A method executed by a system for playing a lottery includes printing two or more sets of numbers on a ticket. Each set of numbers is randomly-selected by a random number generator program executed by a computer terminal. Each set of numbers forms a row on the ticket and ascends in numerical quantity across the row. Each number in each set of numbers is arranged in a column with a number in another set of numbers. The method further includes determining that the ticket is a winning ticket if a column includes a predetermined number of identical numbers.