Hangman type of lottery game

A method of conducting a lottery game, comprising the steps of:

• defining a plurality of words including at least two letters able to be input by a player into a lottery system;
• receiving a selected word as input from the player, wherein the player inputs the selected word by entering the selected word into a communication device adapted to communicate with a lottery system;
• receiving play information, including an amount of wager desired by the player and an amount of draws to be played using the selected word;
• defining at least one pool of letters from which a winning group of letters is drawn;
• drawing the winning group of letters from the at least one pool of letters, wherein the winning group includes at least as many letters as the selected word;
• defining a winning mode with a predetermined amount of letters in the winning group coinciding with the letters comprising the selected letter combination;
• and
• indicating to the player via the communication device whether the selected letter combination satisfies the winning mode.

A method of conducting a lottery game comprising the steps of:

• receiving a selected symbol combination from a player;
• receiving play information from a player;
• defining a pool of symbols from which a winning group of symbols is selected;
• selecting the winning group of symbols has no more members than the pool of symbols;
• defining a winning criteria;
• comparing the selected symbol combination with the winning group of members according to the winning criteria;
• and
• indicating to the player an outcome of the comparing step.