A method and system generate an image of a lottery ticket with a branding mark indicating that the lottery ticket was presented for redemption and is thereafter void, wherein the lottery ticket is presented by a patron at a terminal having a digital image capture device. At the terminal, a digital image of the lottery ticket is generated with the digital image capture device and presented on a display. The image is modified on the display to include a branding mark indicating that the lottery ticket has been presented for redemption and is thereafter void. At the terminal, a copy of the modified digital image of the lottery ticket is printed and presented to the patron.

A removable scratch-off document with a display portion, printing method and system ensuring the integrity and security of the document with variable win and lose variable information protected by a scratch-off coating by overprinting at least one of at least a part of the scratch-off coating and at least a part of the display portion using stochastic imaging. The resulting printed document is more attractive and consistent over varying surfaces, as well as more secure against illicit attempt to remove the scratch-off coating by lift and float techniques.

A method for playing a game of chance which is played for prizes includes cards bearing numbers or other designations. In such a game, a holder of the card covers numbers or other designations when objects, similarly numbered or designated, are drawn or electronically determined. The game is won by the first person covering a previously designated number of numbers or other designations on such cards wherein at least some of the numbers or other designations are selected by a player.

A variety of games and methods for enhancing game play are provided. In one aspect, a secondary or ancillary game is played in parallel with a first game, such as a lottery ball draw. Yet another embodiment of game play provides for the repurposing of an existing taped game show. The previously recorded game show would be segmented into subsets of issues, for example, presentation of questions or answers (as in the case of Jeopardy), those issues would be presented to one or more players, a response would be received from those players, and the answer would be compared to the correct answer. Scoring would then rank players relative to one another or to indicate the amount of the prize.

Systems and methods for playing a game of chance include determining a winner based on the number of player indicia matching selected house indicia and continuing game play until at least one winner is determined. Embodiments include a fixed draw with prizes awarded to all players based on the number of player indicia matching house indicia, as well as a draw that continues until at least one player matches a predetermined number of house indicia. Embodiments include a player indicia selection device with available indicia arranged in rows having associated letters similar to a bingo flashboard. Player cards or tickets include at least some player indicia selectable by players, which may include players requesting an easy pick ticket with one or more randomly generated player indicia recorded at time of purchase.

A multi-game ticket assembly includes a single continuous substrate having a middle section and opposite end sections folded inwardly against the middle section. A portion of the front surface of each end section is adhered to the front surface of the middle section. Each of the end sections has a game area defined by lines of weakness in the substrate, with each game area further including a first game printed on the rear surface thereof and a second separate game printed on the front surface thereof. The first games of the end sections are adjacent and accessible to a player from a front aspect of the ticket assembly, and the second game of each end section is accessible to the player by separating the game area from its respective end section and folding the game area outwardly away from the middle section.

A method of conducting a Hangman type of lottery game includes offering a number of games to play. A number of letter combinations are defined, wherein each of the combinations has at least two letters. A player plays a game by selecting a letter combination or by prompting the lottery game system, by using their mobile electronic device, to randomly select the letter combination having at least two letters. The amount of letters included in the letter combination determines which of the games is played by the player. The selected letter combination is compared with the winning group of letters. A winning mode is defined wherein a predetermined amount of letters in a winning group of letters coincides with the letters included in the selected letter combination. Finally, the player receives a message on the player's mobile device, for example, whether the selected letter combination satisfies the winning mode.

A method is disclosed for pseudorandomly generating a streamed video presentation of a draw game from a plurality of previously recorded video fragments where players viewing the streamed video presentation can wager on its outcome. At the conclusion of wagering, a random number generator determines the outcome of the drawing. The method enables the automated generation of a lifelike video draw game with wagering by pseudorandomly generating a scene of the streamed video presentation where player wagering is enabled. After the scene with wagering enabled is completed, another scene is pseudorandomly generated with wagering disabled. At the start of the streaming of the scene with wagering disabled, the connection statuses of all players are verified, with only players with active connections having their wager honored/processed.

A system and method for play of a lottery bonus game provides lottery tickets in a primary lottery game that entitle a player to receive a game tile for use in the bonus game, where the game tile is selected from a first set having a first type of graphic symbol thereon or from a second set having a second type of graphic symbol thereon. A randomly generated game board provided to a player has first game tile spaces and second game tile spaces. The player places each of the game tiles they receive in one of the first or second game tile spaces available on the game board to create a string that includes at least one of the second game tiles, the string equating to a result required by the bonus game for an award.