Abstract: A method of playing a game of chance, and the game of chance, include providing a player with one, two or three game boards at the selection of the player. Each board has a linear arrangement of three spaces, and each space is marked with a game number chosen from a set of game numbers. The boards are aligned adjacent to each other if the player is provided with three boards to create a 3.times.3 array of marked spaces. A plurality of numbers is randomly selected one at a time from a collection of numbers. Each space is covered with a token if the game number marked on the space matches the number selected from the collection of numbers. The player wins the game if when one or two boards are played the player covers all the spaces on either board or when three boards are played the player covers any three linearly consecutive spaces of the 3.times.3 array. The game may be any n-number game of chance played with boards having linear arrangements of n marked spaces.