Patent ID: 8857816

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an instant-game ticket, comprising the steps of: placing a first set of game indicia on a substrate, the first set of game indicia comprised of a first set of game symbols; placing a second set of indicia on the substrate, the second set of game indicia larger in number than the first set of game indicia and comprised of a second set of game symbols, wherein a subset of the second set of game symbols are identical to a subset of the first set of game symbols, and wherein a subset of the second set of game indicia contains a non-winning indicator; covering the first set of game indicia with a removable covering, the removable covering including position indicators that are positioned substantially over each of the first set of game indicia such that removal of the removable covering at the position indicator reveals a game symbol of the first set of game indicia; covering the second set of game indicia with a removable covering, the removable covering containing identical game symbols to the underlying second set of game symbols, the identical game symbols positioned substantially over a corresponding identical game symbol of the second set of game indicia such that removal of the identical game symbol on the removable covering will reveal the identical game symbol of the second set of game indicia and corresponding non-winning indicator, if present.