Patent ID: 9098980
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a bingo game using a processor, comprising: receiving by the processor a selection of one or more bingo cards; randomly selecting by the processor a first game number from a predetermined set of game numbers; displaying by the processor the first game number in an active number area on a display device associated with the processor; receiving by the processor a user-entered command from a user interface device to randomly select a second game number; responsive to the user-entered command, determining, by the processor, whether the first game number has been marked on each of the one or more bingo game cards on which the first game number appears; responsive to determining that the first game number has not been marked on each of the one or more bingo cards on which the first game number appears, deducting by the processor a predetermined time penalty from a countdown timer; and responsive to determining that the first game number has been marked on each of the one or more bingo cards on which first game number appears, randomly selecting by the processor the second game number from the predetermined set of game numbers.