US 11,992,777 B2
System and method for composing personalized scratch-off lottery tickets
Jeffrey D. Martineck, Sr., Johns Creek, GA (US); and Scott B. Garrison, Duluth, GA (US)
Assigned to Scientific Games, LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Scientific Games International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/464,034.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065775 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 17/42 (2006.01); A63F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 3/0655 (2013.01) [A63F 3/0665 (2013.01); G07F 17/42 (2013.01); A63F 2003/066 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for conducting an instant lottery ticket game, comprising:
providing an automated dispenser with a set of scratch-off lottery ticket blanks, each lottery ticket blank comprising a front face and a back face, and a game play area on the front face with play indicia that presents a pre-determined game outcome, the play indicia covered by a scratch-off coating (SOC);
the lottery ticket blanks including a coating layer applied over at least the game play area;
providing an entirety of the front face to a patron as an empty composition area void of lottery ticket indicia;
via an interface configured with the dispenser and in communication with a printer associated with the dispenser, accepting input from a patron of composition indicia that is devoid of lottery ticket indicia for printing on the front face, wherein the patron is enabled to cover the entirety of the front face with the composition indicia;
printing the composition indicia received from or selected by the patron on portions of or the entirety of the front face to generate a finished scratch-off lottery ticket; and
dispensing the finished lottery ticket from the dispenser.