US Patent Issued to Scientific Games on June 2 for "System and method for play of a scratch-off lottery ticket game across multiple jurisdictions" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,386, issued on June 2, was assigned to Scientific Games LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"System and method for play of a scratch-off lottery ticket game across multiple jurisdictions" was invented by Joseph Waldo Bennett III (Suwanee, Ga.) and Ashley Ivery Gantt (Woodstock, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for implementing an instant lottery ticket game system played by a plurality of jurisdictions includes designating a first set of instant lottery tickets in a primary game that includes a fixed prize structure within each jurisdiction having a top prize and lesser prizes. A total number of supplemental prizes are defined and a set...