Lottery game card having a Sudoku-themed game
A lottery game card for playing a Sudoku-themed game is disclosed. The lottery game card includes a plurality of squares arranged in rows and columns, each square having a symbol. Selected squares are covered with a removable material. The lottery game card also includes a plurality of prize indicators, each prize indicator being associated with a predefined pattern of squares. Upon removing of covered squares by a player, if symbols in the plurality of squares match a predefined pattern, the player wins a prize associated with the predefined pattern.
1 . A scratch-off lottery game card comprising:
a plurality of squares distributed in a M×N matrix comprising columns and rows, wherein
each square containing a symbol to thereby create a Sudoku-style puzzle within the matrix,
a subset of squares being covered by a removable material; and
a plurality of prize indicators, wherein each prize indicator being associated with a predefined pattern of symbols within the matrix.
2 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , further comprising a bonus indicator placed in one of the plurality of squares.
3 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , wherein a prize indicator is associated with each column.
4 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , wherein a prize indicator is associated with each row.
5 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , wherein a prize indicator is associated a sub-matrix.
6 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 1 , wherein the symbol being a numeric digit.
7 . A method for playing a scratch-off lottery game in which a scratch-off game card with a plurality of squares arranged in a matrix format is provided to a player, selected squares of the plurality of squares being filed with numbers, the scratch-off game card further having a plurality of prize indicators, each prize indicator being associated with a sub-group of squares, each prize indicator further having a plurality of game indicia that are covered by a removable material, the method comprising the steps of:
removing the removable material from the plurality of prize indicators; and
if game indicia from at least one prize indicator and numbers in at least one sub-group of square indicated by the prize indicator form a predefined pattern, awarding a prize associated with the at least one prize indicator to the player.
8 . A scratch-off lottery game card comprising:
a first plurality of squares arranged in a matrix format with selected squares in the first plurality of squares being populated with symbols; and
a second plurality of prize indicators, each prize indicator being associated with a selected set of squares defined by a predefined pattern, each prize indicator listing a third plurality of symbols that are covered by a removable material.
9 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 8 , wherein the predefined pattern being a group of squares arranged in equal number of rows and columns.
10 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 8 , wherein the selected set of squares comprises 9 squares and only 6 squares are populated with symbols.
11 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 8 , wherein each prize indicator listing 3 symbols.
12 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 8 , wherein the symbols being numeric digits.
13 . The scratch-off lottery game card of claim 8 , wherein the symbols being mathematical symbols.