Patent ID: 6379742
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A63F,G06K,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for forming a lottery ticket, comprising the steps of:selecting a first electromagnetic responsive material responsive to the application of a first pre-determined amount of electromagnetic energy to generate a first detectable signal; selecting a second electromagnetic responsive material responsive to the application of a second pre-determined amount of electromagnetic energy to generate a second detectable signal; selecting a substantially non-rigid ticket substrate compatible with said first and second detectable signals; apportioning said ticket substrate into at least a first portion and a second portion; printing a play symbol over said ticket substrate within said first portion; printing a bar code over said ticket substrate within said second portion; affixing said first electromagnetic responsive material to said first portion of said ticket in at least partial register with said play symbol; and affixing a first security layer to said first portion of said ticket substrate in at least partial register with said play symbol, said play symbol and said first electromagnetic responsive material being intermediate said ticket substrate and said first security layer, wherein said first security layer is removable by a player from said ticket substrate, and wherein said first electromagnetic responsive material includes an electrically conductive circuit element.