Patent ID: 11935366
Assignee: ENTAIN OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A method for conducting in-game bingo system for playing an in-game bingo game based on event occurrence data of a game, the method comprising:
providing a central gaming server that receives data regarding actual occurrences of in-game events during a sporting event, the central gaming server including at least one gaming device memory device storing a gaming program and a game processor that executes the gaming program;
receiving at least one input from one or more user computing devices;
assigning a virtual bingo card to each of the one or more user computing devices, each virtual bingo card containing a plurality of cells, each cell being associated with at least one possible occurrence of an in-game event of a plurality of in-game events in the sporting event;
receiving event occurrence data from an in-game event server that receives data regarding actual occurrences of the plurality of in-game events during the sporting event;
causing display, at the one or more user computing devices, of an image separate from the plurality of cells, wherein the image indicates an actual occurrence of an in-game event of the plurality of in-game events during the sporting event;
receiving a selection of the displayed image;
processing the event occurrence data regarding the actual occurrence of the in-game event of the plurality of in-game events during the sporting event to determine whether the actual occurrences matches one or more of the possible occurrences;
recording a location on the virtual bingo card of each of the one or more user computing devices based on an occurrence that matches an actual occurrence identified by the event occurrence data, wherein at least one location is recorded automatically in response to the received selection of the displayed image;
modifying a display of the matched cells on the computing device on the virtual bingo card to indicate the determined match between the in-game events and the possible occurrences of a respective cell;
comparing the recorded locations to a preset winning pattern of cells to determine if the preset winning pattern is achieved;
facilitating a provision of an award to any of the one or more user computing devices having a card that matches the preset winning pattern using the actual occurrences from multiple in-game events of the plurality of in-game events; and
awarding winners of the in-game bingo game during the sporting event when the preset winning pattern is achieved using the actual occurrences in the event occurrence data from the multiple in-game events in the plurality of in-game events.