Patent ID: 8808080
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A lottery game method implemented by one or more game terminals in communication with a server via a communications network, comprising: by the game terminal, providing a plurality of lottery tickets to players in the lottery game, each lottery ticket having a grid of positions, each grid position having a unique identifier assigned thereto on the ticket; randomly populating the grid on each ticket with indicia from a field of indicia such that each grid position contains at least one indicia and all indicia in the field of indicia are randomly populated into the grid, with each indicia in the field of indicia used on the ticket only once, the randomly populated grid varying between different lottery tickets; the indicia populated into each grid position being in addition to the unique identifier assigned to each grid position; indicating a set of player indicia on each lottery ticket, the set of player indicia comprising a randomly generated or player-selected subset of the field of indicia; by the server, randomly and sequentially drawing the unique identifiers on the grid subsequent to issuance of the plurality of lottery tickets to the players, and providing to the players a sequential order in which the unique identifiers were drawn via a post-drawing means separate from the lottery tickets; and wherein prizes are determined for winning lottery tickets as a function of the number of grid positions sequentially and randomly drawn needed to match the set of player indicia on the respective lottery tickets.