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.