Abstract: Disclosed is a lottery-type game which involves providing a plurality of playing cards, each of which having one or more game symbols displayed thereon, and a master game card. The game further involves distributing at least a portion of the playing cards to a plurality of individual players and selecting one or more of the individual players having playing cards displaying predetermined selected ones of the game symbols. The game further includes determining whether one or more of the selected individual players are winners of primary prizes associated with an initial and a subsequent level of play. If none of the selected individual players are determined to be winners of the primary prize value associated with the initial level of play, at least a portion of the primary prize value associated with the initial level of play is rolled over into a primary prize value associated with the subsequent level of play.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lottery-type game which involves providing a plurality of playing cards, each of which having one or more game symbols displayed thereon, and a master game card. The game further involves distributing at least a portion of the playing cards to a plurality of individual players and selecting one or more of the individual players having playing cards displaying predetermined selected ones of the game symbols. The game further includes determining whether one or more of the selected individual players are winners of primary prizes associated with an initial and a subsequent level of play. If none of the selected individual players are determined to be winners of the primary prize value associated with the initial level of play, at least a portion of the primary prize value associated with the initial level of play is rolled over into a primary prize value associated with the subsequent level of play.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling the play of progressively operated lottery-type game systems wherein at least one selected player becomes eligible to play for a bonus award which if not awarded to or won by a player rolls over and is added to the bonus award for a subsequently played game, and specifically an apparatus for awarding an initial or an accumulated bonus award when the bonus award equals or exceeds a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A lottery-type gaming system having multiple levels of play. The gaming system includes a plurality of playing cards and a master game card. Each of the playing cards includes at least one game symbol displayed thereon. Game symbols which are winning game symbols are displayed upon at least one of the playing cards. The master game card includes a plurality of playing levels. Each playing level includes at least one winning game symbol. At least one winning game symbol present in a first playing level is absent from successive playing levels. Each successive playing level includes a winning game symbol present in each previous playing level.

Abstract: A lottery-type game system providing multiple levels of play includes a plurality of playing cards and a master game card used in conjunction therewith. Each of the playing cards includes a plurality of game symbols, with predetermined selected ones of the game symobls being used to identify players eligible for a bonus award. The master game card includes an arrangement for listing the selected players, and thereafter identifying one of the players, which player thereby becomes eligible for a bonus award by selecting one of a plurality of award values concealed on the master game card.

Abstract: A lottery-type gaming system is disclosed which includes a plurality of playing cards, one or more of which are purchased by players for playing the game. Each of the playing cards displays initially-concealed groups of game symbols, wherein predetermined ones of the groups correspond to predetermined award values. Certain ones of the playing cards having winning groups of game symbols include multiple winning groups of the symbols. These multiple winner playing cards further display a code designation corresponding to the total award value of all of the winning groups of game symbols. The present gaming system includes an associated code key, such as for use by the game operator, for quickly and accurately determining the total award value for the multiple winner playing cards.