Patent ID: 7347776

Claim:
A method of providing a lottery ticket at a known single price selected from a plurality of distinct price categories, the lottery ticket being for a plurality of distinct lottery games, the method comprising: providing the lottery ticket that is purchased for the known single price, the lottery ticket including a plurality of lottery numbers, each of the lottery numbers corresponding to a distinct lottery game with a distinct lottery prize that can be won with a winning lottery number; indicating, on the lottery ticket, a first lottery number corresponding to a first distinct lottery game, the first distinct lottery game being won by a ticket holder of lottery ticket if the first lottery number is a winning lottery number; providing a variable prize corresponding to the first distinct lottery game, the variable prize being distributed according to one of a plurality of distinct known percentages, a determination of the distinct known percentage of the variable prize being based on a player's selection of the known single price from the plurality of distinct price categories from which the lottery ticket can be purchased; indicating, on the lottery ticket, a second lottery number, distinct from the first lottery number, corresponding to a second lottery game, distinct from the first lottery game, the second lottery game being won by the ticket holder of the lottery ticket if the second lottery number is a winning lottery number; and providing a fixed prize corresponding to the second lottery game, the fixed prize being distributed according to a distribution associated with the known single price.