Patent ID: 6913534

Claim:
A gaming apparatus comprising: an electronic gaming machine having operational control circuitry and a player interface to allow a player to play the electronic gaming machine; a lottery game module in electronic data communication with the operational control circuitry of the electronic gaming machine and comprising microprocessor means to graphically generate a lottery drawing upon the occurrence of a predetermined event on the electronic gaming machine and means for storing data defining at least one predetermined event that must occur on the electronic gaming machine in order for the microprocessor means to graphically generate the lottery drawing; a display device to display the graphically generated lottery drawing; means for activating the lottery game module to graphically generate the lottery drawing upon the occurrence of the predetermined event on the electronic gaming machine; an interface in communication with the lottery game module to allow a player to input desired lottery numbers and play the graphically generated lottery drawing when the lottery game module is activated; and means for indicating the player has won the lottery drawing.