VIDEO VENDING

A method for preventing fraud associated with instant game tickets by permanently alter the ticket to indicate which of the available selections the player wishes to play prior to giving the player the ability to reveal any selections. The ticket has an alteration site, which is a token or tag associated with each selection or a single printed or magnetic region. The alteration site is altered by punching a hole, cutting a notch, marking with ink, or changing the magnetic coding. The ticket may be altered after the player has chosen the selections or the player may be offered a ticket from a set of previously-altered tickets. The ticket may be altered or sold by a person or by a vending machine. The vending machine may allow the player to choose the selections, it may offer the player a choice of previously-altered tickets, or it may give the player a ticket with a random selection chosen.