Array of Interconnected Lottery Tickets

Abstract

An array of interconnected lottery tickets includes a first lottery ticket and a a second lottery ticket connected to the first lottery ticket along a common side edge. The common side edge has a connected, manually detachable region that holds the first and second lottery tickets in an interconnected configuration, and a completely disconnected region.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An array of interconnected lottery tickets, comprising:
 a first lottery ticket;   a second lottery ticket connected to said first lottery ticket along a common side edge; and   wherein said common side edge comprises a connected, manually detachable region that holds said first and second lottery tickets in an interconnected configuration, and a substantially completely disconnected region.   
     
     
         2 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 1 , wherein said detachable region comprises one or more structurally weakened sections that allow for manual separation of said lottery tickets. 
     
     
         3 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 2 , wherein said disconnected region is a center region flanked at opposite ends by said structurally weakened sections. 
     
     
         4 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 3 , wherein said structurally weakened sections comprise perforated sections. 
     
     
         5 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 4 , wherein said center region has a multi-directional edge profile that crosses a longitudinal axis between said perforated sections such that at least one edge portion of said first lottery ticket crosses said longitudinal axis toward said second lottery ticket, and at least one edge portion of said second lottery ticket crosses said longitudinal axis toward said first lottery ticket. 
     
     
         6 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 5 , wherein said multi-directional profile comprises a wavy or sinusoidal profile. 
     
     
         7 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 5 , wherein each of said first and second lottery tickets comprises game-theme indicia and graphics printed on a front face thereof that extend onto said edge portions of each of said first and second lottery tickets. 
     
     
         8 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 7 , wherein said first and second lottery tickets are inverted relative to each other such that said common side edge defines the right-hand side of each of said first and second lottery tickets or the left-hand side of each of said first and second lottery tickets. 
     
     
         9 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 8 , wherein each of said first and second lottery tickets has a second side edge opposite from said common side edge, and further comprising an additional lottery ticket completely detachably connected to each said second side edge along an entire length of each said second side edge. 
     
     
         10 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 7 , wherein said first and second lottery tickets are aligned such that said common side edge defines a left-hand or a right-hand side of said first lottery ticket and an opposite respective right-hand or left-hand side of said second lottery ticket. 
     
     
         11 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 3 , wherein said first and second lottery tickets have the same left-hand side profile and the same right-hand side profile. 
     
     
         12 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 3 , wherein said first and second lottery tickets have a different left-hand side profile and a different right-hand side profile. 
     
     
         13 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 12 , wherein said center disconnected region comprises a multi-directional profile that does not cross a longitudinal axis between said structurally weakened sections such that an entirety of said center disconnected region defines a lateral extension section along said common side edge of said first lottery ticket and a lateral indent section along said common side edge of said second lottery ticket. 
     
     
         14 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 4 , wherein said center disconnected region comprises a multi-directional profile that does not cross a longitudinal axis between said structurally weakened sections. 
     
     
         15 . The array of interconnected lottery tickets as in  claim 14 , wherein multiple portions of said center region define multiple lateral extension sections along said common side edge of said first lottery ticket and multiple lateral indent sections along said common side edge of said second lottery ticket.