Patent ID: 7717785
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a Bingo game at a device including a display, an input device, and memory in communication with a data processor, the method comprising: said data processor defining at least one Bingo card having a matrix of coordinates, each coordinate displaying an indicium selected from a universe of predefined indicia, wherein said step of defining said Bingo card includes receiving selections through said input device by said player of at least one indicium from said universe of indicia and displaying the at least one indicium selected by said player in the coordinates of said Bingo card at said display; storing at said memory a first set of winning patterns of identified coordinates on said Bingo card and a second set of winning patterns of identified coordinates on said Bingo card, wherein said second set is different from said first set; storing at said memory a first pay table indicating awards corresponding to said first set of winning patterns and a second pay table indicating awards corresponding to said second set of winning patterns; said data processor selecting a first outcome set of fixed, predetermined size from the universe of indicia; said data processor selecting a second outcome set of fixed, predetermined size from the universe of indicia depleted of the first outcome set; said data processor comparing said first outcome set to the indicia displayed on said Bingo card; said data processor issuing an award based on said first pay table if the pattern formed by the indicia displayed on said Bingo card matching said first outcome set is a winning pattern according to said first set of winning patterns; said data processor comparing the combination of said first outcome set and said second outcome set to the indicia displayed on said Bingo card; said data processor issuing an award based on said second pay table if the pattern formed by the indicia displayed on said Bingo card matching the combination of said first outcome set and said second outcome set is a winning pattern according to said second set of winning patterns; and said data processor replenishing said depleted universe of indicia by restoring said first outcome set and second outcome set to said universe of indicia for selection in a subsequent outcome set in the same or subsequent game.