Patent ID: 7905487

Claim:
An apparatus for holding and marking a lottery ticket during playing conditions, said apparatus comprising: a base plate having a planar top surface provided with upwardly extending walls contiguously surrounding a periphery thereof, said walls being monolithically formed with each other and registered orthogonal to said top surface wherein said walls terminate above said top surface; a lid pivotally coupled to said base plate in such a manner that said lid and base plate pivot about a fulcrum axis extending along respective proximal latitudinal edges of said lid and said base plate, said lid having downwardly extending walls contiguously surrounding a periphery thereof, said walls being monolithically formed with each other and registered orthogonal to a bottom surface of said lid wherein said walls terminate subjacent to said bottom surface; a plurality of brackets attached to opposed ones of said walls of said lid; a scratching implement removably coupled to one of said brackets; and a marking implement removably coupled to another one of said brackets; wherein said scratching and marking implement lay parallel to longitudinal edges of said lid; wherein said top surface is directly connected to said walls of said base plate; wherein said bottom surface is planar and directly connected to said walls of said lid; wherein each of said brackets is linearly slidable along a corresponding edge of said lid, said brackets being slidable along mutually exclusive linear paths defined along said corresponding lids respectively.