EP0568814B1 - Ticket de jeu à motifs confus - Google Patents

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EP0568814B1
EP0568814B1 EP93105312A EP93105312A EP0568814B1 EP 0568814 B1 EP0568814 B1 EP 0568814B1 EP 93105312 A EP93105312 A EP 93105312A EP 93105312 A EP93105312 A EP 93105312A EP 0568814 B1 EP0568814 B1 EP 0568814B1
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William Frederick Behm
Stanley Litman
Bradley Walter Walton
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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
    • 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
    • A63F3/0685—Tickets or accessories for use therewith having a message becoming legible after a chemical reaction or physical action has taken place, e.g. applying pressure, heat treatment, spraying with a substance, breaking microcapsules

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  • the invention relates to the field of game tickets and in particular to security features in instant type game or lottery tickets.
  • Game cards such as lottery tickets and promotional game cards typically contain hidden play indicia such as numbers, symbols or messages that indicate whether or not the card is a winner or has a certain value to the player.
  • the play indicia is normally covered by a opaque coating material for example a latex compound which can be scratched off by the player to reveal the play indicia after the ticket has been purchased or otherwise obtained by the player.
  • a latex compound which can be scratched off by the player to reveal the play indicia after the ticket has been purchased or otherwise obtained by the player.
  • Examples of various game card and instant lottery ticket construction are disclosed in U.S. Patents: 4,174,857, 4,273,362, 4,299,637, 4,725,079 and 4,726,608.
  • aluminum foil can present problems and costs to game card manufacturers along with the users of game cards such as state lottery administrations. For example used lottery tickets must be collected from the public and then the foil has to be separated from the rest of the ticket before it can be recycled.
  • a second approach to prevent candling is to imprint confusion patterns on the ticket.
  • a confusion pattern obscures or otherwise confuses the image of the play indicia when visible light is shined through the game card thus making it difficult or impossible to read the indicia before the latex covering is removed.
  • a confusion pattern is printed on the back of a lottery ticket.
  • confusion patterns printed on the back of the ticket help to prevent candling, other methods exist for compromising the security of the ticket. For example, delamination can be used to overcome the security provided by confusion patterns printed on the back of the ticket. The back ticket layer containing the confusion layer is separated or delaminated from the ticket. Once delaminated, the indicia can be read by candling.
  • Confusion patterns consisting of irregular opaque areas have also been printed on the top surface of the card stock below the opaque mask.
  • Another technique is described in U.S. Patents Nos. 4,095,824 and 4,241,942.
  • a confusion pattern is printed over the play indicia using a transparent media or a media having a color differing from the color of the play indicia so that the confusion pattern will not obscure the play indicia when the opaque mask is removed by a player.
  • Another confusion pattern is then printed below the play indicia on the card material immediately below the play indicia.
  • One disadvantage of this approach is that unless the upper confusion pattern is completely transparent its existence will be apparent to those individuals who may be considering methods for breaching game card security. In addition the upper confusion pattern as described makes very little contribution to the prevention of candling.
  • a game card comprising a card substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, a play indicia affixed to said upper surface of said card substrate, a removable coating secured to said upper surface of said card substrate over said play indicia, and a bar code located on the card.
  • the bar code of this known game card does not prevent from candling as the bar code is transparent and does not visually interfere with the play indicia.
  • Document US-A-4 850 618 discloses a game card with a protective coating covering a confusion pattern of the ticket.
  • the protective coating is a clear coating or varnish to protect the ticket form physical wear and any heat damage during thermal activation but cannot be used to avoid candling.
  • Wicking is another technique that has been used to read the play indicia without having to remove the opaque mask.
  • a solvent containing alcohols, ketones, acetate, esters, alaphtic or amine solutions is applied to either the back or the front of the game card resulting in the bleed through of an image of the play indicia. This makes it possible to determine if a game card is a winner before the opaque coating is removed.
  • One approach to prevent wicking is to place solvent responsive dyes in the opaque coating as described in U.S. Patent 4,726,608. This is a relatively expensive process however. Confusion patterns, as described above, have not generally been effective in countering wicking.
  • Security can be further enhanced by providing a second confusion pattern printed on a release coat that covers the play indicia.
  • Fig. 1 shows in exploded form a representative example of the construction of a game card 10 which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention. For clarity only a portion of the various internal layers of the card 10 are shown in Fig. 1.
  • the first layer of the card 10 is a substrate 12 preferably composed of paper.
  • a primer layer 14 is applied to the substrate 12 and then a blue along with a red banday pattern 16 and 18 are printed on the substrate primer 14.
  • the purpose of the bandy patterns 16 and 18 is to detect vertical ticket splitting.
  • a set of play indicia 20 is printed which in the example of Fig. 1 include a bell, a cherry and a plum.
  • a seal coat 22 is applied over the play indicia 20 and then a release coat 24 is applied on top of the seal coat 22.
  • a removable opaque mask or coating 26 is applied to the release coating 24.
  • An overprint layer 28 which can include game information such as a set of game play indicators 30A-D forms the top most layer of the game ticket 10. A more detailed description of the basic components of the game ticket 10 is provided in U.S. Patent No. 4,726,608.
  • candling can be inhibited by a permanent confusion pattern 32 printed on the substrate 12 underneath the primer coating 14 and a removable confusion pattern 34 printed on the top of the release coat 24 beneath the removable coating 26.
  • a permanent confusion pattern 32 printed on the substrate 12 underneath the primer coating 14
  • a removable confusion pattern 34 printed on the top of the release coat 24 beneath the removable coating 26.
  • the removable confusion pattern 34 Since the removable confusion pattern 34 is located between the removable coating 26 and the release coat 24 it will be removed when the opaque mask 24 is scratched off by a player. Thus this confusion pattern 34 will likewise not interfere with the observation of the play indicia 20 when the mask 26 has been removed by the player nor will its existence be apparent to the public.
  • one or both of the confusion patterns 32 and 34 can be printed with an ink that includes visible materials that go into solution or dispersion when they come in contact with various solvents such as alcohols, ketones, acetate, esters, alaphtics or amine solutions that are typically used in wicking. In this manner breaching the security of the game card 10 by wicking can be prevented because the confusion patterns 32 and 34 will tend to bleed through the ticket with the play indicia 20 making the play indicia 20 indiscernible.
  • Another advantage of using a solvent responsive ink in the removable confusion pattern 34 is that in some cases it eliminates the need to use dyes in the removable mask 26 to prevent wicking. This object can be achieved by incorporating solvent responsive dyes into the confusion pattern ink.
  • the confusion pattern inks 32 and 34 should have the same bleed characteristics as the play indicia ink 20 in order to inhibit wicking. For example, if the play indicia 20 is not subject to bleeding then the confusion pattern inks should not be subject to bleeding.
  • a suitable confusion pattern ink for use with play indicia 20 that have the color black would include a gray or black grind base.
  • Ink having a 16% gray or black ink grind base by weight component along with 16% by weight methyl ethyl ketone; 6% by weight K-1717B resins; 10% by weight pentalyn 255 resin; 8% by weight DM-55 acrylic resin and 16W6 N/C white base components will bleed on contact with solvents containing ammonia or other amines as well as alcohols.
  • other types of dyes that will form a solution or dispersions with the solvents can be used for the confusion pattern ink including inks of different colors than black or gray.
  • the solvent responsive dye match the color of the play indicia ink.
  • the density of the dye should match the density of the play indicia ink as well otherwise it may be possible to read the play indicia 20 through the confusion patterns 32 and 34.
  • the preferred form of the confusion patterns 32 and 34 is a random series of portions of the symbols used in the play indicia 20 having the same line weight.
  • An example of such a confusion pattern is provided in Fig. 2.
  • the confusion pattern 32 should also have the same general printing characteristics as the play indicia 20, to increase the apparent similarity between the confusion pattern 32 and the play indicia 20.
  • the confusion pattern 32 should also be printed as groupings of small dots. It may also be desirable to vary the print characteristics of the play indicia 20 and the confusion pattern 32.
  • the individual symbols in the play indicia 20 may be desirable to print with different print densities and line weights.
  • the individual symbols or portions of the confusion pattern 32 would then also be printed using varied characteristics.
  • Printing the confusion pattern 32 and the play indicia 20 with varying characteristics helps to overcome difficulties in matching the specific characteristics, such as print density, of the play indicia 20 and the confusion pattern 32 and thus increases the apparent similarity between the play indicia 20 and the confusion pattern 32.
  • a uniform coating of, for example, black ink can be used instead of one or the other or even both of the confusion patterns 32 and 34.
  • the confusion patterns 32 and 34 are printed with ink that provide the same general appearance as the play indicia when the game card 10 is candled. In some cases due to materials used in constructing the card 10, it is possible that the confusion patterns 32 and 34 may have to be of a different color or print type in order to match the play indicia 10 when candled.

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  1. Carte de jeu (10) comportant :
    un substrat (12) ayant une surface supérieure et une surface inférieure; un indice de jeu (20) fixé à ladite surface supérieure dudit substrat (12);
    un revêtement opaque amovible (26) fixé à ladite partie supérieure dudit substrat (12) au-dessus dudit indice de jeu (20);
    un gabarit amovible de brouillage (34) ménagé au-dessus dudit indice de jeu (20), dans lequel ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible (34) est retiré lorsque ledit revêtement opaque amovible (26) est retiré et dans lequel ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible (34) est interposé entre ledit revêtement opaque amovible (26) et ledit indice de jeu (20).
  2. Carte (10) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle
    un revêtement (24) à retirer est interposé entre ledit indice de jeu (20) et ledit revêtement opaque amovible (26) et dans lequel ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible (34) est disposé sur ledit revêtement à retirer (24).
  3. Carte (10) selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible (34) est imprimé sur la surface supérieure dudit revêtement à retirer (24).
  4. Carte (10) selon la revendication 1, comportant en outre un gabarit de brouillage permanent (32) interposé entre ledit indice de jeu (20) et ladite surface supérieure dudit substrat (12).
  5. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible ou permanent (32, 34) est imprimé au moyen d'une encre comportant des matériaux visibles qui forment une solution ou une dispersion avec au moins un solvant.
  6. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle lesdits indices de jeu (20) sont imprimés au moyen d'une encre comportant un matériau visible qui forme une solution ou une dispersion avec au moins un solvant.
  7. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible ou permanent (32, 34) est un revêtement opaque uniforme.
  8. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle lesdits indices de jeu (20) et/ou lesdits gabarits de brouillage (32,34) sont imprimés au moyen d'encres de densités variables.
  9. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible ou permanent (32, 34) est imprimé au moyen d'une encre ayant sensiblement la même densité que celle des indices de jeu (20).
  10. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible ou permanent (32, 34) est imprimé au moyen d'une encre ayant sensiblement les mêmes caractéristiques d'écoulement que celle des indices de jeu (20).
  11. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible (34) est imprimé au moyen d'une encre qui est sensiblement de la même couleur que celle qui est utilisée pour imprimer les indices de jeu (20).
  12. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ladite encre comporte une base ayant un grain gris ou noir.
  13. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle elle comporte en outre un matériau primaire (14) interposé entre ledit gabarit de brouillage permanent (32) et lesdits indices de jeu (20).
  14. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage permanent (32) est imprimé sur ladite surface supérieure dudit substrat (12).
  15. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle lesdits matériaux visibles sont de la même couleur que lesdits indices de jeu (20).
  16. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible ou permanent (32, 34) a sensiblement les mêmes caractéristiques d'impression que celles des indices de jeu (20)
  17. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit gabarit de brouillage amovible ou permanent (32, 34) est imprimé avec une encre qui donne sensiblement la même apparence que celle des indices de jeu (20), lorsque la carte (10) est soumise à la flamme d'une bougie.
  18. Carte (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle lesdits solvants comportent des alcools, des cétones, de l'acétate, des esters, des solutions aliphatiques ou d'amine.
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