US 11,896,914 B2
Lottery ticket having crossword board with a bonus grid feature
Anthony Lucci, North Kingstown, RI (US); Jeffrey Schertzer, Valrico, FL (US); and Christopher Daren Reaves, Peachtree Corners, GA (US)
Assigned to IGT Global Solutions Corporation, Providence, RI (US)
Filed by IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,537.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085707 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 3/06 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 3/0665 (2013.01) [G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lottery ticket comprising:
a substrate;
a board on the substrate, the board comprising multiple of rows and multiple columns, the board defining multiple spaces, each space being at a different intersection of one of the rows and one of the columns;
a plurality of letter symbols on the substrate and positioned at a plurality of the multiple spaces defined by the board;
a plurality of different row grid coordinates on the substrate and associated with the multiple rows of the board;
a plurality of different column grid coordinates on the substrate and associated with the multiple columns of the board;
a plurality of player letter symbols on the substrate;
a player bonus grid coordinate associated with one of the letter symbols on the substrate, the player bonus grid coordinate comprising one of the plurality of different row grid coordinates and one of the plurality of different column grid coordinates;
a first removable covering on the substrate covering the player letter symbols; and
a second removable covering on the substrate covering the player bonus grid coordinate.