# US 2022/0036690 A1 · Dematerialized instant lottery ticket system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0036690 A1 - Document ID: US20220036690A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/374,293 - Filed: 2021-07-13 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-31 - Assignees: IGT Global Solutions Corporation - Applicants: IGT Global Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Gianluca Ragnoni; Emanuele Martire; Veniero Merlini; Fabrizio Battini; Giuseppe Bianchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036690A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards} - G06Q 50/34: Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A system and method for facilitating an instant lottery game with both physical and virtual instant lottery tickets, and more particularly to a system and method for facilitating virtual instant lottery ticket creation, virtual instant lottery ticket selling, virtual instant lottery ticket transferring, virtual instant lottery ticket scratching, and virtual instant lottery ticket redemption. The instant lottery ticket system and method of various embodiments provides the seamless integration with existing physical instant lottery game and ticket systems (and processes thereof), substantially the same overall player experience as provided with physical instant lottery tickets ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lottery ticket system comprising: a virtual instant ticket factory system operable to create a digital object representing a virtual instant lottery ticket for an instant lottery game; a virtual coating key factory system operable to provide an encryption key for a virtual scratch-off-coating for the digital object; a lottery owner system operable to issue the digital object; and a notary system operable to track and apply digital signatures to the digital object. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket system of claim 1, wherein the lottery owner system is operable to interface with a lottery player device for each of a plurality of different requests relating to the virtual instant lottery ticket. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The lottery ticket system of claim 2, wherein the lottery owner system is operable with a lottery player device to enable the lottery player device to purchase the virtual instant lottery ticket represented by the digital object. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lottery ticket system of claim 3, wherein the lottery owner system is operable to apply an envelope to the digital object before issuing the virtual instant lottery ticket represented by the digital object to the requesting lottery player device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The lottery ticket system of claim 4, wherein the lottery owner system is operable to receive a transfer request for the virtual instant lottery ticket and facilitate a transfer of the virtual instant lottery ticket represented by the digital object to another lottery player device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The lottery ticket system of claim 4, wherein the lottery owner system is operable to receive a scratch off request for the virtual instant lottery ticket from the lottery player device, and responsive to the scratch off request, send the digital object to the virtual coating key factory to enable the virtual coating key factory to remove the virtual scratch-off-coating from the digital object. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The lottery ticket system of claim 6, wherein the lottery owner system is operable to, responsive to receiving an authorized request, remove the envelope from the digital object representing the virtual instant lottery ticket. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The lottery ticket system of claim 7, wherein the lottery owner system is operable to facilitate redemption of the virtual instant lottery ticket for any award associated with the virtual instant lottery ticket. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The lottery ticket system of claim 2, wherein the lottery owner system is operable with the notary system, for each request relating to the virtual instant lottery ticket, to send the digital object to the notary system to enable the notary system to track the request and to apply a digital signature to the digital object. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The lottery ticket system of claim 9, wherein the notary system is operable to track and record the sale of the virtual instant lottery ticket. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The lottery ticket system of claim 9, wherein the notary system is operable to track and record a transfer of the virtual instant lottery ticket. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The lottery ticket system of claim 9, wherein the notary system is operable to track and record any start of scratching off of the virtual scratch-off-coating of the digital object. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The lottery ticket system of claim 9, wherein the notary system is operable to track and record the redemption of the virtual instant lottery ticket. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket system of claim 1, wherein the coating key factory is, responsive to an authorized request, configured to remove the virtual scratch-off-coating from the digital object. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket system of claim 1, wherein the coating key factory is, configured to remove the virtual scratch-off-coating from the digital object only one time. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The lottery ticket system of claim 1, wherein the coating key factory is configured such that once removal of the virtual scratch-off-coating from the digital object begins, removal of the virtual scratch-off-coating from the digital object is completed. ### Claim 17 A lottery ticket system comprising: a virtual instant ticket factory system operable to create a virtual instant lottery ticket for an instant lottery game; a virtual coating key factory system operable to provide an encryption key for a virtual scratch-off-coating for the virtual instant lottery ticket; and a lottery owner system operable to: (i) receive a request from a lottery player device requesting to purchase the virtual instant lottery ticket, (ii) issue the virtual instant lottery ticket to the lottery player device, (iii) receive a scratch off request for the virtual instant lottery ticket from the lottery player device, (iv) responsive to such request cause the virtual coating key factory system to remove the virtual scratch-off-coating from the virtual instant lottery ticket, and (v) facilitate redemption of the virtual instant lottery ticket for any award associated with the virtual instant lottery ticket. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The lottery ticket system of claim 17, wherein the lottery owner system is operable to interface with a notary system, for each request relating to the virtual instant lottery ticket, to send the virtual instant lottery ticket to the notary system to enable the notary system to apply a digital signature to the virtual instant lottery ticket, wherein the notary system is operable to track and record the sale of the virtual instant lottery ticket, each transfer of the virtual instant lottery ticket, and any start of the scratching of the scratch-off-coating of the virtual instant lottery ticket. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The lottery ticket system of claim 17, wherein the lottery owner system is further operable to apply an envelope to the virtual instant lottery ticket that comprises the lottery owner system creating a multi-layered encrypted version of the virtual instant lottery ticket, and dividing information necessary to decrypt between different systems. ### Claim 20 A lottery ticket system comprising: a virtual instant ticket factory system operable to create a digital object representing a virtual instant lottery ticket for an instant lottery game; a virtual coating key factory system separate and independent from the virtual instant ticket factory system and operable to provide an encryption key for a virtual scratch-off-coating for the digital object; and a lottery owner system separate and independent from the virtual instant ticket factory system and the virtual coating key factory system, and operable to receive a scratch off request for the digital object from a lottery player device, and responsive to such request, operate with the virtual coating key factory system to remove the virtual scratch-off-coating from the digital object.