Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Chance selection
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-27
2001-08-21
Wong, Steven (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Chance selection
Reexamination Certificate
active
06276683
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a game of chance kit and, more particularly, to a game kit for use by charitable organizations, clubs and taverns and the like whereby members or customers can purchase a ticket and instantly win a prize if the ticket is a “winner”. These kits are sold through licensed distributors in states where such games are legal. Typically, the kit is purchased by the charitable organization, club or tavern, the tickets are sold and the instant prizes are paid by the kit purchaser. The nwnber of winners is precisely controlled so that the income from ticket sales will exceed the total cost of the instant prizes and so that the ticket purchasers will know in advance the payout if all tickets are purchased.
Game kits have been designed which give the impression of additional levels of play. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,046,737.
However, the additional levels of play permitting the customer to win a bonus or sweepstakes prize require the bonus or sweepstakes to be funded entirely by the charitable organization, club or tavern selling the sweepstakes winning ticket.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Briefly, according to this invention, there is provided a lottery game kit comprising a container for a set of game tickets of a preselected number which tickets can be purchased by game players. Each ticket has concealed indicia (symbols or numbers), some of which indicate entitlement to an instant prize and/or eligibility for a constant value jackpot. Each ticket contains indicia of a particular game set and indicia of a master game. A game set comprises all tickets in one container including both winners and losers and possibly one ticket indicating eligibility for the constant value jackpot. A master game comprises all game sets associated with a single constant value jackpot. The lottery game kit further comprises a prize board indicating the correspondence between ticket indicia and instant prizes. The game kit further includes a jackpot poster setting forth the jackpot and instructions for transmitting jackpot tickets to the jackpot sponsor. Each jackpot poster will include the final date for receipt of the name and address of a jackpot ticket purchaser and the winning ticket to the jackpot sponsor. The jackpot sponsor may, for example, be the manufacturer of the game sets. Thus, the jackpot sponsor provides the jackpot prize as an inducement to clubs or taverns to purchase game sets from the sponsor.
REFERENCES:
patent: 6145835 (2000-11-01), Such
Collins D.
D. Allan Such & Associates, Inc.
Webb Ziesenheim & Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
Wong Steven
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