Patent ID: 6224055
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A63F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for playing an instant lottery game using a ticket, comprising the steps of:determining an initial configuration for the game from the ticket wherein said initial configuration comprises a plurality of indicia;selecting a game strategy from a plurality of game strategies on the ticket, wherein each of the game strategies has instructions specifying which indicia to discard, thereby drawing new indicia to replace the discarded indicia, and each game strategy is based on the initial configuration, and wherein only a selected number of game strategies and not all possible game strategies are on the ticket, wherein the selected game strategies are those that are most likely to result in a player achieving a favorable outcome for the game; andfrom a plurality of alterable areas on the ticket each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of game strategies and each corresponding to one of a plurality of outcomes for the game, altering the alterable area corresponding to the selected game strategy to reveal the corresponding outcome for the game.