Seal card game and method of playing same

A set of tickets for use in playing a BINGO-type game, each ticket of the set of tickets comprising:

• a front surface;
• a rear surface;
• a three by three matrix of characters printed on one of the front and rear surfaces, each of the characters in the matrix being selected from a set of characters, and being different from each of the other characters in the matrix, the characters selected such that the matrix differs from matrices of each of the other tickets in the set of tickets, each of the tickets having a matrix of characters selected from the same set of characters such that a winning ticket can be determined by selecting characters from the set of characters after distribution of the tickets;
• and,
• a removable cover member connected to the one of the front and the rear surfaces and positioned over the matrix of characters for concealing the entire matrix of characters prior to playing the game of chance and revealing the entire matrix once removed.

A method of using a ticket in playing a game of BINGO, the ticket forming one of a set of tickets, the method comprising:

• providing a set of tickets wherein each ticket includes a surface having a matrix of characters selected from a set of characters, the entire matrix concealed by a single cover member, each of the characters in the matrix being different from the other characters in the matrix, the characters selected such that the matrix differs from matrices of each of the other tickets in the set of tickets;
• removing the cover member from the ticket to reveal the entire matrix of characters;
• after the step of providing the tickets, randomly and independently of the ticket, generating characters from the set of characters;
• and
• comparing the ticket characters with randomly-generated characters from the set of characters to determine whether a group of the randomly-generated characters corresponds with at least one preselected spatially oriented group of the ticket characters.

A method of playing a game of chance, comprising:

• a) distributing tickets from a set of tickets wherein each ticket in the set of tickets includes a surface displaying a three by three matrix of characters, each character being selected from a set of characters and concealed by a cover member, each of the characters being different from each other character in the matrix;
• b) removing the cover members from the tickets to reveal the entire matrix of characters;
• c) after distributing the tickets, separately generating a character from the set of characters;
• d) comparing the ticket characters with the generated character from the set of characters;
• and,
• repeating steps c) and d) until one of a preselected spatially orientated group of characters in the matrix corresponds with a group of the generated characters, thereby determining a winning ticket, the tickets being free of any indication which would allow a determination of which of the tickets are winning tickets prior to completion of step (d).

A set of tickets for use in playing a game of chance, each ticket of the set of tickets comprising:

• a front surface;
• a rear surface;
• a three by three matrix of characters printed in a defined area on one of said front and rear surfaces, wherein each character of said matrix is different from each other character of said matrix;
• a single cover member overlying said defined area to cover all of the characters in said matrix and selectively removable therefrom to expose all of the characters in said matrix.