Patents by Inventor Anthony Lucci

Anthony Lucci has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260108802
    Abstract: A scratch-off instant lottery tickets with dynamically positioned variable symbols and systems and methods for generating and manufacturing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer, David Knechtges, Michael Reno
  • Publication number: 20250360398
    Abstract: Lottery tickets for a lottery game, and systems and methods for generating and providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each include a base, a background image formed on the base, the background image including at least one structure, one or more boards formed on the structure(s), wherein the boards including a plurality of the symbol sets, and wherein a size and configuration of each of the boards is based on a size and configuration of the structure(s) of the background image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Publication number: 20250128145
    Abstract: A system and method for providing instant games in both physical scratch-off and virtual forms wherein at least a portion of the winning value of the instant game is determined by a plurality of planar layers with the concordance of the planar layers determining value enhancements. The distribution and composition of the concordance of the plurality of planar layers is configured to ensure compliance with a predetermined prize outcome prize fund.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Kenneth E. Irwin, JR., Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Patent number: 12201913
    Abstract: A system and method for providing instant games in both physical scratch-off and virtual forms wherein at least a portion of the winning value of the instant game is determined by a plurality of planar layers with the concordance of the planar layers determining value enhancements. The distribution and composition of the concordance of the plurality of planar layers is configured to ensure compliance with a predetermined prize outcome prize fund.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr., Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Patent number: 12036480
    Abstract: A lottery ticket, and a lottery gaming system and method providing a lottery ticket, including a plurality of separate player symbol zones on the substrate, each player symbol zone including a plurality of player first symbols, a plurality of award symbols respectively associated with the plurality of player first symbols, and a player bonus award symbol; a plurality of winning symbols on the substrate; a first removable covering on the substrate covering the plurality of player symbol zones; and a second removable covering on the substrate covering the plurality of winning symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Publication number: 20240207718
    Abstract: Lottery tickets for a lottery game, and systems and methods for generating and providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each include a base, a background image formed on the base, the background image including at least one structure, one or more boards formed on the structure(s), wherein the boards including a plurality of the symbol sets, and wherein a size and configuration of each of the boards is based on a size and configuration of the structure(s) of the background image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Publication number: 20240207717
    Abstract: Lottery tickets and lottery gaming systems and methods providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each have a connected symbol set path feature including a plurality of connected symbol sets along a bonus award path, a plurality of player symbols, and potential awards that can be won based on the symbol sets and the connected symbol sets along the bonus award path and the player symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Publication number: 20240054867
    Abstract: Products such as instant lottery tickets, pull-tabs, coupons, and gift cards including multi-purpose indicators that function with multiple different systems to enable activation, validation, purchase, use, and/or redemption by such multiple different systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Riley, Nicholas G. Fazzano, Anthony Lucci, Thomas Oram, Jennifer Seymour
  • Patent number: 11896914
    Abstract: A lottery gaming system and method providing a lottery game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer, Christopher Daren Reaves
  • Publication number: 20230191237
    Abstract: A system and method for providing instant games in both physical scratch-off and virtual forms wherein at least a portion of the winning value of the instant game is determined by a plurality of planar layers with the concordance of the planar layers determining value enhancements. The distribution and composition of the concordance of the plurality of planar layers is configured to ensure compliance with a predetermined prize outcome prize fund.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Kenneth E. Irwin, JR., Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Publication number: 20230085707
    Abstract: A lottery gaming system and method providing a lottery game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer, Christopher Daren Reaves
  • Publication number: 20230088300
    Abstract: A lottery ticket, and a lottery gaming system and method providing a lottery ticket, including a plurality of separate player symbol zones on the substrate, each player symbol zone including a plurality of player first symbols, a plurality of award symbols respectively associated with the plurality of player first symbols, and a player bonus award symbol; a plurality of winning symbols on the substrate; a first removable covering on the substrate covering the plurality of player symbol zones; and a second removable covering on the substrate covering the plurality of winning symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Patent number: 11577153
    Abstract: A system and method for providing instant games in both physical scratch-off and virtual forms wherein at least a portion of the winning value of the instant game is determined by a plurality of planar layers with the concordance of the planar layers determining value enhancements. The distribution and composition of the concordance of the plurality of planar layers is configured to ensure compliance with a predetermined prize outcome prize fund.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr., Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Patent number: 10249138
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dynamically managing the distribution of prizes in a gaming system. In one aspect, a method includes initializing a digital interactive sweepstakes game, receiving player identification data, receiving player activity data, determining a player activity forecast based on the player activity data, updating a prizing algorithm based on the player activity forecast, applying the prizing algorithm to player activity data to identify a particular player, and distributing a prize to an account associated with the particular player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: Anthony Lucci
  • Patent number: 9940786
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dynamically managing the distribution of prizes in a gaming system. In one aspect, a method includes initializing a digital interactive sweepstakes game, receiving player identification data, receiving player activity data, determining a player activity forecast based on the player activity data, updating a prizing algorithm based on the player activity forecast, applying the prizing algorithm to player activity data to identify a particular player, and distributing a prize to an account associated with the particular player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Anthony Lucci
  • Patent number: D1017704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer
  • Patent number: D1064086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony Lucci, Jeffrey Schertzer