Lottery Ticket Connected Symbol Path Feature
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lottery ticket designs lack an engaging connected symbol set path feature that could enhance player interaction and award potential.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of a lottery ticket design that includes multiple distinct symbol sets forming a bonus award path, along with player symbols and a paytable, allows players to complete symbol sets and potentially win awards based on the quantity of completed sets and the completion of the bonus path.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional lottery ticket designs are used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but player engagement and award potential are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The lottery ticket is divided into distinct functional segments: a board with multiple symbol sets arranged in grid patterns, player symbols separate from the symbol sets, a removable covering for revealing symbols, and a paytable with multiple award pathways. This segmentation allows players to interact with different elements independently while maintaining overall ticket integrity and manufacturability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a bonus award path that extends across the board from one side to another, creating a spatial dimension beyond simple symbol matching. This path dimension adds strategic depth as players must consider both completing individual symbol sets and forming continuous paths, significantly enhancing engagement without requiring complex mechanical structures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple symbol sets and bonus paths are added, then award potential and player engagement increase, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The board structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it holds the symbol sets in organized arrangements, defines the bonus award path geometry, provides the paytable information, and facilitates both symbol matching and path completion gameplay mechanics. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, simplifying manufacturing while maintaining rich gameplay.
Solution Approach 2:
The symbol sets, player symbols, bonus path geometry, and paytable information are all pre-configured and printed on the ticket base before gameplay begins. The removable covering is pre-applied to conceal player symbols. This preliminary preparation allows complex game elements to be manufactured as integrated printed components rather than assembled parts, greatly easing production.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a bonus award path feature is implemented, then gaming experience is enhanced, but the ticket design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The bonus award path is merged directly into the board design as a printed geometric feature rather than a separate mechanical component. The path integrates with the existing symbol set arrangements and paytable, creating a unified design where the path feature enhances rather than complicates the overall ticket structure. Players interact with the path through the same symbol-revealing mechanism used for regular symbol sets.
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AI summary
Lottery tickets and lottery gaming systems and methods providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each have a connected symbol set path feature including a plurality of connected symbol sets along a bonus award path, a plurality of player symbols, and potential awards that can be won based on the symbol sets and the connected symbol sets along the bonus award path and the player symbols.