Portable holders for supporting lottery tickets and the scratching off of coatings therefrom. In some embodiments, the holders may include substantially planar surfaces having top edges, bottom edges, left side edges, and right side edges, the top edges being opposite to the bottom edges, and the left side edges being parallel and opposite to the right side edges; at least one slot and/or notch disposed along the surfaces and configured to hold lottery tickets on the surfaces; and trays attached to the bottom edges of the surfaces and configured to collect particulates there within.

A multi-game ticket assembly and associated method of making include a substrate having a front surface and a back surface. A first game play area is provided on the front surface and includes a plurality of game symbols for play of a first game. A second game play area is provided on the back surface and includes one or more windows defined therein for play of a second game partially embodied on the back surface. A fold line indication on the front surface and divides the substrate into a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is foldable onto the first portion in a folded state of the substrate such that the front surface of the second portion is against the front surface of the first portion and the one or more windows align with the first game play area. The game symbols in the first game play area that are visible to a player through the one or more windows in the folded state of the substrate determine an outcome of the second game.

A scratch board for lottery tickets and the like. The board includes a body having a planar portion, the planar portion having a flat front surface, and a curved portion extending from the lower end of the planar portion and forwardly of the planar portion, a clip coupled to the planar portion and adapted to securely maintain a flat object against the planar portion, a dowel removably affixed to the planar portion, and a receptacle sized to receive one or several coins. The board can also include a cylinder rotatably disposed within the curved portion, the cylinder including an outer wall, an internal cavity, and a slot defined through the outer wall.

A bingo card organizing assembly for storing bingo cards, flash cards or any other type of gaming card includes a first panel a set of first pockets. Each of the first pockets is attached to the first panel to contain a bingo card. Each of the first pockets is comprised of a translucent material to facilitate the bingo cards to be visible through the first pockets. A set of second pockets is each of the second pockets is attached to the first panel to contain a flash card. Each of the second pockets is comprised of a translucent material to facilitate the flash cards to be visible through the second pockets. A pair of third pockets is each coupled to the first panel. A second panel has the first panel being coupled thereto and the second panel lies on a support surface when the first and second panels are unfolded.

A gaming machine having a utility shelf movably attached thereto wherein the utility shelf is adapted to move between a stowed position and a play position where the stowed position is substantially non-horizontal and the play position is substantially horizontal. In this manner, gaming machine players may play bingo (or other live, card-based games) simultaneously while playing a gaming machine.

Portable holders for supporting lottery tickets and the scratching off of coatings therefrom. In some embodiments, the holders may include substantially planar surfaces having top edges, bottom edges, left side edges, and right side edges, the top edges being opposite to the bottom edges, and the left side edges being parallel and opposite to the right side edges; at least one slot and/or notch disposed along the surfaces and configured to hold lottery tickets on the surfaces; and trays attached to the bottom edges of the surfaces and configured to collect particulates there within.

A multi-game ticket assembly includes a single continuous substrate having a middle section and opposite end sections folded inwardly against the middle section. A portion of the front surface of each end section is adhered to the front surface of the middle section. Each of the end sections has a game area defined by lines of weakness in the substrate, with each game area further including a first game printed on the rear surface thereof and a second separate game printed on the front surface thereof. The first games of the end sections are adjacent and accessible to a player from a front aspect of the ticket assembly, and the second game of each end section is accessible to the player by separating the game area from its respective end section and folding the game area outwardly away from the middle section.