Ticket strips with ruler markings that encourage multiple ticket purchasing by length of a ticket strip
A strip of chance-type tickets are interconnected end-to-end with rows of perforations that extend widthwise across the strip and that separate and define individual tickets. A side edge of each ticket includes ruler markings which extend continuously from ticket to ticket, thereby encouraging the ticket purchaser to purchase tickets by a standard unit of length, instead of by a monetary denomination or number of tickets.
1. A strip of chance-type tickets interconnected end-to-end with rows of perforations that extend widthwise across the strip and that separate and define individual tickets, a side edge of each ticket including ruler markings which extend continuously from ticket to ticket.
2. The strip of tickets of claim 1 wherein the length of the ruler markings for a predetermined plurality of tickets are equal to a standard unit of length.
3. The strip of tickets of claim 2 wherein the standard unit of length is selected from the group consisting of a foot, a yard, and a meter.
4. The strip of tickets of claim 1 wherein the tickets are instant lottery tickets.
5. The strip of tickets of claim 1 wherein the tickets are pull tab tickets.
6. The strip of tickets of claim 1 wherein at least some of the ruler markings which extend continuously from ticket to ticket occur between the perforations of adjacent tickets on the strip.
7. The strip of tickets of claim 1 wherein the ruler markings which extend continuously from ticket to ticket occur between the perforations of adjacent tickets on the strip and at the perforations.
8. The strip of tickets of claim 1 wherein the ruler markings have a plurality of different heights, each of the different heights corresponding to a different predefined standard unit of length, and the distance between adjacent ruler markings that have the same height is the same.
9. The strip of tickets of claim 1 wherein there are a plurality of ruler markings along the side edge of each ticket.
10. The strip of tickets of claim 1 wherein the ruler markings are printed on the tickets.