Patent ID: 6874783

Claim:
A method of conducting a lottery-style game of chance comprising the steps of: having players each select a first set of numbers of a fixed length constituting an entry in said game, said first set of numbers also constituting an entry in a drawing for a Lotto game; randomly generating a plurality of second sets of numbers of said fixed length, wherein each said second set of numbers is provided by a set of winning numbers for a drawing in said Lotto game; defining an accumulation period for each said first set of numbers comprising a defined consecutive number of said plurality of second sets of numbers; comparing said first set of numbers to each of said second sets in said accumulation period to identify matches between said sets of numbers; calculating an accumulation number for each said entry by adding up the matches between said first set of numbers and said second sets of numbers in said accumulation period; awarding a grand prize for said first set of numbers with the highest accumulation number during said game.