavelength band, and wherein said first and second predetermined ranges of reflectances do not overlap.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said first at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a pattern of said outer surface exhibits a substantially uniform reflectance within a first predetermined reflectance range when illuminated at said first predetermined narrow wavelength band, and a background of said outer surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance within a second predetermined reflectance range when illuminated at said predetermined narrow wavelength band, and wherein said second at least one predetermined reflectance characteristic is that a pattern of said indicia icon surface exhibits a substantially uniform reflectance within a third predetermined reflectance range when illuminated at said first predetermined narrow wavelength band, and a background of said indicia icon surface exhibits substantially uniform reflectance within a fourth predetermined reflectance range when illuminated at said first predetermined narrow wavelength band, wherein said first, second, third and fourth predetermined reflectance ranges do not overlap.