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Lottery ticket

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-06-18
TMS GLOBAL SERVICES
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The patent describes a gaming system that allows different players to trade their lottery cards and encourages them to buy multiple tickets by offering a second chance prize draw. The technical effect of this system is to increase the number of tickets sold and create a more efficient and profitable lottery.

Problems solved by technology

In reality, the chance of winning a lottery prize is small, which discourages some people from purchasing lottery tickets.

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[0038]FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate a lottery ticket 10 in the form of a card that is sized to fit in a wallet. As shown in FIG. 1A, a front face of the lottery ticket 10 displays numbers 12 for selection by a player to participate in a lottery draw. As shown in FIG. 1B, a rear face of the lottery ticket 10 displays a matching identifier in the form of an image 14 for matching with images of one or more other lottery tickets to form a winning combination of lottery tickets.

[0039]Advantageously, a player can collect the winning combination of lottery tickets to participate in a second chance prize draw. A further benefit is that the player is encouraged to buy multiple lottery tickets to participate in the second chance prize draw.

[0040]FIGS. 2A to 2C illustrate some different types of possible winning combinations of lottery tickets. In one example as shown in FIG. 2A, three lottery tickets 10, 10a, 10b having identical images 14, 14a, 14b are collected to form a winning combination of...

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Abstract

The present invention is directed to a lottery ticket. The lottery ticket includes a matching identifier for matching with identifiers of one or more other lottery tickets to form a winning combination of lottery tickets.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a lottery ticket.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Conventional lottery tickets include a plurality of numbers for selection by a player for participation in a lottery prize draw. Once the winning lottery numbers are drawn, the player compares his selected numbers with the winning lottery numbers and determines whether he is eligible to redeem his lottery ticket for a prize. If the lottery ticket cannot be used to redeem a prize, the lottery ticket is simply discarded and another lottery ticket is purchased if the player wishes to participate in another lottery prize draw. In reality, the chance of winning a lottery prize is small, which discourages some people from purchasing lottery tickets.[0003]It is an object of the invention to encourage more people to purchase lottery tickets.[0004]It will be clearly understood that, if a prior art publication is referred to herein, this reference does not constitute an admission that the publication fo...

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IPC IPC(8): G07F17/32
CPCG07F17/3248G07F17/329G07F17/3218G07F17/3281G06Q50/01G06Q30/06A63F3/065A63F9/10G07C15/006A63F3/0605A63F3/06
Inventor VEVERKA, MIKE
Owner TMS GLOBAL SERVICES