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

Claim 26:
27. A bingo wagering game system associated with a sporting event, the bingo wagering game system presenting gaming functions via a video touch screen display of a gaming device, the system comprising:
a plurality of input devices including:
(a) an acceptance interface that facilitates acceptance of monetary funds; and
(b) a payout interface actuatable to cause an initiation of a payout associated with a winning account balance;
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, and causes the game processor to:
receive wager input from one or more players of the wagering game via one or more user computing devices of the plurality of input devices, 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;
receive 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;
cause 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;
receive a selection of the displayed image;
process the event occurrence data during the sporting event to determine whether the actual occurrence of the in-game event of the plurality of in-game events matches one or more of the possible occurrences;
record cell locations on the bingo cards of each player for determined cells associated with 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;
modify 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;
compare the recorded cell locations to a preset winning pattern of cells to determine if the preset winning pattern is achieved;
facilitate delivery of an award to a player having a bingo card which achieved the preset winning pattern; and
award winners during the sporting event when the preset winning pattern is achieved using the event occurrence data.