Patent ID: 8333379
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for administering a greeting card and lottery game combination, said method comprising the steps of: providing the greeting card with an identifier associated therewith at a location accessible to a consumer, wherein the identifier is machine-readable by a code reader; maintaining a scratch-off lottery game at a secure point of sale separate from the greeting card; obtaining information from the identifier associated with the greeting card at the point of sale by reading the identifier with the code reader; selecting the scratch-off lottery game based upon the information obtained from the identifier, providing the selected scratch-off lottery game to the consumer to produce the greeting card and lottery game combination; wherein a vendor of the scratch-off lottery game obtains the information from the identifier and selects the scratch-off lottery game at the point of sale, and wherein the identifier contains sufficient information for the vendor to select the scratch-off lottery game absent instruction from the consumer; and integrating the scratch-off lottery game with the greeting card after the vendor selects the scratch-off lottery game at the point of sale by adhering a medium containing the scratch-off lottery game onto the greeting card, wherein the integration includes the exchange of the scratch-off lottery game to the consumer.