Method of playing multi-bet preprinted tickets with ticket marking of selected wager multiple and vending machine for doing same

A method of vending tickets preprinted with game content and associated with a deal of tickets that includes at least some predetermined winning tickets, each ticket having a base ticket denomination, and each winning ticket having a predetermined base award amount, for each vended ticket the method comprising:

• (a) receiving an indication from a patron for inputting into a vending machine of a total wager amount for payment of a ticket, the total wager amount being determined from the base ticket denomination and a multiple of the base ticket denomination that the patron selects for the ticket;
• (b) dispensing the ticket from the vending machine;
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• (c) the vending machine indicating on a winning dispensed ticket, using a ticket marker in the vending machine, an indicia of the total wager amount that visually communicates the multiple of the base ticket denomination that the patron selected, and wherein the indicia is not a numerical value, the indicia having use for visually recognizing or checking an award amount of the winning ticket.