Automated teller machine transaction receipts with integral promotional

Abstract

A receipt stock with integral game to promote the use of automated teller machines (ATMs) by bank customers. The reverse side of the receipt contains playing spaces contiguously disposed along a longitudinal edge of the receipt stock which does not contact the press rollers which convey the receipt through the ATM. Game indicia are printed on the playing spaces, and a protective coating of clear varnish is applied over the indicia. To conceal the game indicia from view until the receipt is distributed to a customer, an opaque masking layer of latex is applied over the playing spaces. The protective coating of varnish prevents the masking layer from penetrating the surface of the paper and thus promotes easy removal of the masking layer by the game player, e.g. by scaping with the edge of a coin. The selective application of the protective coating only to surfaces of the receipt which do not contact the press rollers prevents the receipt stock from slipping when engaged by the rollers. Similarly, the selective positioning of the playing spaces so as not to contact the press rollers prevents the rollers from damaging the latex masking layer and fouling the drive mechanism of the ATM.