Patent ID: 9728046
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a desired number of playing cards, the method comprising: retrieving, from a database, a set of numbers for bingo, a number of bingo cards from a library of bingo cards, and a predetermined association between playing cards and one or more bingo patterns on each bingo card among the library of bingo cards; determining, using at least one processor, bingo patterns on the number of bingo cards based on the set of numbers, the number of bingo cards equaling the desired number of playing cards; selecting, using the at least one processor, corresponding playing cards based on the predetermined association and the bingo patterns on the number of bingo cards; upon initiation of the game by one of a token acceptor, a bill acceptor, an electronic card reader, a button, or an input on a video display screen of a gaming terminal, providing, using the at least one processor, the corresponding playing cards for display on the video display screen of the gaming terminal; replacing, using at least one processor, one or more of the number of bingo cards with additional bingo cards from the library of bingo cards; determining, using at least one processor, additional bingo patterns on the additional bingo cards from the library of bingo cards; selecting, using at least one processor, corresponding replacement playing cards based on the additional bingo patterns on the additional bingo cards; and providing, using at least one processor, the corresponding replacement cards for display.