An electronic gaming machine, in particular a lottery apparatus, having a game server for controlling the game which has at least one game ticket block (a, b, c ... n), preferably an electronic game ticket block, including a plurality of game tickets (aa, bb, cc ... nn), preferably electronic game tickets, with which in each case a winning symbol combination is associated, further having at least one gaming apparatus to which the game server is directly or indirectly connectable, and having a credit store and a winning store associated with the gaming apparatus, wherein the gaming apparatus has an input apparatus via which the credit store can be loaded, a ticket purchasing apparatus for purchasing a game ticket with a winning symbol combination while reducing the credit stored in the credit store , and a gaming device which is connected to a winning symbol generator provided at the gaming apparatus for generating a winning symbol combination, to a win control apparatus also provided at the gaming apparatus for comparing the winning symbol combination generated by the winning symbol generator with the winning symbol combination of the game ticket and to the winning store for storing winnings determined in dependence on the comparison, wherein the gaming apparatus is configured: - to lower the credit store when purchasing a game ticket; - to allow the repeated actuation of the gaming device in a second game round with the same game ticket when winnings were made with the same game ticket in a first game round; - to generate a first winning symbol combination by the winning symbol generator in the first game round and to supply it to the gaming device and to compare it with the winning symbol combination of the game ticket using the win control apparatus and to increase the winning store when making a win; and - to generate a second winning symbol combination by the winning symbol generator in a second game round while decreasing the winning store and to supply said second winning symbol combination to the gaming device und to compare it with the winning symbol combination of said game ticket using the win control apparatus and to increase the winning store when making a win; so that the gaming device can be actuated only once while using as a basis the data of the same game ticket with credit from the credit store and the data of the same game ticket can be used a plurality of times as a basis only while decreasing the winning store . - to lower the credit store when purchasing a game ticket; - to allow the repeated actuation of the gaming device in a second game round with the same game ticket when winnings were made with the same game ticket in a first game round; - to generate a first winning symbol combination by the winning symbol generator in the first game round and to supply it to the gaming device and to compare it with the winning symbol combination of the game ticket using the win control apparatus and to increase the winning store when making a win; and - to generate a second winning symbol combination by the winning symbol generator in a second game round while decreasing the winning store and to supply said second winning symbol combination to the gaming device und to compare it with the winning symbol combination of said game ticket using the win control apparatus and to increase the winning store when making a win; <EOS>