CA2176175A1 - Multi-Color Overprinting of Scratch-Off Lottery Tickets - Google Patents

Multi-Color Overprinting of Scratch-Off Lottery Tickets

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CA2176175A1
CA2176175A1 CA2176175A CA2176175A CA2176175A1 CA 2176175 A1 CA2176175 A1 CA 2176175A1 CA 2176175 A CA2176175 A CA 2176175A CA 2176175 A CA2176175 A CA 2176175A CA 2176175 A1 CA2176175 A1 CA 2176175A1
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scratch
lottery tickets
layer
overprinting
color overprinting
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CA2176175A
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CA2176175C (en
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Jean-Pierre Desbiens
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Oberthur Gaming Technologies Inc
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BABN Technologies Inc
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Priority claimed from GBGB9511499.7A external-priority patent/GB9511499D0/en
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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
    • A63F2250/00—Miscellaneous game characteristics
    • A63F2250/58—Antifraud or preventing misuse
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B41M3/005—Colour cards; Painting supports; Latent or hidden images, e.g. for games; Time delayed images
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S283/00—Printed matter
    • Y10S283/903—Lottery ticket

Abstract

A method of producing a lottery ticket and lottery tickets produced thereby wherein an overprinting layer is provided over a scratch-off layer, the overprinting layer comprising an image obtained from a design in which the colors in the design have been separated into half tone images of each color and are superimposed on the scratch-off layer of the lottery ticket.
CA002176175A 1995-06-07 1996-05-09 Multi-color overprinting of scratch-off lottery tickets Expired - Fee Related CA2176175C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9511499.7 1995-06-07
GBGB9511499.7A GB9511499D0 (en) 1995-06-07 1995-06-07 4-Colour process security overprinting of scratchable instant lottery tickets
US08/596,470 1996-02-05
US08/596,470 US5704647A (en) 1995-06-07 1996-02-05 Multi-color overprinting of scratch-off lottery tickets

Publications (2)

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CA2176175A1 true CA2176175A1 (en) 1996-12-08
CA2176175C CA2176175C (en) 1999-08-24

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US (1) US5803504A (en)
EP (1) EP0830187B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE183660T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2176175C (en)
DE (1) DE69603959T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2135235T5 (en)
GR (1) GR3031717T3 (en)
NZ (1) NZ310534A (en)
WO (1) WO1996040395A1 (en)

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WO1996040395A1 (en) 1996-12-19
CA2176175C (en) 1999-08-24
NZ310534A (en) 1998-11-25
GR3031717T3 (en) 2000-02-29
DE69603959T2 (en) 2000-05-18
AU6134296A (en) 1996-12-30
ES2135235T5 (en) 2007-12-01
MX9709673A (en) 1998-10-31
EP0830187B1 (en) 1999-08-25
DE69603959T3 (en) 2007-12-06
EP0830187B2 (en) 2007-05-16
AU707098B2 (en) 1999-07-01
ES2135235T3 (en) 1999-10-16
EP0830187A1 (en) 1998-03-25
ATE183660T1 (en) 1999-09-15
US5803504A (en) 1998-09-08

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