Predetermined and identified bonus enhancement for game card game

A gaming system, comprising one or more underlying game card games and a predetermined bonus prize feature, said gaming system further comprising:

• a. a pull-tab game card game identified as a designated underlying game;
• b. one or more individual game cards;
• c. one or more of said individual game cards comprising a designated play result;
• d. a master game card or master bonus game card comprising a predetermined winning bonus symbol;
• and
• e. bonus prize instructions, wherein the winning bonus symbol is identified and made known to players prior to completion of play of the designated underlying game, and the bonus prize instructions direct that award of the predetermined bonus prize is contingent upon a winning player of the designated underlying game being able to match a designated play result on the winning player's game card with the winning bonus symbol.

A gaming system, comprising one or more underlying game card games and a predetermined bonus prize feature, said gaming system further comprising:

• a. an underlying game card game identified as a designated underlying game;
• b. one or more individual game cards;
• c. one or more of said individual game cards comprising a designated play result, other than an instant winner symbol;
• d. a master game card or master bonus game card comprising a predetermined winning bonus symbol;
• and
• e. bonus prize instructions, wherein the winning bonus symbol is identified and made known to players after or at completion of play of the designated underlying game, and the bonus prize instructions direct that award of the predetermined bonus prize is contingent upon a winning player of the designated underlying game being able to match a designated play result on the winning player's game card with the winning bonus symbol.