Patent ID: 7213811

Claim:
A method of playing a lottery game with a plurality of lottery game players, said method comprising the steps of: playing a base game; receiving a base game entry, the base game having a plurality of lottery game players, the base game entry having a base game indicia and a second game indicia; electing to play a second lottery game in addition to the base game; selecting a second game indicia for said second game; selecting a winning base game indicia for the base game; determining a winning base entry game based on the winning game indicia; selecting a winning second game indicia for the second game to be the second game indicia on the winning base game entry; comparing said winning second game indicia to the second game indicia of additional lottery players that elected to play the second game so that winners of the second game are determined based on matches with the second game indicia for the second game on the winning base game entry; and awarding prizes to winners of the base game only, the second game only, and both the base game and the second game.