Patent ID: 6921334

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising a display means and a game control means arranged to control images displayed on the display means, the game control means further being arranged to play a game in which a player makes a selection of a series of indicia chosen from a larger group of indicia, that selection defining the player's selected indicia, the game control means being arranged to generate a series of indicia drawn at random from the larger group of indicia, the display means being adapted to display, in a predetermined location, the series of indicia which have been generated by the game control means for comparison with the player's selected indicia, with a prize being awarded if more than a predetermined number of matches occur between the player's selected indicia and the generated indicia, wherein a plurality of games are played simultaneously, with the indicia drawn at random for each game from separate groups initially corresponding to the indicia contained in the larger group of indicia, but wherein each game utilizes the same player's selected indicia, and wherein each game has a predetermined display area on the screen area distinct from the other games.