Method and apparatus for conducting a game of chance using pull-tab tickets

US8047907B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Scientific Games, LLC · US

Inventors

• Steven N. Kane · Brookline, US
• Dow Hardy · Marlborough, US
• Mark E. Herrmann · Wellesley, US
• Paul LaRocca · Westport, US
• Bijan Sabet · Sudbury, US
• Jason Yanowitz · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S283/903
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method are provided for playing a game of chance. The game of chance may include, for example, a lottery-type game using a pull-tab ticket. A result of the game of chance is revealed to a player in another medium. In one example, the result is revealed during multiple game instances of one or more online games.