Patent ID: 7134959

Claim:
A lottery gaming system comprising: a plurality of lottery terminals, each lottery terminal comprising: a ticket printer capable of generating ticket vouchers, a value input device, a terminal controller operatively coupled to said ticket printer and said value input device, said terminal controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to said processor; and a lottery controller operatively coupled to each of the plurality of lottery terminals, the lottery controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to said processor, wherein said terminal controller is programmed to allow a person to make a wager on a game, wherein said terminal controller is programmed to allow said person to select a first plurality of indicia of a first type, wherein said terminal controller is programmed to communicate wager data to said lottery controller, said wager data comprising said first plurality of indicia of a first type, said lottery controller being programmed to receive said wager data from each of said lottery terminals, said lottery controller being programmed to receive data representing a second plurality of indicia of said first type, said second plurality of indicia of said first type being randomly selected, said lottery controller being programmed to replace one or more of said indicia of a first type from said first plurality of indicia with an indicia of a second type, wherein the terminal controller is programmed to cause said ticket printer to issue a ticket voucher comprising said first plurality of indicia of a first type with one or more of said indicia of the first type replaced with an indicia of the second type, said lottery controller being programmed to determine whether any of said first plurality of indicia of a first type match any of said second plurality of indicia of a first type, said lottery controller being programmed to match said indicia of a second type with at least one of said second plurality of indicia of a first type, and said lottery controller being programmed to determine a value payout associated with an outcome of said game.