Method for facilitating a multi-lingual game
AssigneeScientific Games International, Inc.
InventorJeffrey D. Martineck, Sr.
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Abstract
A method for facilitating multi-lingual play of a game on a single game card includes providing a game play area on the game card. A first set of game instructions are provided on the game card printed in a first language. A second set of the game instructions in a different second printed language over superimposed over the first set of game instructions. An indicator is provided on the game card to convey that the first set of game instructions are present and accessible by removing the second set of game instructions. A player has the option to read the game instructions in either or both of the first or second printed languages.
Claims12
A method for facilitating multi-lingual play of a game on a single game card, comprising:
- providing a game play area on the game card;
- providing a first set of game instructions on the game card printed in a first language;
- superimposing a second set of the game instructions in a different second printed language over the first set of game instructions;
- providing an indication on the game card that the first set of instructions are present and accessible by removing the second set of game instructions;
- wherein a player has the option to read the game instructions in either of the first or second printed languages;
- wherein the game is a lottery game and the single card is a scratch-off lottery ticket;
- and wherein the first set of game instructions are printed on the lottery ticket and subsequently covered by an opaque scratch-off layer, and the set second set of game instructions are printed on the scratch-off layer.
A multi-lingual enabled game card, comprising:
- a substrate having a game play area provided thereon;
- a first set of game instructions provided on the substrate separated from the game play area, the first set of game instructions printed in a first language;
- a second set of the game instructions printed in a different second language superimposed over the first set of game instructions;
- an indicator on the substrate separated from the first and second set of game instructions indicating that the first set of instructions are present and accessible by removing the second set of game instructions from over the first set of game instructions;
- and wherein the game card is a scratch-off lottery ticket, the lottery ticket comprising a first scratch-off layer in the game play area for instant play of the lottery game and a second scratch-off layer over the first set of game instructions, the second set of game instructions printed on the second scratch-off layer.
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