Patent ID: 8333380

Claim:
A method of playing an instant lottery ticket game comprising: (a) obtaining by payment of a single fee one or more instant lottery game tickets each including a first playing area having a series of scratch-off locations under which a plurality of related indicia are visible upon removing an opaque covering, and a second playing area having at least one scratch-off location also with an opaque covering applied, in which either said first playing area or said second playing area contains an indication of a prize or payment due to an authorized holder of the ticket such that a prize or payment is awarded in every ticket; (b) removing the opaque covering from the first playing area of the ticket; (c) examining the related indicia revealed in the first playing area and determining whether any winning combinations of said related indicia are present; (d) in the event a winning combination of related indicia is present in the first playing area, turning in the ticket to collect the prize or payment associated with the winning combination, and ending the game without removing the opaque covering from the scratch-off location in the second playing area; (e) only in the event no winning combination of related indicia is present in the first playing area, removing the opaque covering from the scratch-off location in the second playing area to reveal a prize or payment awarded to the authorized ticket holder; and (f) collecting the prize or payment indicated in the second playing section.