Bingo-style lottery game ticket

• US 7,481,431 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2006
• Issued: 01/27/2009
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US11/343,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20060170153A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 273/139, 273/269, 283/901, 283/903
• US Class Current: 273/139
• 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, each cell having a unique one of the first type of game indicia therein, the grid having at least one row of cells having 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 located in an area separate from the first set of game indicia, 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 game indicia defines a potential indicia of a first type in a column of cells of the grid of first set of game indicia;

the second set of game indicia being a subset of the total number of cell positions in the first set of game indicia such that every one of the second set of game indicia is present in the 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 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, each cell having a unique one of the first type of game indicia therein;

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 located in an area separate from the first set of game indicia, 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 a cell of the grid of first set of game indicia;

the second set of game indicia being a subset of the total number of cell positions in the first set of game indicia such that every one of the second set of game indicia is present in the 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 scratch-off lottery game card simulating the game of Bingo, comprising:

a substrate;

a single player'"'"'s card section provided on the substrate in the form of a grid having a plurality of cells arranged in rows and columns, with each column identified by a unique letter and each cell containing a unique number;

a caller'"'"'s card section provided on the substrate located in an area separate from the single player'"'"'s card section, the caller'"'"'s card section having game indicia identifying cells in the player'"'"'s card section, and wherein all of the cells identified in the caller'"'"'s card section are present in the single player'"'"'s card section;

a plurality of prize indicators on the substrate adjacent to a plurality of different winning configurations of cells in the player'"'"'s card section, wherein each of the prize indicators indicates a prize for a defined configuration of cells in the player'"'"'s card matched by cell positions identified in the caller'"'"'s card section; and

a removable scratch-off coating applied over at least a portion of the player'"'"'s card and the caller'"'"'s card section.

14. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 13, wherein the columns of cell positions in the player'"'"'s card are identified by the letters B-l-N-G-O, and the cells under the B column contain numbers 1 through 15, the cells under the I column contain numbers 16 through 30, the cells under the N column contain numbers 31 through 45, the cells under the G column contain numbers 46 to 60, and the cells under the O column contain numbers 61 through 75.

15. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 14, wherein the caller'"'"'s card section identifies 25 different cell positions in the player'"'"'s card.

16. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 15, wherein at least one of the cell positions in the caller'"'"'s card section is designated as a “

free”

cell.

17. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 13, wherein a player wins the prize award indicated for each matched row in the player'"'"'s card such that multiple prize awards are possible with the single player'"'"'s card.

18. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 13, wherein the plurality of prize indicators are adjacent to different rows of cells on the player'"'"'s card, such that a horizontal row having matched by the cells in the caller'"'"'s card section wins the prize associated with the respected prize indicator adjacent to the matched row.

19. The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 18, wherein a prize indicator is adjacent to every row of cells on the player'"'"'s card.