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

Claim 0:
1. An in-game bingo system, comprising:
a network;
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;
a game controller; and
one or more user computing devices each corresponding to a player,
wherein the central gaming server, the game controller, and the one or more user computing devices are communicatively coupled by the network, and
wherein the central gaming server includes a memory having instructions stored thereon that when executed by the game processor, cause the game processor to:
assign 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;
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 during the sporting event;
receive a selection of the displayed image;
process 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;
record cell locations on the virtual 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 using the actual occurrences from multiple in-game events of the plurality of in-game events; and
award winners of the 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.