Patent ID: 8192270
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A bingo tournament wagering casino game system, the game system comprising: a plurality of video game machines, the machines being networked for simultaneous play of a bingo tournament game by players using the machines, each player having a differently-constituted bingo card at a start of the bingo tournament game; a wagering input device associated with each machine; a computer program operating the machines according to a methodology for playing the bingo tournament game, the methodology including matching numbers randomly selected from a set to the same numbers that may be present in a subset on a card, wherein play advances in a round until a contestant achieves a winning bingo combination of matched numbers; the methodology further including, among the contestants that did not achieve a bingo in the round, elimination from continued play in the tournament of one or more contestants based on at least one elimination criterion; repetition of the methodology with remaining contestants until an ending condition is met; and a payout calculation based upon at least one wager input.