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

Claim 20:
21. A bingo wagering game method associated with a sporting event, the method comprising:
accessing 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 wager input from one or more players of the wagering game via one or more user computing devices of the one or more players, wherein the wager input includes an indication of a number of one or more unit wagers and an assignment of a bingo card, wherein the bingo card includes a grid containing a plurality of cells with 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 in the sporting event;
receiving a selection of the displayed image;
processing the event occurrence data during the sporting event to determine whether the actual occurrences matches one or more of the possible occurrences;
recording cell locations on the bingo cards of each player for determined cells associated with the possible occurrences that match actual occurrences identified by the event occurrence data, wherein at least one cell location of the recorded cell locations 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 cell locations to a preset winning pattern of cells to determine if the preset winning pattern is achieved;
facilitating delivery of an award to a player having a bingo card which achieved the preset winning pattern; and
awarding winners during the sporting event when the preset winning pattern is achieved using the event occurrence data.