Patent ID: 8444471
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A bingo gaming system comprising: a plurality of bingo gaming machines; and a controller configured to communicate; with the gaming machines to: (a) generate a bingo draw that determines a bingo draw order; (b) designate a subset of the bingo draw order as active; (c) communicate the designated subset of the bingo draw order to at least each bingo gaming machine on which a wager is made; (d) cause the play of at least one of the bingo cards upon a wager by a player at said bingo gaming machine; (e) determine the number of bingo cards played by all of the bingo gaming machines; (f) determine if the number of bingo cards played by all of the bingo gaming machines without a winning bingo event occurring exceeds a predetermined number of bingo cards, wherein said predetermined number of bingo cards is determined before said bingo draw is generated; (g) if the determined number of bingo cards played by all of the bingo gaming machines without the winning bingo event occurring exceeds the predetermined number of bingo cards, designate a different subset of the bingo draw order as active and repeat (b) to (g); and (h) determine an award to provide to the player of the bingo gaming machine which played the bingo card associated with the winning bingo event, wherein said award is based, at least in part, on the designated subset of the bingo draw order associated with the winning bingo event.