Lottery game

Abstract

A lottery game requiring the distribution to players of tickets bearing indicia in the form of a series of numbers. The numbers on the tickets are a subset of a larger series from which some are later selected at random. The random selections process is repeated a number of times corresponding to the number of available monetary jackpots. If the randomly selected numbers correspond with those printed on a ticket, the player to which the ticket was distributed is declared the winner of one of the monetary jackpots.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A lottery game, comprising the steps of: 
 accepting a monetary wager from a game player;    securing for said game player a player-chosen series of numbers taken from a larger, predetermined, game set of numbers;    selecting by random drawing a plurality of operator-chosen series of numbers from said game set of numbers;    determining whether said game player is a game winner by ascertaining whether said player-chosen series of numbers matches any one of said plurality of operator-chosen series of numbers;    awarding a valuable prize to said game winner, if any.