CA2194515A1 - Gaming ticket with ultraviolet security feature - Google Patents
Gaming ticket with ultraviolet security featureInfo
- Publication number
- CA2194515A1 CA2194515A1 CA002194515A CA2194515A CA2194515A1 CA 2194515 A1 CA2194515 A1 CA 2194515A1 CA 002194515 A CA002194515 A CA 002194515A CA 2194515 A CA2194515 A CA 2194515A CA 2194515 A1 CA2194515 A1 CA 2194515A1
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- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- gaming ticket
- ticket
- security information
- indicia
- gaming
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
- B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
- B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
- A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
- A63F3/065—Tickets or accessories for use therewith
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
- A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
- A63F3/065—Tickets or accessories for use therewith
- A63F3/0665—Tickets or accessories for use therewith having a message becoming legible after rubbing-off a coating or removing an adhesive layer
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Abstract
The present invention provides a gaming ticket having light-sensitive security information thereon which is visible when the gaming ticket is exposed to light of an appropriate wavelength. In a preferred embodiment, the security information becomes visible when exposed to ultraviolet light and is printed over indicia on the gaming card which are revealed when at least one window on the card is opened.
Description
GAMING TICKET WITH ULTRAVIOLET SECURITY FEATURE
The present invention relates to the field of gaming tickets. More specifically, the present invention relates to the field of security features for S gaming tickets which have two face-to-face plies (2 ply) and one or more windows in one ply which obscure indicia on the other ply.
Gaming tickets of the type described above are known and an example of a ticket under normal li~hting conditions is illustrated in Figure 1. These 10 gaming tickets often have several windows A in a window ply, each window A obsc ~ring a number of indicia B on an indicia ply, opening of each window pe. ..~ g the purchaser to COl~ the indicia with pre-determined "winning~
indicia, often identified on the outside of the ticket.
In general, the windows A in the prior art gaming cards are defined by elongate pelro~alions C separated by minim~l webs D. The elongate p~lr~l~Lions A are co-linear with the perim~ter of the window they define. The window is opened by breaking the minim~l webs.
Prior art gaming cards are subject to tampering. For example, once a window has been opened and a winning set of indicia identified, it is possible to separate the indicia ply from the window ply, produce a number of high quality colour photocopies of the winning indicia ply and reconstruct counterfeit "winning" tickets by ~tt~ching the photocopies to window plies from losing tickets. Alternatively, it is possible to cut out one or more indicia from one window and replace it with indicia from another window or another ticket, thereby producing a counlelreit "winning ticket". Once a gaming ticket has been reconstructed, it is not apparent that the ticket has ever been tampered with. It requires careful visual inspection to determine that the two plies havebeen separated and reconstructed, or indicia have been replaced.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a g~min~ ticket in which tampering is a~elll to the person responsible for awarding the prize to the holder of a "winning" ticket.
S Accordingly, in one aspect the ~l~nl invention pra~ides a g~ming ticket having light-sensitive security inrorlllation thereon which is visible when the g~ming ticket is exposed to light of an apl)ropliate wavelength and which is notreproducible by photocopying.
Preferably, the light-sensitive security information is visible when the g~min~ ticket is e~posed to ultraviolet light.
Also p~Grt;l~bly, the security information is printed over indicia on the gaming ticket which are revealed when at least one window on the g~ming ticket is opened.
According to another aspect of this invention, there is provided a gaming ticket having multiple windows, each window having security information in it, the information in each window being di~lel-l than that in the other windows.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described, by way of ex~mple only, with l~rcl~ ce to the accon~a-lying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gaming ticket as it appears under normal lightin~ conditions;
Figure 2 is prospective view of an opened g~ming card showing the U.V. security features in accordance with the present invention; and Figures 3A and 3B are plan views of a g~ming ticket showing various examples of U.V. sensitive printing.
A ~ming ticket in accordance with one embodiment of the present S invention, as it appears when exposed to ultraviolet light, is shown generallyat 10 in Figure 2. The g,....ing ticket co...p. ;~es an indicia ply 15 and a window ply 20. ~mdow ply 20 is provided with a plurality of windows 30 which, prior to opening, obscure indicia 32 on indicia ply 15. In this respect, the gaming ticket appears similar to a conventional g~ming ticket, such as that 10 shown in Figure 1.
Each window 30 is dçfinçd by a line of we~kn~ss which forms three sides of a rect~ngle. The line of we~kness is formed by a plurality of pelrJl~lions 35. Adjacent pelroralion are separated by a minim~l web 40.
Indicia 32 are generally symbols such as stars, bells, bars, fruit and the like and a winning ticket is one in which all symbols in a particular row or column are identical. As wi11 be appalGlll, there are many variables in the style of ~ming cards and the foregoing is intended to be an eY~mple only. Indicia 20 32 are normally print~ onto indicia ply 15. In the presently pler~;r~d embodiment, security information 50 is also printed on the ticket over the indicia. Security information 50 is not visible to the naked eye under normal li~hting conditions but becomes visible when the gaming card is exposed to ultraviolet light.
Security information 50 is not particularly limited and is shown in the form of a plurality of diagonal lines and dots in Figure 2. Security information50 may be the same over both sets of indicia or, to make the ~ming card less prone to co~ . r~;l;,-g, di~ security information may be printed over each 30 set of indicia. As shown in Figure 2, using at least two di~;lellt types of security illr~ ation makes it more difficult to swap indicia between sets (e.g.,swapping 32' and 32") to give a fraudulent "winning" card.
Further examples of security information are shown in Figures 3A and 5 3B. It can be seen that each row of indica which would be under di~elenl windows has di~lenl security information printed thereon. The variety and complexity of the security inr~llllalion itself helps deter would-be counlelreilers who have access to U.V. sensitive ink.
In use, windows 30 are opened by tearing the ~lrorations along the line of we~kn~ss. Opening of windows 30 reveals the previously obscured indicia 32 on lower ply 15. Under normal lighting conditions, security information 50 is not visible to the naked eye and the g~min~ card appears similar to the g~ming card shown in Figure 1. However, when the ~ming card is exposed 15 to ultraviolet light, security information 50 becomes visible to the naked eye.
It is conl~ ~d that the most efficient method of incorporating security information into the g~ming card is to print the security information using ultraviolet reflective ink during the m~nuf~cture of the ~ming card. F~mples 20 of suitable ink are m~m~f~ctured by Sun Chemical, General Printing Ink Division, Weston, Ontario and are only available to security printing firms.
Although printing of the security information is ~erelled, it is envisioned thatsecurity information may also be embedded into the indicia ply itself, during its m~nufflcture.
Ultraviolet sensitive ink can be readily seen using a hand or desk-top ultraviolet lamp of suitable wavelength. Such ultraviolet lamps are known and one eY~mple is Model MD-188A di~ uled by Gemsys, Mi~si~s~uga, Ontario.
The Model MD-188A emits U.V. light having a wavelength of 360 nanometers.
The choice of a suitable U.V. lamp is not particularly limited and will be determined prim~ri1y by the U.V. sensitive components of the printing ink.
The present invention has been dessribed with r~rere-lce to the use of S ultraviolet security hlrolmalion as ultraviolet printinE cannot presently be copied on collvelllional colour photocopy m~chines frequently employed by would-be c~l...,~ . f~it.,. ~. However, it is envisioned that other security information printed using infrared sensitive, fluorescent and/or phosphorescent m~tPri~l~ may also be employed, either alone or in combination.
The present invention has been desc~ l with reference to one particular embodiment. Variants and modifications of this embodiment will be a~ alelll upon reading this disclosure. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should only be limitecl to that defined in the claims appended hereto.
The present invention relates to the field of gaming tickets. More specifically, the present invention relates to the field of security features for S gaming tickets which have two face-to-face plies (2 ply) and one or more windows in one ply which obscure indicia on the other ply.
Gaming tickets of the type described above are known and an example of a ticket under normal li~hting conditions is illustrated in Figure 1. These 10 gaming tickets often have several windows A in a window ply, each window A obsc ~ring a number of indicia B on an indicia ply, opening of each window pe. ..~ g the purchaser to COl~ the indicia with pre-determined "winning~
indicia, often identified on the outside of the ticket.
In general, the windows A in the prior art gaming cards are defined by elongate pelro~alions C separated by minim~l webs D. The elongate p~lr~l~Lions A are co-linear with the perim~ter of the window they define. The window is opened by breaking the minim~l webs.
Prior art gaming cards are subject to tampering. For example, once a window has been opened and a winning set of indicia identified, it is possible to separate the indicia ply from the window ply, produce a number of high quality colour photocopies of the winning indicia ply and reconstruct counterfeit "winning" tickets by ~tt~ching the photocopies to window plies from losing tickets. Alternatively, it is possible to cut out one or more indicia from one window and replace it with indicia from another window or another ticket, thereby producing a counlelreit "winning ticket". Once a gaming ticket has been reconstructed, it is not apparent that the ticket has ever been tampered with. It requires careful visual inspection to determine that the two plies havebeen separated and reconstructed, or indicia have been replaced.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a g~min~ ticket in which tampering is a~elll to the person responsible for awarding the prize to the holder of a "winning" ticket.
S Accordingly, in one aspect the ~l~nl invention pra~ides a g~ming ticket having light-sensitive security inrorlllation thereon which is visible when the g~ming ticket is exposed to light of an apl)ropliate wavelength and which is notreproducible by photocopying.
Preferably, the light-sensitive security information is visible when the g~min~ ticket is e~posed to ultraviolet light.
Also p~Grt;l~bly, the security information is printed over indicia on the gaming ticket which are revealed when at least one window on the g~ming ticket is opened.
According to another aspect of this invention, there is provided a gaming ticket having multiple windows, each window having security information in it, the information in each window being di~lel-l than that in the other windows.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described, by way of ex~mple only, with l~rcl~ ce to the accon~a-lying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gaming ticket as it appears under normal lightin~ conditions;
Figure 2 is prospective view of an opened g~ming card showing the U.V. security features in accordance with the present invention; and Figures 3A and 3B are plan views of a g~ming ticket showing various examples of U.V. sensitive printing.
A ~ming ticket in accordance with one embodiment of the present S invention, as it appears when exposed to ultraviolet light, is shown generallyat 10 in Figure 2. The g,....ing ticket co...p. ;~es an indicia ply 15 and a window ply 20. ~mdow ply 20 is provided with a plurality of windows 30 which, prior to opening, obscure indicia 32 on indicia ply 15. In this respect, the gaming ticket appears similar to a conventional g~ming ticket, such as that 10 shown in Figure 1.
Each window 30 is dçfinçd by a line of we~kn~ss which forms three sides of a rect~ngle. The line of we~kness is formed by a plurality of pelrJl~lions 35. Adjacent pelroralion are separated by a minim~l web 40.
Indicia 32 are generally symbols such as stars, bells, bars, fruit and the like and a winning ticket is one in which all symbols in a particular row or column are identical. As wi11 be appalGlll, there are many variables in the style of ~ming cards and the foregoing is intended to be an eY~mple only. Indicia 20 32 are normally print~ onto indicia ply 15. In the presently pler~;r~d embodiment, security information 50 is also printed on the ticket over the indicia. Security information 50 is not visible to the naked eye under normal li~hting conditions but becomes visible when the gaming card is exposed to ultraviolet light.
Security information 50 is not particularly limited and is shown in the form of a plurality of diagonal lines and dots in Figure 2. Security information50 may be the same over both sets of indicia or, to make the ~ming card less prone to co~ . r~;l;,-g, di~ security information may be printed over each 30 set of indicia. As shown in Figure 2, using at least two di~;lellt types of security illr~ ation makes it more difficult to swap indicia between sets (e.g.,swapping 32' and 32") to give a fraudulent "winning" card.
Further examples of security information are shown in Figures 3A and 5 3B. It can be seen that each row of indica which would be under di~elenl windows has di~lenl security information printed thereon. The variety and complexity of the security inr~llllalion itself helps deter would-be counlelreilers who have access to U.V. sensitive ink.
In use, windows 30 are opened by tearing the ~lrorations along the line of we~kn~ss. Opening of windows 30 reveals the previously obscured indicia 32 on lower ply 15. Under normal lighting conditions, security information 50 is not visible to the naked eye and the g~min~ card appears similar to the g~ming card shown in Figure 1. However, when the ~ming card is exposed 15 to ultraviolet light, security information 50 becomes visible to the naked eye.
It is conl~ ~d that the most efficient method of incorporating security information into the g~ming card is to print the security information using ultraviolet reflective ink during the m~nuf~cture of the ~ming card. F~mples 20 of suitable ink are m~m~f~ctured by Sun Chemical, General Printing Ink Division, Weston, Ontario and are only available to security printing firms.
Although printing of the security information is ~erelled, it is envisioned thatsecurity information may also be embedded into the indicia ply itself, during its m~nufflcture.
Ultraviolet sensitive ink can be readily seen using a hand or desk-top ultraviolet lamp of suitable wavelength. Such ultraviolet lamps are known and one eY~mple is Model MD-188A di~ uled by Gemsys, Mi~si~s~uga, Ontario.
The Model MD-188A emits U.V. light having a wavelength of 360 nanometers.
The choice of a suitable U.V. lamp is not particularly limited and will be determined prim~ri1y by the U.V. sensitive components of the printing ink.
The present invention has been dessribed with r~rere-lce to the use of S ultraviolet security hlrolmalion as ultraviolet printinE cannot presently be copied on collvelllional colour photocopy m~chines frequently employed by would-be c~l...,~ . f~it.,. ~. However, it is envisioned that other security information printed using infrared sensitive, fluorescent and/or phosphorescent m~tPri~l~ may also be employed, either alone or in combination.
The present invention has been desc~ l with reference to one particular embodiment. Variants and modifications of this embodiment will be a~ alelll upon reading this disclosure. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should only be limitecl to that defined in the claims appended hereto.
Claims (6)
1. A gaming ticket having light-sensitive security information thereon which is visible when the gaming ticket is exposed to light of an appropriate wavelength and which is not reproducible by photocopying.
2. A gaming ticket as defined in claim 1, wherein the light-sensitive security information is visible when the gaming ticket is exposed to ultraviolet light.
3. A gaming ticket as defined in claim 1, wherein the light-sensitive security information is printed onto the gaming ticket.
4. A gaming ticket as defined in claim 1, wherein the security information is printed over indicia on the gaming ticket which are revealed when at least one window on the gaming ticket is opened.
5. A gaming ticket as defined in claim 2, wherein the light-sensitive material becomes visible when the gaming ticket is exposed to ultraviolet light having a wavelength of about 360 nanometers.
6. A gaming ticket as defined in claim 4, wherein each set of indicia revealed by opening of different windows on the gaming ticket is provided with different security information.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002194515A CA2194515A1 (en) | 1997-01-07 | 1997-01-07 | Gaming ticket with ultraviolet security feature |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002194515A CA2194515A1 (en) | 1997-01-07 | 1997-01-07 | Gaming ticket with ultraviolet security feature |
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| CA2194515A1 true CA2194515A1 (en) | 1998-07-07 |
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| CA002194515A Abandoned CA2194515A1 (en) | 1997-01-07 | 1997-01-07 | Gaming ticket with ultraviolet security feature |
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Cited By (1)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8672325B2 (en) | 2002-03-27 | 2014-03-18 | Gtech Printing Corporation | Instant win gaming ticket and method |
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8672325B2 (en) | 2002-03-27 | 2014-03-18 | Gtech Printing Corporation | Instant win gaming ticket and method |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
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| FZDE | Discontinued | ||
| FZDE | Discontinued |
Effective date: 20000107 |