Lottery ticket with play action game involving predetermined set of sequential icons

Abstract

A lottery ticket which provides a first grid comprised of rows and columns defining individual play regions covered by a scratch-off layer with each play region containing a sequential theme related icon selected from a predetermined set of sequential icons with the lottery ticket being provided by a prize designation region associated with each row and column.

1 . A lottery ticket comprising: 
 a) a front surface comprising a first play area, said first play area containing a first grid comprised of first rows and first columns of individual play regions covered by a first scratch-off layer, each first play region containing a sequential theme related icon selected from a predetermined set of sequential icons;    b) a first prize designation region providing information about the winning of a prize;    wherein the player removes the scratch-off layer to expose the icon appearing in each first play region and if at least one first row and/or first column contains the predetermined set of sequential icons the player wins the prize in the first prize designation region.    
     
     
         2 . The lottery ticket of  claim 1  wherein the icons are numbers.  
     
     
         3 . The lottery ticket of  claim 1  further comprising at least one second grid at least partially contained within the first grid and comprising second rows and second columns comprising less than all of the individual first play regions of the first rows and first columns, and a second prize designation area associated with each of said second grids.  
     
     
         4 . The lottery ticket of  claim 1  wherein the first scratch-off layer is opaque.  
     
     
         5 . The lottery ticket of  claim 1  further comprising a marking system associated with the first scratch-off layer, said marking system containing icons corresponding to the icons printed below the first scratch-off layer for less than all of the first play regions.  
     
     
         6 . The lottery ticket of  claim 5  wherein the first scratch-off layer employed for the marking system is transparent.  
     
     
         7 . The lottery ticket of  claim 1  wherein the first grid further comprises row and column identifying indicia so that each row is identified by a single row identifying indicia and each column is identified by a single column identifying indicia, each first play region is thereby identified by a combination of indicia comprising a single row identifying indicia and a single column identifying indicia, said lottery ticket further comprising a second play area comprising a plurality of second play regions, at least some of the second play regions containing a single combination indicia, and said second play area being covered by a second scratch-off layer.  
     
     
         8 . The lottery ticket of  claim 7  wherein the second scratch-off layer is opaque.  
     
     
         9 . The lottery ticket of  claim 8  wherein a select group of at least one individual play regions are covered by a non-opaque scratch-off layer.  
     
     
         10 . The lottery ticket of  claim 9  wherein the non-opaque scratch-off layer is transparent.  
     
     
         11 . The lottery ticket of  claim 7  wherein the second play area is comprised of rows and columns.  
     
     
         12 . The lottery ticket of  claim 7  further comprising a border marking system comprising a border region surrounding each first play region having a color different than the color of the first scratch-off layer, wherein when the first scratch-off layer is removed from said first play region, the border surrounding the same is exposed enabling the player to mark said first play region.  
     
     
         13 . The lottery ticket of  claim 7  further comprising a third play area containing a third grid comprised of third rows and third columns of individual play regions, some of the individual play regions having designated icons marked therein and the remaining individual play regions being unmarked adapted to be completed by the player wherein the player completes the unmarked individual play regions in a manner which provides the sequential set of icons.  
     
     
         14 . The lottery ticket of  claim 13  wherein the third grid, when properly completed by the player, contains the same pattern of preselected set of icons as the first grid.  
     
     
         15 . The lottery ticket of  claim 7  wherein the combination indicia present in at least one second play region is visible to the player while the remaining combination indicia in the second play region is hidden by the second scratch-off layer.  
     
     
         16 . The lottery ticket of  claim 1  wherein the first prize designation region is associated with at least one row and/or first column.