Patent ID: 9299221
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming machine that implements a bingo-type game, comprising: a validation device configured to receive from a user, and to validate, one or more physical objects representing a monetary value, and to determine the monetary value associated with the one or more received physical objects; a display device; a controller that comprises a processor and a memory, the controller coupled to the validation device and the display device, the controller configured to maintain, for a user, a count of gaming credits available to a user, the count of gaming credits based on the monetary value of the one or more physical objects received from the user and based further on outcomes of the bingo-type game; and executable program instructions stored in the memory, wherein the executable program instructions instruct the processor to implement the bingo-type game by a process that comprises: