Drawing with participant interaction

A gaming system for conducting a drawing comprising:

• a plurality of linked electronic gaming machines, each of which includes:
• a housing;
• at least one display device supported by the housing;
• and
• a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, each input device including:
• an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value,
• a validator configured to identify the physical item, and
• a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of payout associated with a credit balance;
• a video display;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory memory device that stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• track an amount wagered on at least some of the electronic gaming machines by each player enrolled in the drawing via a player tracking system;
• allocate the electronic tickets to each enrolled player responsive to the tracked amounts wagered via a processor controlled by programming code stored in a memory;
• store the electronic tickets for each player in a memory;
• determine whether one of the electronic tickets allocated to a player is a drawing bonus award, and if so:
• display each symbol in a plurality of sequential images in which a first image shows one of a predetermined combination of symbols and each sequential image adds another one of the predetermined combination of symbols on a video display until the entire combination is displayed;
• award the drawing bonus award to the player associated with the one electronic ticket;
• select one of the players who does not have an allocated electronic ticket that is a drawing bonus award;
• and
• display fewer than all of the predetermined combination of symbols in a plurality of sequential images in which a first image shows one of the predetermined combination of symbols and each sequential image adds another one, if any, in the predetermined combination of symbols with the number of symbols displayed being related to the number of electronic tickets allocated to the selected player.