Patent ID: 6656045
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A system for managing a game of Bingo which comprises:(a) a computer having a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory; (b) an input device connected to the computer; (c) an output device connected to the computer; and (d) a computer program operating on the computer enabling: (i) input of at least two sets of Bingo numbers preselected by a player without payment by the player; (ii) storage of the sets of Bingo numbers preselected by the player in the memory of the computer; (iii) assignment of a single player identifier unique to the player for the sets of Bingo numbers preselected by the player and stored in the memory of the computer wherein the player identifier is assigned to the sets of Bingo numbers for multiple sessions of Bingo; (iv) retrieval of all the sets of Bingo numbers using the player identifier; (v) selection, upon retrieval of all the sets of Bingo numbers, of at least one of the sets of Bingo numbers preselected by the player and stored in the memory of the computer, for play in a selected game of Bingo in a specific session of Bingo; (vi) assignment by the computer of a control number for each set of Bingo numbers selected for play in the selected game of Bingo; (vii) payment by the player of an amount necessary to purchase the selected Bingo numbers for play in the selected game of Bingo; (viii) output of a receipt with the control number, the set of Bingo numbers selected for play in the selected game of Bingo and a validation number; (ix) input into the computer of the control number of a potentially winning set of Bingo numbers for verification that the potentially winning set of Bingo numbers is a winning set of Bingo numbers; and (x) input into the computer of the validation number for verification of the winning set of Bingo numbers.