Lottery Ticket Apparatus Containing Multiple Game Play Areas and Methods Thereof

Abstract

A scratch off lottery ticket and method of manufacturing the scratch off lottery ticket in which the lottery ticket contains multiple game play areas where a player can scratch off a layer of scratch off material to reveal the hidden results, and depending on those results, can be awarded prizes for each particular game play area or can be awarded prizes for the combination of the results from two or more of the multiple game play areas.

1 . A scratch off lottery ticket apparatus comprising a first side and a second side, said first side comprising a plurality of prize amounts or symbols, said plurality of prize amounts or symbols positioned to create two or more individual game play areas, said individual game play areas positioned to create an entire game play area, said first side further comprising an opaque scratch off material layer, such that said plurality of prize amounts or symbols cannot be determined through the scratch off material layer, whereby upon removing some or all of the scratch off material layer, each of the two or more individual game play areas may reveal a first winning combination of similar prize amounts or symbols, and whereby upon removing some or all of the scratch off material layer, said entire game play area may reveal a second winning combination of similar prize amounts or symbols. 
     
     
         2 . The scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said symbols includes at least one wild symbol. 
     
     
         3 . The scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said two or more individual game play areas is two game play areas. 
     
     
         4 . The scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said two or more individual game play areas is four game play areas. 
     
     
         5 . The scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein said two or more individual game play areas comprise a three by three array. 
     
     
         6 . The scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein said two or more individual game play areas comprise a three by three array. 
     
     
         7 . The scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 6  wherein said second winning combination is a diagonal across two of the four game play areas. 
     
     
         8 . The scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 6  wherein said second winning combination is a first diagonal and a second diagonal, said first diagonal across two of the four game play areas and said second diagonal across the remaining two of the four game play areas. 
     
     
         9 . A method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus having a first side and a second side, with a scratch off layer on said first side and a plurality of game play areas in which each of the plurality of game play areas may reveal a first winning combination of similar prize amounts or symbols and at least two of the game play areas can be combined to reveal a second winning combination of similar prize amounts or symbols, the method comprising the steps of:
 a) printing on at least a portion of the first side of a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus a plurality of prize amounts or symbols, said plurality of prize amounts or symbols being positioned to create a plurality of game play areas and an entire game play area made up of said plurality of game play areas;   b) covering said plurality of said game play areas with a scratch off material, such that said one or more of the plurality of prize amounts or symbols are not revealed without removing said scratch off material;   c) printing instructions on either of said two sides, said instructions instructing a player to remove the scratch off material from the plurality of said game play areas to reveal said plurality of prize amounts or symbols for each of the plurality of game play areas and for the entire game play area.   
     
     
         10 . The method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 9 , further comprising the step of:
 d) printing instructions on either of said two sides, said instructions including a description of winning combinations of similar prize amounts or symbols, said winning combinations including a description of winning combinations of similar prize amounts or symbols for each of said plurality of game play areas and a description of winning combinations of similar prize amounts or symbols for said entire game play area.   
     
     
         11 . The method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein said symbols includes at least one wild symbol. 
     
     
         12 . The method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein said plurality of game play areas is two game play areas. 
     
     
         13 . The method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein said plurality of game play areas is four game play areas. 
     
     
         14 . The method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said plurality of game play areas comprise a three by three array. 
     
     
         15 . The method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein said plurality of game play areas comprise a three by three array. 
     
     
         16 . The method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 15  wherein said second combination is a diagonal across two of the four game play areas. 
     
     
         17 . The method for printing a scratch off lottery ticket apparatus of  claim 15  wherein said second combination is a first diagonal and a second diagonal, said first diagonal across two of the four game play areas and said second diagonal across the remaining two of the four game play areas.