Method of producing stacks of ticket stacks

Abstract

Stacks of sets of number identified Bingo tickets are produced by first stacking different main sheets containing numbered Bingo tickets arranged six by six, and (1) cutting the first stack along a medial vertical cut line, stacking the substacks and cutting the resulting stack along horizontal lines between successive ticket rows and stacking the resulting substacks; (2) cutting the first stack along a medial horizontal line, stacking the substacks and cutting the resulting stack along vertical lines between successive ticket rows and stacking the resulting substacks; or (3) cutting the first stack along a pair of parallel lines between success pairs of tickets, stacking the substacks, cutting the resulting stack along a pair of parallel lines perpendicular to the first cut lines and stacking the resulting two by two ticket substacks. The identifying numbers are so sequenced and the stacking so effective that the numbers identifying corresponding tickets in successive sets may be progressive.

I claim: .[.1. The method of producing a stack of ticket sets each of which contains a plurality of different tickets comprising the steps of printing and stacking a plurality of rectangular first sheets containing different tickets arranged in similar patterns of mutually perpendicular rows and columns each having a factorable number of tickets to form a first stack, cutting said first stack along one or a plurality of parallel first cut lines to produce similar first substacks, stacking said first substacks to form a second stack, cutting said second stack along one or a plurality of parallel second cut lines perpendicular to said first cut lines to produce second substacks of different ticket sets and stacking said second substacks to produce a third stack of said ticket sets, said ticket sets being mutually different..]. .[.2. The method of claim 1 wherein each of 
     
        said rows and columns contain six of said tickets..]. 3. .[.The method of claim 2.]. .Iadd.A method of producing a stack of ticket sets each of which contains a plurality of different tickets comprising the steps of: printing and stacking a plurality of rectangular first sheets containing different tickets arranged in similar patterns of mutually perpendicular rows and columns each having a factorable number of tickets to form a first stack, wherein each of said rows and columns contain six of said tickets, .Iaddend.wherein said printing step includes the printing on said sheets .Iadd.of a .Iaddend.different identifying number designating respective tickets.Iadd.,   cutting said first stack along one or a plurality of parallel first cut lines to produce similar first substacks,   stacking said first substacks to form a second stack,   cutting said second stack along one or a plurality of parallel second cut lines perpendicular to said first cut lines to produce second substacks of different ticket sets, and   stacking said second substacks to produce a third stack of said ticket sets, wherein each sheet of said third stack includes at least two tickets, said ticket sets being mutually different, wherein said identifying numbers are progressively higher on successively lower sheets   
     
     
        of said third stack.Iaddend.. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein said identifying numbers are progressively higher in successively lower sheets 
     
     
        of said first stack. 5. The method of claim 3 or 4 wherein said tickets 
     
     
        comprise Bingo games. 6. The method of .[.claim 3.]. .Iadd.producing a stack of ticket sets each of which contains a plurality of different tickets comprising the steps of printing and stacking a plurality of rectangular first sheets containing different tickets arranged in similar patterns of mutually perpendicular rows and columns each having a factorable number of tickets to form a first stack, cutting said first stack along one or a plurality of parallel first cut lines to produce similar first substacks, stacking said first substacks to form a second stack, cutting said second stack along one or a plurality of parallel second cut lines perpendicular to said first cut lines to produce second substacks of different ticket sets and stacking said second substacks to produce a third stack of said ticket sets, said ticket sets being mutually different wherein each of said rows and columns contain six of said tickets wherein said printing step includes the printing on said sheets different identifying number designating respective tickets .Iaddend.wherein said first cut line is along the vertical medial axis of said first stack to form two first substacks of sheets three tickets wide and six tickets long and said second cut lines are between successive rows of tickets to produce second substacks of sheets of three side by side 
     
     
        tickets. 7. The method of .[.claim 3.]. .Iadd.producing a stack of ticket sets each of which contains a plurality of different tickets comprising the steps of printing and stacking a plurality of rectangular first sheets containing different tickets arranged in similar patterns of mutually perpendicular rows and columns each having a factorable number of tickets to form a first stack, cutting said first stack along one or a plurality of parallel first cut lines to produce similar first substacks, stacking said first substacks to form a second stack, cutting said second stack along one or a plurality of parallel second cut lines perpendicular to said first cut lines to produce second substacks of different ticket sets and stacking said second substacks to produce a third stack of said ticket sets, said ticket sets being mutually different wherein each of said rows and columns contain six of said tickets wherein said printing step includes the printing on said sheets different identifying number designating respective tickets .Iaddend.wherein said first cut line is along the horizontal medial axis of said first stack to form two first substacks of sheets six tickets wide and three tickets long and said second cut lines are between successive columns of tickets to produce second substacks of sheets of three vertically spaced end to end tickets. 
     
     
         . The method of .[.claim 3.]. .Iadd.producing a stack of ticket sets each of which contains a plurality of different tickets comprising the steps of printing and stacking a plurality of rectangular first sheets containing different tickets arranged in similar patterns of mutually perpendicular rows and columns each having a factorable number of tickets to form a first stack, cutting said first stack along one or a plurality of parallel first cut lines to produce similar first substacks, stacking said first substacks to form a second stack, cutting said second stack along one or a plurality of parallel second cut lines perpendicular to said first cut lines to produce second substacks of different ticket sets and stacking said second substacks to produce a third stack of said ticket sets, said ticket sets being mutually different wherein each of said rows and columns contain six of said tickets wherein said printing step includes the printing on said sheets different identifying number designating respective tickets .Iaddend.wherein said first cut lines are two in number between respective successive pairs of tickets and said second cut lines are two in number between respective successive pairs of tickets to produce second substacks of sheets of four orthogonally arranged tickets. 
     
     
         . The method of claim 3 wherein the values of said identifying numbers are in accordance with a square matrix with the increment between successive numbers along the matrix being equal to the number of sheets in 
     
     
        said first stack. .Iadd.10.  A method of producing a stack of ticket sets each of which contains a plurality of different tickets comprising the steps of: printing and stacking a plurality of rectangular first sheets containing different tickets arranged in similar patterns of mutually perpendicular rows and columns each having a factorable number of tickets to form a first stack wherein each of said rows and columns contain six of said tickets, wherein said printing step includes the subsidiary steps of printing on said sheets a first identifying number designating a group of at least two of said tickets and printing on said sheets a different identifying number designating different tickets,   cutting said first stack along one or a plurality of parallel first cut lines to produce similar first substacks,   stacking said first substacks to form a second stack,   repeating said cutting and stacking steps to produce a final stack, wherein each sheet of said final stack includes at least two tickets and wherein said first identifying numbers are progressively higher on successively lower sheets of said final stack. .Iaddend. .Iadd.11. The method of claim 10 wherein the number of tickets in each of said rows and columns on said first sheet is a number which is factorable by 2, 3, and 6. .Iaddend. .Iadd.12. The method of claim 10 wherein said final stack includes sheets which each have three side by side tickets. .Iaddend. .Iadd.13. The method of claim 10 wherein said final stack includes sheets which each have three vertically spaced end to end tickets. .Iaddend. .Iadd.14. The method of claim 10 wherein said final stack includes sheets which each have four orthogonally arranged tickets. .Iaddend. .Iadd.15. The method of claim 10 wherein said tickets comprise Bingo games. .Iaddend. .Iadd.16. A method of producing a stack of ticket sets each of which contain a plurality of different tickets comprising the steps of:   printing and stacking a plurality of rectangular first sheets containing different tickets arranged in similar patterns of mutually perpendicular rows and columns each having a factorable number of tickets to form a first stack wherein each of said rows and columns contain six of said tickets, wherein said printing step includes the subsidiary steps of:   printing on said sheets a first identifying number designating each respective ticket as different, and   printing on each sheet a plurality of second identifying numbers,   cutting said first stack along one or a plurality of parallel first cut lines to produce similar first substacks,   stacking said first substacks to form a second stack,   cutting said second stack along one or a plurality of parallel second cut lines perpendicular to said first cut lines to product second substacks of different ticket sets; and,   stacking said second substacks to produce a third stack of ticket sets, wherein each sheet of said third stack includes at least two tickets and one of said second identifying numbers and wherein said second identifying numbers are progressively higher on successively lower sheets of said third stack. .Iaddend. .Iadd.17. The method of claim 16 wherein the number of tickets in each of said rows and columns on said first sheet is a number which is factorable by 2, 3 and 6. .Iaddend. .Iadd.18. The method of claim 16 wherein one of said second identifying numbers is provided for each three side by side tickets. .Iaddend. .Iadd.19. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of printing on each sheet, before said steps of cutting and stacking, a plurality of third identifying numbers. .Iaddend. .Iadd.20. The method of claim 19 wherein one of said third identifying numbers is provided for each three vertically spaced end to end tickets. .Iaddend. .Iadd.21. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of printing on each sheet, before said steps of cutting and stacking, a plurality of fourth identifying numbers. .Iaddend. .Iadd.22. The method of claim 21 wherein one of said fourth identifying numbers is provided for each four orthogonally arranged tickets. .Iaddend. .Iadd.23. The method of claim 16 wherein said tickets comprise Bingo games. .Iaddend.