Patent ID: 7563164

Claim:
A method of playing a lottery, comprising: printing two or more sets of numbers on a ticket, each set of numbers being randomly-selected by a random number generator program executed by a computer terminal, each set of numbers forming a row on the ticket and ascending in numerical quantity across the row, each number in each set of numbers being arranged in a column with a number in another set of numbers, the ticket being configured for comparison to a randomly-selected lottery number set to determine whether the ticket is a winning ticket of a first game if numbers in any one row on the ticket match at least a portion of the randomly-selected lottery number set, wherein the two or more sets of numbers are printed on the lottery ticket in response to a request by a user to purchase a quantity of sets of numbers that are entered for comparison with the randomly-selected lottery number set in the first game, the quantity of sets of numbers being user-selectable while providing for entry in a second game provided that the ticket comprises at least a predetermined number of sets of numbers; and determining, at the computer terminal that the ticket is a winning ticket of the second game if at least one column on the ticket includes at least the predetermined number of identical numbers, wherein the user can determine immediately upon receiving the ticket whether the ticket is the winning ticket in the second game and before the randomly-selected lottery number set is generated, and wherein odds of winning the second game improve as the quantity of sets of numbers on the ticket increases due to a greater chance of matching the predetermined number of identical numbers given a greater number of sets of numbers on the ticket.