Patent ID: 6899622

Claim:
A gaming method utilizing a number of stored game records, each game record being associated with a game play outcome, the method including the steps of: (a) creating a player account for a player, the player account having an account balance; (b) receiving a game ticket request from the player, the game ticket request identifying a play quantity, the play quantity comprising a value representing a quantity of game play outcomes to be obtained; (c) determining if the account balance for the player account is sufficient for the play quantity; (d) in the event that the account balance for the player account is sufficient for the play quantity, applying a number of ticket indicia to a ticket substrate to produce a game ticket, each ticket indicia being directly identifiable, corresponding to a particular one of the game records, and representing the respective game play outcome associated with the particular one of the game records; and (e) applying game play information to the ticket substrate, the game play information being in machine readable form and directly or indirectly specifying each game record associated with the ticket indicia applied to the game ticket.