Patent ID: 8235786

Claim:
A lottery gaming system, comprising: means for a player to place a wager to participate in play of a plurality of base games, the wager entitling the player to a block of credits; a central lottery computer system, said means for a player to place a wager configured in communication with said central lottery computer system, said central lottery computer system configured to: randomly divide the block of credits between each of the plurality of base games and conduct the plurality of base games to determine results for each of the plurality of base games; means for the player to interact with said central lottery computer system subsequent to the central lottery computer system conducting the plurality of base games for simulated play of each of the plurality of base games, wherein a prize awarded for a winning play of any one of the base games is a function of the number of credits that were randomly assigned to the respective base game by said central lottery computer system; and means for displaying to the player results and prize awards from the simulated play of the plurality of base games.