Lottery ticket with extended play

Abstract

A lottery ticket defines a lottery game printed on a substrate which includes a set of game rules, a series of game elements defined by game symbols covered by scratch-off to expose to the player whether the game data of that game element is a winning game with a points value to be awarded. The game elements and the game rules provide a total points value for example by adding the individual values. A chart is printed in the substrate defining a series of points values each associated with a respective prize value such that the game provides a prize value which is determined by comparing with the chart the total points value.

1 . A lottery ticket comprising: 
 a substrate;    a lottery game printed on the substrate, the game including: 
 a set of game rules;  
 a series of game elements printed on the substrate;  
 each game element comprising game data which is covered by a removable material so that the material can be removed by the player to expose to the player whether the game data of that game element constitutes a winning game element or a losing game element depending on the game rules;  
 each game element having associated with the game element on the substrate a points value to be awarded for the game element if the game element is a winning game element;  
 the game elements and the game rules being arranged such that when the player has exposed all of the game elements, a total points value is determined for all of the game elements combined;  
 and a chart defining a series of points values each associated with a respective prize value of a series of prize values such that the game provides a prize value which is determined by comparing with the chart the total points value determined for all of the game combined.  
   
   
   
       2 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein the substrate carries only one game with all of the game elements thereon relating to that game.  
   
   
       3 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein the total points value combined is obtained by simply adding together the points for the game elements.  
   
   
       4 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein the removable material is a scratch-off coating applied over the game data.  
   
   
       5 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein the removable material is a break-open window over the game data.  
   
   
       6 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein the substrate is defined by a single sheet.  
   
   
       7 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein the substrate is defined by more than one sheet.  
   
   
       8 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein there is provided on the substrate a total points box covered by removable material which records the total points value of the game elements for a check.  
   
   
       9 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein chart includes increasing values of prizes.  
   
   
       10 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein each game element has a points value thereof printed immediately alongside and covered by removable material  
   
   
       11 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein the game elements are arranged on the substrate in two or more rows of game elements.  
   
   
       12 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 1  wherein the game elements comprise game data in the form of game symbols where a winning game element is defined by a game element in which the game symbols when exposed define a predetermined pattern of predetermined symbols.  
   
   
       13 . The lottery ticket according to  claim 12  wherein there is provided on the substrate a printed chart of the predetermined symbols, the predetermined patterns and the points values awarded for the predetermined patterns.