Granted Patent B2

US 8,434,792 · App. 12/873,849 · Granted May 7, 2013

Abstract

Claims (21)

1. A method for facilitating multi-lingual play of a game on a single game card, comprising:

providing a game play area on the game card;

providing a first set of game instructions on the game card printed in a first language;

superimposing a second set of the game instructions in a different second printed language over the first set of game instructions;

providing an indication on the game card that the first set of instructions are present and accessible by removing the second set of game instructions;

wherein a player has the option to read the game instructions in either of the first or second printed languages; wherein the game is a lottery game and the single card is a scratch-off lottery ticket; and wherein the first set of game instructions are printed on the lottery ticket and subsequently covered by an opaque scratch-off layer, and the set second set of game instructions are printed on the scratch-off layer.

2. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the first set of game instructions are printed on the game card and subsequently covered by a removable opaque layer, and the second set of game instructions are printed onto the opaque layer.

3. The method as in claim 2 , wherein the indication on the game card instructs the player to remove the opaque layer to reveal the first set of game instructions.

4. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the indication on the lottery ticket instructs the player to remove the scratch-off layer to reveal the first set of game instructions.

5. The method as in claim 4 , wherein the indication on the lottery ticket is printed in the first language.

6. The method as in claim 5 , further comprising providing an indication on the lottery ticket that informs players in the second language as to what underlies the first set of game instructions.

7. The method as in claim 1 , further comprising providing game theme indicia on the game card in the second language.

8. A multi-lingual enabled game card, comprising:

a substrate having a game play area provided thereon;

a first set of game instructions provided on the substrate separated from the game play area, the first set of game instructions printed in a first language;

a second set of the game instructions printed in a different second language superimposed over the first set of game instructions;

an indicator on the substrate separated from the first and second set of game instructions indicating that the first set of instructions are present and accessible by removing the second set of game instructions from over the first set of game instructions; and wherein the game card is a scratch-off lottery ticket, the lottery ticket comprising a first scratch-off layer in the game play area for instant play of the lottery game and a second scratch-off layer over the first set of game instructions, the second set of game instructions printed on the second scratch-off layer.

9. The game card as in claim 8 , further comprising a removable opaque layer over the first set of game instructions, the second set of game instructions printed on the opaque layer.

10. The game card as in claim 9 , wherein the indicator on the game card instructs a player to remove the opaque layer to reveal the first set of game instructions.

11. The game card as in claim 8 , wherein the indicator on the lottery ticket is printed in the first language.

12. The game card as in claim 11 , further comprising game theme indicia on the game card printed in the second language.

Assignments (13)