Systems and methods for generating prizes for electronic gaming machines having colored numbers as game indicia

A gaming system comprising:

• a monetary input device configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value;
• a user interface configured to:
• enable a player to select a wager for a game of chance and enable the player to initiate a cash out operation;
• at least one processor running executable instructions related to a game of chance;
• said at least one processor programmed to:
• add said monetary value to a credit balance for said player;
• deduct said selected wager from said credit balance;
• and
• decrease said credit balance in response to said cash out operation;
• one or more game displays depicting a selected numbers grid having five locations and one or more primary game indicia sets comprising five reels each corresponding to one of said locations of said selected numbers grid;
• memory in communication with said at least one processor;
• and
• wherein said at least one processor runs said executable instructions to:
• (i) accept user inputs to populate said five locations of said selected numbers grid from a first group of numbers;
• (ii) generate and display at least one set of random game indicia from a second group of numbers in each reel of said one or more primary game indicia sets;
• (iii) compare each reel of each one or more random game indicia sets to each location of said populated selected numbers grid, and each of said random game indicia forming each random game indicia set to one another;
• and (iv) determine payouts, if any, based on said comparison of said each reel of each one or more random game indicia sets to each location of said populated selected numbers grid, and each of said random game indicia forming each random game indicia set to one another.

A gaming system comprising:

• a monetary input device configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value;
• a user interface configured to:
• enable a player to select a wager for a game of chance and enable the player to initiate a cash out operation;
• at least one processor running executable instructions related to a game of chance;
• said at least one processor programmed to:
• add said monetary value to a credit balance for said player;
• deduct said selected wager from said credit balance;
• and
• decrease said credit balance in response to said cash out operation;
• one or more game displays depicting a selected numbers grid having a plurality of locations from 1 to N and number of primary game indicia locations from 1 to N for each of one or more primary game indicia sets;
• memory in communication with said at least one processor;
• and
• wherein said at least one processor runs said executable instructions to:
• (i) accept user inputs to populate locations 1 to N of said selected numbers grid with numbers from a first group of numbers;
• (ii) generate and display at least one random primary game indicia set comprising numbers from a second group of numbers in locations 1 to N corresponding to locations 1 to N of said populated selected numbers grid;
• (iii) compare locations 1 to N of said at least one random primary game indicia set to each of said locations 1 to N of said populated selected numbers grid, and each random game indicia forming said at least one random primary game indicia set to one another;
• and (iv) determine payouts, if any, based on said comparison of said locations 1 to N of said at least one random primary game indicia set to each of said locations 1 to N of said populated selected numbers grid, and each random game indicia forming said at least one random primary game indicia set to one another.