Patent ID: 8147314
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a gaming system, the method including: (a) with a data processing system included in the gaming system, identifying a game ending result for a first bingo card representation included in a group of bingo card representations, the game ending result being defined by a predetermined game ending pattern of card locations produced upon matching the first bingo card representation with a game ending number of game designations from a designation draw for the bingo game; (b) with the data processing system, identifying a bingo game result for each other bingo card representation in the group of bingo card representations, the bingo game result for one of the other bingo card representations comprising an additional winning result defined by a predetermined additional winning pattern of card locations matched to the game ending number of game designations from the designation draw for the bingo game, the additional winning pattern of card locations being dissimilar to the game ending pattern of card locations; (c) displaying a game ending result representation at an electronic player station in the gaming system for a player associated with the first bingo card representation, the game ending result representation being correlated to the game ending pattern of card locations and including a graphical representation imitating a result in a game other than bingo; and (d) displaying an additional result representation at an electronic player station in the gaming system for a player associated with the bingo card representations which produced the additional winning result, the additional result representation being correlated to the additional winning pattern of card locations and including a graphical representation imitating an additional result in the game other than bingo, wherein the game other than bingo includes a-reel-type game in which a respective result is shown by a number of spinning reels which come to rest to display an array of indicia.