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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1998
James T. Pittman, Lula, GA (US);
Robert L. Everett, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Benny R. Rich, Oakwood, GA (US);
James J. Carides, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Michael E. Bowser, Algoma, WI (US);
Dittler Brothers Incorporated, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The lottery ticket is composed of base sheet (,), cover sheet (,) and ticket sheet (,) lying therebetween. Base sheet (,) and cover sheet (,) are adhered to each other in the edge region (,). The adhesive means is strip-shaped. In addition, base sheet (,) and cover sheet (,) are perforated to each other. Said perforation (,) is line-shaped and lies in said edge region (,) provided with glue. The distance of the perforation (,) from the edge (,) of base and cover sheet (,) is in the region of 2-4 mm. The ticket sheet (,) is thus completely surrounded by a border (,) of glue and by a border (,) of perforations lying therein. The six surfaces of base sheet (,), ticket sheet (,) and cover sheet (,) are provided with a plurality of imprints in base areas covering one another. Due to these imprints which cover one another and hence cross one another, the ticket sheet (,) cannot be deciphered by means of examining against the light when the lottery ticket is unopened. Due to the perforation (,) the border (,) of glue of the ticket sheet (,) cannot be penetrated by mechanical interventions without the edge of the lottery ticket being visibly damaged. Due to a glue which cannot be dissolved by various non-mechanical actions, the barrier of the border (,) of glue cannot be overcome.