Patent ID: 6955353

Claim:
A method for playing a game of chance, comprising: receiving a game ticket, wherein the game ticket includes substrate having an obverse and a reverse side, a plurality of playing game pieces, which are disposed on the obverse side in an array, the array including a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels including a number of playing game pieces, and a removable material having a surface that is disposed over so as to conceal the plurality of playing game pieces, wherein a plurality of unique indicia is disposed on the surface of the removable material so that the plurality of unique indicia corresponds to the plurality of panels; receiving a first drawing event designation, wherein the first drawing event designation includes a designation of a subset of the plurality of panels to be used in game play; receiving a selection of a plurality of winning game pieces after a participant has received a game ticket, wherein the selection of the winning game pieces is external to the game ticket.