Patent ID: 9564019
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. A machine-implemented method of implementing a bingo-type game, comprising: determining a value of a physical object received via a slot, and crediting the value of the physical object to an account of a user; receiving from the user an indication of a wager amount for playing the bingo-type game; accessing a computer data repository that defines a plurality of symbol groups; randomly selecting, for the bingo-type game, a respective bingo symbol from each of the plurality of symbol groups; determining a plurality of sets of player symbols, each set of player symbols corresponding to a different respective one of the symbol groups; generating a user interface that displays a grid having multiple columns and rows, each column populated with a different respective one of the sets of player symbols such that each column corresponds to a different respective symbol group; while the user interface displays the grid populated with the sets of player symbols, sequentially exposing, and then sequentially removing from display, the selected bingo symbols, such that the user is given a limited time in which to identify and indicate matches between the bingo symbols and the player symbols; determining an outcome of the bingo-type game as a function of the user-indicated matches between the player symbols and bingo symbols; and updating the account of the user based at least partly on the determined outcome and the wager amount; said method performed in its entirety by a computing system that comprises one or more computing devices.