Patent ID: 8221210

Claim:
A method of playing a primary lottery game having a secondary individual game for either a multiplier value of the winnings of the primary lottery game or a secondary winnings, comprising the steps of: providing a terminal for receipt of entries from a plurality of entrants for a primary lottery game wherein each of the entrants has made a wager on an outcome of the primary lottery game, and the primary lottery game providing a first monetary winnings; receiving an additional entry via the terminal from at least one entrant to participate in the secondary individual game to the primary lottery game, wherein the at least one entrant has made a wager on the outcome of the secondary individual game, the entries in the primary lottery game and the secondary lottery game conveyed to a server that is in communication with the terminal, and wherein the outcome of the secondary individual game is randomly selected by the server from the possibilities of either a multiplier value of the first monetary winnings of the primary lottery game or a secondary monetary winning that is independent of the outcome of the primary lottery game and the outcome being either the multiplier value or the secondary monetary winning is unknown to the player at the time of wagering on the secondary individual game; determining via the server whether a winning outcome is achieved in the primary lottery game and if a first monetary prize is awarded; for each of the at least one entrant participating in the secondary individual game, determining via the server whether the outcome of the secondary individual game is a multiplier value of the first monetary winnings or a monetary winning; determining via the server for each entrant a total prize amount composed of either: a) any first monetary winnings awarded from the primary lottery game multiplied by a multiplier awarded in the secondary individual game, b) any first monetary winnings awarded from the primary lottery game and any secondary monetary winnings from the secondary individual game, or c) any secondary monetary winnings from the secondary individual game; and paying each entrant the respective total prize amount for that entrant.