Patent ID: 7824257

Claim:
A method for playing a lottery game with a plurality of game machines in communication with a game server via a communications network, comprising the steps of: receiving a wager and a first plurality of primary player indicia from a player via one of the game machines for play in a single lottery game; receiving an indication from the player via the game machine of selection of an option to play one or more supplemental game indicia in the single lottery game for an increased wager by the player; wherein the wager increases as a function of the number of supplemental game indicia selected to be played by the player; randomly generating a plurality of primary game indicia via the server for play of the single lottery game; randomly generating a plurality of supplemental game indicia via the server also for play of the single lottery game; determining a first number of matches between the plurality of primary game indicia and the plurality of primary player indicia; determining a second number of matches between the supplemental game indicia and the plurality of primary player indicia; determining a total number of matches for the player in play of the single lottery game according to the first number of matches and any of the second number of matches the player is entitled to as a result of the player's option to play one or more of the supplemental game indicia; and awarding a prize to the player for play of the single lottery game based on the total number of matches.