Patent ID: 8628406

Claim:
A method for implementing a Keno-type wagering game, comprising: providing game tickets, wherein each game ticket comprises a plurality of numbers; providing participating players with opportunities to select numbers on the game tickets based on the players' slot machine play, wherein providing a particular player with opportunities comprises determining whether the player has wagered enough money during the players' slot machine play to qualify to select a number on a game ticket; displaying, on a display screen associated with a slot machine, information about how much, if any, the player must further wager on the slot machine play in order to select the next number on the game ticket; receiving completed game tickets from the participating players, wherein each completed game ticket comprises a player selection of a certain quantity of the plurality of numbers; holding a drawing on a computer in which multiple numbers are chosen; and providing payouts to winning players based on how closely the players' number selections on the game tickets match the numbers chosen in the drawing, wherein at least one number chosen in the drawing is a bonus number that has greater payout value than other numbers chosen in the drawing, wherein a greater payout is provided for correctly selecting the bonus number than for correctly selecting two or more of the other numbers, wherein the amount of the payouts are displayed on the computer, wherein the opportunities to select numbers on the game tickets is based only on the amounts wagered during the players' slot machine play.