Patent ID: 9293011
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A game system for providing an electronic community bingo game, said game system comprising: a first game device including: a second game device including: a bonus game controller coupled to the player game devices and configured to provide the electronic community bingo game to the first and second players, wherein the electronic community bingo game is initiated on a predetermined periodic time period independent of the first rate and the second rate, wherein a qualifying factor, based on at least one of each play of the base game and a contribution to a community bingo game pool of funds from a respective player's wager, is established for each player after each wager made by the respective player and the community bingo game qualifying factor is added to a respective aggregate factor for each player, wherein each player is qualified for the next instance of the electronic community bingo game if the respective aggregate factor is greater or equal to a minimum qualifying factor, wherein the bonus game controller is configured to establish an outcome of each instance of the electronic community bingo game, wherein the electronic community bingo game has an associated cost factor, wherein the cost factor is subtracted from the aggregate factor of each player if the player has qualified for the next electronic community bingo game.