Patent ID: 8597101
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming system to provide a video based keno game, said method comprising: (a) associating a first plurality of pay events from a set of different pay events with a player; (b) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to randomly determine a plurality of outcome determinative pay events from said set of different pay events; (c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with a display device to display video content originally produced for a purpose other than for the video based keno game, wherein the video content includes a second plurality of pay events from said set of different pay events, the second plurality of the pay events including the outcome determinative pay events; (d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to, for each of the outcome determinative pay events, indicate a cue to the player of the video based keno game to alert the player that said outcome determinative pay event has occurred in association with the displayed video content; and (e) determining any award for the player based on a comparison of the first plurality of the pay events with the outcome determinative pay events.