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Lottery ticket with extended playRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), In A Chance Application, Lot Match Or Lot Combination (e.g., Roulette, Lottery, Etc.)Lottery ticket with extended play description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070225059, Lottery ticket with extended play. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] This invention relates to a lottery ticket with extended play. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention is primarily concerned with lottery tickets where game data printed on the ticket is exposed to reveal whether the player is a winner or a loser. Such tickets are generally instant win tickets where the ticket is predetermined by the printer with the winning or losing condition and the prize involved. Such tickets are easily managed by the lottery authority since there is a predetermined number and amount of prizes and thus a predetermined total payout. [0003] Many traditional lottery tickets are of limited play duration in that there is commonly a single game consisting of a few sets of symbols to be used in the game. Such games commonly are won by comparing exposed symbols with required symbols so that a sufficient number of such required symbols when exposed provides a winning set. [0004] One challenge which has become more taxing is that of maintaining the interest of the player sufficient to give a level of gambling pleasure which will encourage the player to play again with another ticket. [0005] The typical lottery ticket with only a few sets of symbols gives only a short duration game, in many cases little more than merely exposing a winning or losing set of symbols in one scratching action. [0006] Attempts have been made therefore to increase the size of lottery ticket play areas by simply increasing the size of the ticket and by providing complex ticket constructions using folded or two layer substrates. Examples are shown in the following patents and patent applications of the present assignee: [0007] U.S. Pat. No. 5,193,815 issued Mar. 8, 1993 relating to a Bingo game; [0008] U.S. Pat. No. 6,234,477 issued May 22, 2001 relating to a ticket formed from two sheets to define a pouch; [0009] U.S. Pat. No. 6,347,794 issued Feb. 19, 2002 relating to a combination break-open and scratch-off ticket; [0010] Canadian Patent 2,449,570 issued Jul. 6, 2004 relating to a ticket formed from overlying sheets in the form of a booklet; [0011] Canadian Patent 2,421,241 issued Jan. 4, 2004 relating to a ticket formed from overlying sheets in the form of a pouch. [0012] The disclosures of the above documents can be reviewed for further details or are incorporated herein by reference. [0013] Other attempts have been made to provide more complex game structures and play actions to extend the playing time of the player before the predetermined result of the ticket is revealed. [0014] U.S. Pat. No. 5,158,293 (Mullins) issued Oct. 27, 1992 provides one early example where there is provided a first instant win game and a second bonus jackpot type drawing. This jackpot type game increases the complexity of management of the game and takes the ticket away from the simple predetermined instant win ticket with which the present invention is concerned. [0015] U.S. Pat. No. 5,949,042 (Dietz) issued Sep. 17, 1999 provides another early example where there is simply provided a series of games on a single ticket. [0016] U.S. Pat. No. 6,588,747 (Seelig) issued Jul. 8, 2003 provides one example of a ticket where there are a series of games and where a second or succeeding game provides an opportunity for the player to multiply the award or prize by selecting from a number of game areas. In another alternative the second game may be reliant on some outside event. In both of these cases the simple predetermined nature of the ticket is lost. [0017] US Patent Application 2003/0184012 (Green) published Oct. 2, 2003 provides one example of an instant win ticket where the player has the impression of gaming in which a prize to be one on a second or subsequent game is based on whether a previous game was won, leading to a increased "wager" to be applied to the subsequent game. This application has been abandoned. [0018] U.S. Pat. No. 7,004,506 (Downes) issued Feb. 28, 2006 provides another example where a series of games are arranged in a row and each game in turn is played by determining whether a particular target symbol appears in the row. However there is no interconnection between the prizes which are merely identified at the end of each game row. [0019] Canadian Patent 2,158,293 (Scrymgeour) published Mar. 4, 2005 of the present Assignees provides an example where the total prize to be won is determined by an interaction between the games or in other words a cumulative effect which results from all of the games being played. In this example the total or final prize is modified from a simple sum of the individual prizes by multiplying the prize value by the number of games won. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0020] It is one object of the invention to provide an instant win lottery ticket where the result is predetermined in which the interest of the player is maintained through the playing action. [0021] According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a lottery ticket comprising: [0022] A substrate; Continue reading about Lottery ticket with extended play... 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