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Line keno and keno drawn ball position pays

  • US 9,704,347 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2016
  • Issued: 07/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:

  • (a) receiving, by an acceptor, a physical item associated with a monetary value;

    (b) establishing, by at least one processor, a credit balance based at least in part on the monetary value associated with the received physical item;

    (c) causing, by the at least one processor, displaying, by at least one display device to display a keno game board including a set of a plurality of different symbols;

    (d) receiving, by an input device, a selection of a quantity of the plurality of different symbols of the set to form a player symbol set;

    (e) receiving an actuation of a wager button;

    (f) placing, by the at least one processor, a wager responsive to the actuation of the wager button, the credit balance decreasable by the wager;

    (g) forming, by the at least one processor, a gaming system symbol set by randomly selecting two or more of the plurality of different symbols of the set;

    (h) repeating (g) at least once to form at least one additional gaming system symbol set;

    (i) causing, by the at least one processor, the at least one display device to display the randomly-determined symbols in the gaming system symbol sets;

    (j) determining, by the at least one processor, an award based at least in part on;

    (1) any symbols in the player symbol set that match a symbol in one of the gaming system symbol sets; and

    (2) a scatter pay evaluation of the displayed randomly-determined symbols in the gaming system symbol sets;

    (k) receiving an actuation of a cashout button; and

    (l) initiating, by the at least one processor, a payout associated with the credit balance responsive to the actuation of the cashout button.

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