Lottery game with a word association group play style
A lottery game play style that extends the entertainment value of both physical printed and virtual digital lottery products through application of a word association group four puzzle layer of the game play. A four-column grid with a number of rows forming a plurality of squares, each containing a word and a corresponding prize value. The player can play out the word association group four puzzle by selecting four like words and revealing a common pattern identifier by either removing printed material from a scratch-off printed ticket embodiment, marking on a terminal generated printed ticket or playing out on a computer device for a digital lottery ticket play. Players can extend their lottery game experience by first trying to solve the word association puzzle, then applying the corresponding prize values to the results of the group puzzle to reveal if the game is a winning ticket.
1 . A scratch-off lottery game with a word association group play style, comprising:
a. printed variable generated game play data on a substrate;
b. a puzzle game play grid of cells arranged in columns and rows, a plurality of single words, each being placed inside a cell of the grid and cataloged in sets, the words of each set of the sets having a predefined pattern, and each cell having an identifier indicating an associated set of the sets to which the word of the each cell belongs, the identifier being hidden by a removable material;
c. each cell also contains a printed prize value hidden by the removable material;
d. a corresponding printed group answer key legend with a plurality of group association answers that indicate which words in the grid form which sets, the answer key legend hidden by the removable material;
e. wherein the plurality of cells with the words form a word association group puzzle, and if the words grouped in one of the sets bear the same printed prize value, that prize is awarded to a player holding the lottery game card;
f. wherein the player can play the word association group puzzle by scratching off the removable material of a group of cells and determining whether the group of cells is one of the sets having a predefined pattern based on the identifier in each cell of the group of cells; and
g. wherein a player can bypass the word association group puzzle by scratching off the removable material of all of the cells and determining whether any of the sets of words listed in the group answer key legend bear the same printed prize value.
2 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , wherein the predefined pattern being a word association group scheme.
3 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , wherein the identifier of each of sets is a common printed background color within each of cells of the each of the sets.
4 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , wherein the identifier of each of sets is a common printed background pattern within each of cells of the each of the sets.
5 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , wherein the identifier of each of sets is a common printed corresponding symbol within each of cells of the each of the sets.
6 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 has a predetermined prize outcome that is identified as a group of the same printed prize value within any of the sets.
7 . A method for playing a scratch-off lottery game in which a scratch-off game card with a grid of cells is presented to a player, each cell being filled with a word, an identifier of a set to which the word belongs, and prize value, the words being cataloged into sets, the words of each set having a predefined pattern, and all cells being covered by a removable material and thus forming a word association group puzzle, the scratch-off lottery game further comprising a table of Group Key answers initially covered by the removable material, the method comprising the steps of:
a. playing the word association group puzzle by removing, by a player, the removable material in a sequence of a group of cells with words that are deemed to bear a logical association and determining whether the group is a set by the identifiers;
b. determining whether the lottery game is a winner by exposing the common group pattern for each of the groups and the corresponding prize within each cell;
c. removing the removable material in the group key table;
d. exposing the answers to the puzzle; and
e. determining if like prize amounts are in any of the confirmed word association groups.
8 . A terminal generated lottery game with a word association group play style, comprising:
a. printed variable generated game play data on lottery ticket stock;
b. a puzzle game play grid of cells arranged in columns and rows, a plurality of single words, each being placed inside a cell of the grid and cataloged in sets, the words of each set of the sets having a predefined pattern, and each cell having an identifier indicating an associated set of the sets to which the word of the each cell belongs;
c. each cell also contains a printed prize value;
d. a corresponding printed group answer key legend with a plurality of group association answers that indicate which words in the grid form which sets, wherein the plurality of group association answers is hidden in a 2D barcode and exposed using a camera enabled mobile device with a barcode scanner application; and
e. wherein the plurality of cells with the words form a word association group puzzle, and if the words grouped in one of the sets bear the same printed prize value, that prize is awarded to a player holding the lottery game ticket;
f. wherein the player can play the word association group puzzle by selecting a group of cells and determining whether the group of cells is one of the sets by exposing the group association answers; and
g. wherein a player can bypass the word association group puzzle by selecting all of the cells and determining whether any of the sets of words bear the same printed prize value based on the exposed group association answers.
9 . The printed lottery game ticket of claim 8 , wherein the predefined pattern being a word association group scheme.
10 . The terminal generated printed game ticket of claim 8 , wherein the each of the sets being cataloged by a common printed corresponding symbol within each of cells including the words of the one of the sets.
11 . A method for playing a terminal generated lottery game in which a ticket with a grid of cells presented to a player, each cell being filled with a word and prize value forming a word association group puzzle, the words being cataloged in sets, the words of each set having a predefined pattern, and the terminal generated game further comprising a table of Group Key answers hidden in a 2d barcode that is exposable using a camera enabled mobile device with a barcode scanner application, the method comprising the steps of:
a. playing the word association group puzzle by grouping, by a player, the words to collect a group that is deemed by the player to bear a logical association and determining whether the group is a set by exposing the 2d barcode;
b. determining whether the lottery game is a winner by identifying a common group pattern for each of the groups and the corresponding prize within each cell;
c. comparing the grouped words to group key answers of the puzzle; and
d. determining if like prize amounts are in any of the confirmed word association sets.
12 . A digital lottery game with a word association group play style, comprising:
a. variable generated game play data displayed on a computer device;
b. a puzzle game play grid of cells arranged in columns and rows, a plurality of single words, each being placed inside a cell of the grid and cataloged in sets by graphical user interface, the words of each set having a predefined pattern;
c. each cell also contains a prize value;
d. a corresponding group answer key legend with a plurality of group association answers that indicate which words in the grid form which sets; and
e. wherein the plurality of cells with the words form a word association group puzzle, and if the words grouped in one of the sets bear the same prize value, that prize is awarded to a player;
f. wherein the player can play the word association group puzzle by selecting a group of cells and the computer device indicating whether the group of cells is one of the sets; and
g. wherein the player can bypass the word association group puzzle by selecting a reveal feature and determining whether any of the sets of words bear the same printed prize value based on the revealed sets.
13 . The digital lottery game product of claim 12 , wherein the predefined pattern being a word association group scheme.
14 . The digital lottery game product of claim 12 , wherein the predefined pattern being the words that share an association.
15 . A method for playing the digital lottery game in which a computer generated display of a grid of cells is presented to a player, each being filled with a word forming a word association group puzzle, the words being cataloged in sets, the words of each set having a predefined pattern the digital game further comprising a table of Group Key answers, the method comprising the steps of:
a. playing the word association group play by selecting, by the player, the words to collect a set a group that bears a logical association and the computer generated display indicates whether the group is one of the sets;
b. playing the lottery game by selecting a reveal feature that identifies each of the sets using the Group Key answers;
c. comparing the grouped words to group key answers of the puzzle; and
d. displaying the corresponding prize amounts in the completed group and awarding a prize if all four prize amounts are the same.