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US 7,922,178 B2Granted
Player key for an instant-win lottery ticket and method for validating same
AssigneeGTECH Rhode Island Corporation
InventorRichard Finocchio
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Abstract
A game ticket is disclosed. The game ticket includes a first and second indicia concealed by a removable opaque covering and indicating visually whether the game ticket is a winning ticket. The first indicia is located with a game play area. The second indicia includes a first player key located within the game player area and a second player key located in a customer key area, wherein whether the game ticket is a winning ticket is determinable upon a comparison of the first and second player keys. A method and apparatus for using the game ticket is also disclosed.
Claims12
A game ticket, comprising a substrate;
- a game play area located on the substrate;
- a removable opaque covering applied to the substrate;
- a first indicia located on the substrate within the game play area and concealed by the removable opaque covering;
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- a second indicia visually indicating whether the game ticket is a winning ticket, the second indicia including
- a first player key located on the substrate and concealed by the removable opaque covering;
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- a second player key located on the substrate;
- wherein when the opaque covering is removed by a player, whether the game ticket is a winning ticket is determinable by the player using information from the first and second player keys in combination, prior to the ticket being tendered for redemption but not determinable using only information from one of the first and second player keys.
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