Patent ID: 6802776
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method of producing and utilizing a set of game play records for a bingo-type game which employs a first set of game designations selected from a pool of available game designations and further employs a set of bingo card representations, each bingo card representation in the set of bingo card representations including a number of card designations which are selected from the pool of available game designations, the method including the steps of:(a) matching the first set of game designations with card designations of the respective bingo card representations to produce a matched card set, the matched card set including a number of game play records with each game play record corresponding to a different one of the bingo card representations and including a result indicator indicating a result of the match between the first set of game designations and the card designations for the respective bingo card representation to which the respective game play record corresponds; (b) storing data representing the matched card set in a data storage device; and (c) assigning game play records from the matched card set in a random order, each game play record assigned to a respective player among a number of players participating in the bingo-type game in response to a game play request initiated by the respective player.