Patent ID: 6270406
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A63F,B41M

Abstract:
A tamper resistant lottery ticket for preventing payoff of invalid tickets comprising:a ticket body;a plurality of game fields which are choosable by a lottery player;at least one winning symbol for the ticket positioned in a game field;a scratch-off material covering the game fields to hide contents of the game fields and therefore hide the at least one winning symbol, the scratch-off material removable by a lottery player to reveal the contents of a game field when the game field is chosen;a readable security code printed in each of the game fields, the security code being covered by scratch-off material with the at least one winning symbol and being revealed when the game field is chosen and the scratch-off material is removed to reveal the contents of the game field;a readable magnetic strip positioned on the ticket body, the magnetic strip containing information regarding the lottery ticket, which information, when combined with the revealed security codes, may be used to determine the validity of the ticket.