Patent ID: 7662038

Claim:
A computer based lottery game method wherein a computer executes machine-readable instructions to implement the lottery game, the lottery game method comprising the steps of: receiving a single wager amount wager from a player for a single game play in the lottery game, wherein each single game play includes the following: a player receiving a first plurality of indicia selected from a first set of indicia for a single wager amount; the player receiving a second at least one indicia selected from a second set of indicia in the same single game play without an additional wager from the player; wherein the single game play requires the player to receive the player's first plurality of indicia and the player's at least one indicia from the second set of indicia; a lottery authority selecting a first plurality of indicia selected from the first set of indicia; the same lottery authority selecting a second at least one indicia selected from the second set of indicia in the same single game play; comparing the first plurality of indicia received by the player with the first plurality of indicia selected by the lottery authority and determining a first number of matches from the comparison of the first plurality of indicia received by the player with the first plurality of indicia selected by the lottery authority; in the same single game play, cross-matching and comparing the second at least one indicia received by the player with the first plurality of indicia selected by the lottery authority and determining a second number of matches from the cross-match comparison of the second at least one indicia received by the player with the first plurality of indicia selected by the lottery authority; in the same single game play, cross-matching and comparing the first plurality of indicia received by the player with the second at least one indicia selected by the lottery authority and determining a third number of matches from the comparison of the first plurality of indicia received by the player with the second at least one indicia selected by the lottery authority; in the same single game play, comparing the second at least one indicia received by the player with the second at least one indicia selected by the lottery authority and determining a fourth number of matches from comparison of the first plurality of indicia received by the player with the second at least one indicia selected by the lottery authority; and awarding a prize in the same single game play based on the said first, second, third and fourth numbers of matches, wherein the prize is based on an award for the total number of matches from the first and fourth numbers of matches multiplied by a factor that depends on the total number of cross-matches from the second and third numbers of matches.