A lottery kiosk includes a stand alone cabinet supporting a display, a plurality of user input buttons, a magnetic card reader, a ticket reader, and a ticket printer. In addition, the stand alone cabinet supports a controller having a microprocessor based control circuit therein. The software within the microprocessor controller contains the appropriate instruction set for facilitating the selection and purchase of lottery tickets. In addition, the controller further includes a game enhancement which is integrated with the lottery ticket purchase system to provide additional entertainment and amusement together with the potential of winning additional credits and lottery tickets.