Patent ID: 8133107
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a Bingo game, comprising: providing each of one or more players with a player card having a randomly assigned field of spaces each space of which comprises a number within a predetermined numerical sequence; assigning at least one subset of the spaces as a first winning criteria; randomly selecting at least one ball from a first set of balls and presenting it to the one or more players, wherein each of the first set of balls has been assigned a number selected from a group within the predetermined numerical sequence, and wherein there are fewer spaces on each player card than numbers in the predetermined numerical sequence given for the first set of balls; repeatedly and randomly selecting another one of the balls from the first set and presenting it to the one or more players until the first winning criteria is satisfied for at least one of the players, wherein the final one of the balls selected is among the balls that comprise the first winning criteria; awarding the player a first prize corresponding to the first winning criteria; and awarding the same player that was awarded the first prize a second prize if the final one of the balls selected from the first set is among a second set of balls, wherein the second set of balls within the predetermined numerical sequence has been assigned a non-numerical designation, and wherein the second set of balls includes one or more balls that is a subset of the first set of balls.