Patent ID: 9478106
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming system comprising a processor, player input position with player input controls and a video display system, wherein: the processor is configured to execute code to recognize a wager at a player input position on a first wagering game; the processor is configured to recognize selection at the player input position through the player input controls enabling direct player input for both: the processor is configured to recognize and display on the video display system the third number of processor randomly selected alphanumerics completing the predetermined maximum number of alphanumerics that may be randomly selected by the processor, wherein the third number of randomly selected alphanumerics is a total number greater than or equal to the second number of processor randomly selected alphanumerics and the second number of alphanumerics is used in at least one outcome determination in an underlying wagering game selected from the group consisting of bingo, keno and variants of bingo and keno; the processor is configured to display the first number of player selected alphanumerics on the screen as an overlay on a complete set of available alphanumerics for play in the underlying wagering game; the processor is configured to then display the second number of processor randomly selected alphanumerics and then to continue to display additional processor randomly alphanumerics until completion of display of the third number of processor randomly selected alphanumerics; the processor is configured to display outcome results by comparison of the first number of matched player selected alphanumerics with the second number of processor randomly selected alphanumerics; and the processor configured to resolve the wager against a paytable based upon a degree of correspondence in the comparison of the first number of matched player selected alphanumerics with the second number of processor randomly selected alphanumerics, which is fewer than twenty alphanumerics.