Patent ID: 8628082
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A63F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for playing a lottery game implemented by an instant-game ticket, the method comprising: providing the instant-game ticket to a player, the instant-game ticket comprising a first and second set of game indicia, the first set of indicia comprising a first set of game symbols covered by a removable covering the second set of game indicia larger in number than the first set of game indicia and comprising a second set of game symbols covered by a removable covering, each of a subset of the second set of game symbols individually corresponding to and identical to each of a subset of the first set of game symbols; removing the removable covering from a subset of the first set of game indicia to reveal at least one of the game symbols of the first set of game indicia; removing the removable covering from a subset of the second set of game indicia corresponding to the revealed at least one game symbol of the first set of game indicia, the removable covering for the second set of game indicia containing identical game symbols to the underlying second set of game symbols, the identical game symbols positioned substantially over a corresponding identical game symbol of the second set of game indicia such that removal of the identical game symbol on the removable covering reveals the identical game symbol of the second set of game indicia; and upon revealing all of the first set of game symbols by removing the removable covering, eliminating the revealed first set of game symbols from the second set of game indicia by removing the corresponding removable covering from the second set of indicia, wherein at least one of the second set of game indicia remains unrevealed by the removable covering; and determining whether the instant-win ticket has a winning outcome based on the at least one unrevealed game symbol in the second set of game indicia that remains after elimination of the first set of game symbols.