Combination scratch ticket and on-line game ticket

• US 7,654,529 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2006
• Issued: 02/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scientific Games Corporation
• Original Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Rogers, Stephen Kyle
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): COLLINS, DOLORES R
• Application Number:
  US11/436,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20060261545A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,357 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 273/139
• 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: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A system and method for implementing a secondary lottery game with a first instant lottery game in an instant lottery game ticket is disclosed. The player purchases an instant lottery game, where chances for winning instant prizes are provided to the player. The player may also be provided a chance to win entry with predetermined entry indicia into a secondary lottery game if the instant lottery ticket indicates that the player has won a ticket to the secondary lottery game.

Claims

1. A method of implementing a secondary lottery game with a first instant lottery game in an instant lottery game ticket, comprising the steps of:

issuing an instant lottery game ticket having a first instant lottery game to a player, the instant lottery ticket including a hidden potential entry to a secondary lottery game that is played by issuing a separate lottery game ticket to a player;

playing the first instant win lottery game embodied by the instant lottery game ticket and if the first instant win lottery game is a winner, awarding a first prize to the player;

revealing the potential entry to a secondary lottery game on the instant lottery game ticket;

determining if the player is entitled to receive an entry to the secondary lottery game based on indicia in the revealed potential entry to the secondary lottery game;

if the player is entitled, entering the player in the secondary lottery game by issuing a separate lottery ticket having predetermined game indicia for play in the secondary lottery game, the game indicia for the secondary lottery game provided by the revealed potential entry to the secondary lottery game on the instant lottery game ticket;

determining if the player is a winner in the secondary lottery game; and

awarding a second prize to the player if the player is a winner in the secondary lottery game.

2. The method as in claim 1, wherein the player is entitled to entry in the secondary lottery game based solely on the revealed potential entry to the secondary lottery game without regard to results of the first instant win lottery game.

3. The method as in claim 1, wherein for entry in the secondary lottery game, the first instant win lottery game must be a winning game for the player.