Patents Assigned to Europrint Holdings Limited
  • Patent number: 6955353
    Abstract: A novel lottery ticket as well as a lottery game and method of playing that game using the lottery ticket are disclosed. The lottery ticket can be used to participate in at least one of a plurality of drawing events that occur over a period of time. The lottery ticket comprises a number of panels that conceal a number of playing game pieces and/or free spaces. The playing game pieces and/or free spaces are concealed by a removable coating material. Participants can choose which drawing event to play, manifesting their intent to play a particular drawing event by revealing the playing game pieces associated with the panels that are designated specifically for that particular drawing event. The game is played further by selecting a combination of winning game pieces and determining whether any of each participant's playing game pieces match some or all of the winning game pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Europrint Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Alan Taylor, Andrew P. Gray