Patent ID: 7980559

Claim:
An instant win lottery game system, comprising: a plurality of instant win lottery tickets, each of said tickets comprising a play area with a plurality of play spaces arranged in defined pattern for a single play of a game; play symbols depicted in said play spaces; a plurality of predetermined line segments depicted in said play area, with each said line segment connecting at least two said play spaces, said line segments comprising distinct visible lines having a random placement and orientation in said play area extending vertically, horizontally, or diagonally on the play area such that a varying pattern of said line segments is generated for different said lottery tickets; a prize award section on said lottery tickets that defines possible prize awards for the game as a function of a defined number or pattern of said play symbols in said play spaces that are satisfied by play symbols connected by said varying pattern of randomly placed and oriented predetermined distinct visible lines comprising the line segments such that the only said play symbols that are considered for the prize award are said play symbols in said play area that are connected by said varying pattern of randomly placed and oriented predetermined distinct visible lines comprising the line segments wherein the varying pattern is free from being affected by player influence; and a scratch-off layer provided over at least a portion of said play area that covers said pattern of predetermined distinct visible lines comprising the line segments such that an unknown variable to the player prior to removal of said scratch-off layer is said varying pattern of line segments.