Patent ID: 7837547

Claim:
A keno gaming device comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for each of a plurality of plays of a game, to: display a plurality of selections; enable a player to select a first set of the plurality of selections, the first set of the plurality of selections having a first set size based on a player-determined quantity of the selections selected by the player for the first set, said player-determined quantity of selections being any one of a plurality of different quantities of selections which are each greater than one and less than a predetermined quantity of the selections; determine a variable wager amount based on said first set size of said first set of selections chosen by the player for said play of the game and independent of which selections are included in the first set of selections, the variable wager amount including at least a first portion based on a first wager amount per selection for a first subset of the first set of the plurality of selections and a second portion based on a different second wager amount per selection for a second subset of the first set of the plurality of selections, the first portion of the variable wager amount determined without regard for which selections are in the first subset, and the second portion of the variable wager amount determined without regard for which selections are in the second subset; randomly determine a second set of the plurality of selections, said second set of the plurality of selections having a second set size; and cause an award to be provided to the player if a minimum number of matches occurs between the first set of the plurality of selections and the second set of the plurality of selections for said play of the game, said award being determined: (a) based on a quantity of matches which occurs between the first set and the second set, (b) independent of which matches, if any, include any selections from the first subset of the plurality of selections, and (c) independent of which matches, if any, include any selections from the second subset of the plurality of selections.