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Lottery ticket with play action game involving predetermined set of sequential iconsRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Chance Devices, Chance SelectionLottery ticket with play action game involving predetermined set of sequential icons description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070063432, Lottery ticket with play action game involving predetermined set of sequential icons. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention is directed to a lottery ticket having a play area containing a grid of rows and columns of individual play regions covered by a scratch-off layer in which each of the play regions beneath the scratch-off layer contains an icon from a preselected set of sequential icons such that completion of the sequential set of icons can result in a prize being won. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Scratch-off lottery tickets are well known forms of entertainment and are typically sponsored by government organizations (e.g. State or National Lottery Commissions). The games played on lottery tickets provide a source of amusement to the players and the opportunity to win a prize. Scratch-off lottery tickets are popular because they provide an instant win feature enabling the player to win a prize and know if a prize is won at the time the purchase of the lottery ticket is made. [0003] The lottery industry has made extensive efforts to raise the level of amusement of lottery games played on scratch-off lottery tickets. The development of a lottery game for a scratch-off ticket is limited in part by the nature of how lottery tickets are produced including limitations arising from the techniques used to print lottery tickets. [0004] There is a well known game of amusement offered in magazines and newspapers identified by the trademark "Sudoku" in which a series of rows and columns of individual play regions is formed into a grid. Each row and column contains nine individual play regions. The grid is subdivided into nine subgrids each containing nine individual play regions. A few of these play regions are marked with a visible number selected from 1 to 9, and thus a portion of the puzzle is provided to the player. The player inserts numbers in those individual play regions which are not marked with numbers so that each row and column of nine individual play regions contains a series of numbers of 1-9 with no duplication. The game takes skill because the player must be able to anticipate which numbers are available for each individual play region in order to properly complete the rows, columns and subgrids of numbers. [0005] The present invention seeks to provide a game suitable for a lottery ticket which is reminiscent of the games offered under the trademark "Sudoku" but takes into account the constraints associated with lottery tickets and furthermore provides a framework by which the user can obtain a prize as is customary with scratch-off lottery tickets. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] The present invention is generally directed to a lottery ticket for playing a game in a variety of formats which is reminiscent of a game played in magazines and newspapers known by the trademark "Sudoku". The lottery ticket of the present invention takes into account the constraints and limitations in the printing of lottery tickets and the offering of games in connection therewith while at the same time offering the opportunity for the player to win a prize. [0007] In a particular aspect of the present invention there is provided a lottery ticket comprising: [0008] a) a front surface comprising a first play area, said first play area containing a first grid comprised of first rows and first columns of individual play regions covered by a scratch-off layer, each first play region containing a sequential theme related icon selected from a predetermined set of sequential icons; and [0009] b) a first prize designation region providing information about the winning of a prize, wherein the player removes the scratch-off layer to expose the icon appearing in each first play region and if at least one first row and/or first column contains the predetermined set of sequential icons, the player wins the prize in the prize designation region. The prize designation region may be associated with each of said at least one first row or first column. [0010] In a further aspect of the invention, the first grid further comprises a row identifying indicia and a column identifying indicia so that each row is identified by a single row identifying indicia and each column is identified by a single column identifying indicia. Each first play region is therefore identified by a combination indicia comprising a single row identifying indicia and a single column identifying indicia. The lottery ticket of this embodiment further comprises a second play area comprising a plurality of second play regions, at least some of the second play regions each containing a single combination indicia which is covered by a scratch-off layer. [0011] In a still further aspect of the invention there is also provided a third play area which is a substantial duplicate of the Sudoku type of game. The third play area contains a third grid comprised of third rows and third columns of individual play regions, some of which contain a sequential theme related icon selected from the predetermined set of sequential icons. The remaining individual play regions do not contain icons. The player uses a writing instrument to insert other icons in each of the remaining individual play regions in an effort to complete the game of amusement. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0012] The following drawings in which like reference characters indicate like parts are illustrative of embodiments of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention as encompassed by the full disclosure of the application. [0013] FIG. 1 is a top view of the front surface of a lottery ticket of a first embodiment of the invention; [0014] FIG. 2 is a top view of a second embodiment of the invention similar to FIG. 1 in which no icons are provided on the scratch-off layer; [0015] FIG. 3 is a further embodiment of the invention similar to FIG. 1 including a second play area; [0016] FIG. 4 is a further embodiment of the invention similar to FIG. 3 except that the first play area does not have icons printed on the scratch-off layer; [0017] FIG. 5 is an embodiment of the invention similar to FIG. 3 after the game has been played by the player showing a winning ticket; and [0018] FIG. 6 is a still further embodiment of the invention similar to FIG. 3 including a third game area. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0019] The present invention is directed to a lottery ticket and particularly to a game played on a lottery ticket in which a grid is comprised of rows and columns, the object of which is to provide a game reminiscent of a game commonly known as Sudoku despite the limitations placed on the printing of lottery tickets and the need to provide the opportunity to win a prize. The lottery ticket is provided with at least a first play area containing a grid comprised of rows and columns of individual play regions each containing an icon with each of the icons selected from a predetermined set of sequential icons. The object of the game is to complete within a row or column or within an optional subgrid within the main grid the sequential set of icons so that a prize may be won. A prize designation area is provided on the lottery ticket and may be particularly associated with individual rows and columns. An optional prize designation area is provided if subgrids are present so that the player can visually determine that a prize has been won. In this feature of the lottery ticket, determination of whether a prize is won is controlled by the lottery sponsor and not by the player. [0020] The term "predetermined set of sequential icons" refers to a fixed number of icons that have no duplicates. The icons must be from a recognizable set, either known to the player or provided in the instructions accompanying the lottery ticket. The most common example of a predetermined set of sequential icons is the numbers 1-9. Although this particular sequential set of icons is disclosed in the drawings, it will be understood that a smaller or larger number of icons may be used and the icons themselves need not be numbers. Examples of other suitable icons include letters, colors, animals (e.g. Santa's reindeer), historical figures, historical events and the like. Accordingly, the lottery ticket can be developed with different themes such as a holiday theme, historic celebrations, and the like, hence the term "theme related sequential icons". All that is required is that the icons have either a recognized sequence (i.e. the player can observe that there are no duplicates) or a sequence that can be provided in the instructions for playing a lottery ticket game. [0021] If the numbers 1-9 are chosen as the predetermined set of sequential icons, the grid will contain 81 individual play regions (i.e. 9 play regions in each row and 9 play regions in each column.) It will be understood that the number of icons in the predetermined set of sequential icons may be more or less than nine which will result in a more or less number of rows and columns. Continue reading about Lottery ticket with play action game involving predetermined set of sequential icons... 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