Patent ID: 6840858

Claim:
A gaming method comprising: receiving a wager from a player; causing a first video image representing a primary game to be generated, said video image representing one of the following games; video slots, video poker or video keno, said first video image comprising an image of a plurality of simulated slot machine reels if said game comprises video slots, and said first video image comprising an image of a plurality of playing cards if said game comprises video poker; determining an outcome of said primary game represented by said first video image; causing a second video image representing a secondary game to be generated according to the outcome of said primary game, said second video image comprising a bingo-type card having at least one matrix of rows and columns defining a plurality of spaces, each of the plurality of spaces in the at least one matrix being filled with different, randomly selected indicia, and bingo-type markers; determining an outcome of said secondary game represented by said second video image independent of the outcome of said primary game; and determining a value payout associated with the outcome of at least one of said primary and secondary games.