Patent ID: 7819738
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for playing a lottery game, comprising the steps of: presenting a group of revealed characters to a player and subsequently accepting an electronic, oral, or playslip entry from the player composed of a set of characters chosen by the player from the group of characters such that the player has full knowledge of the distinctions between the characters and selects particular desired characters from the group of characters to be included in their entry; after the player has made their entry, issuing a ticket to the player that reflects their entry and drawing a set of at least two puzzles from a database, wherein one of the puzzles is drawn from a first group of puzzles each having a solution derived from a first subset of characters from the group of characters, and the other puzzle drawn from a second group of puzzles each having a solution that is derived from a second different subset of characters from the group of characters, the probability of solving the puzzle from the first group of puzzles being different than the probability of solving the puzzle from the second group of puzzles, wherein in each drawn puzzle, a subset of characters that is less than the total number of characters in the completed puzzle is missing and constitutes the solution to each puzzle; displaying each of the drawn puzzles to the player via a screen, monitor, or paper ticket; in the same single play of the lottery game, comparing the set of characters chosen by the player with each puzzle to determine if the entry solves that puzzle, wherein an entry solves a puzzle if the entry contains the missing characters for that puzzle; determining if the entry is the winning entry based upon if the entry solves one or more of the drawn puzzles; and awarding a prize to a winning entry based on the number or combination of solved drawn puzzles.