Patent ID: 8201827

Claim:
A video gaming system comprising a processor for executing program instructions and a memory coupled to the processor for storing the program instructions, the programming instructions comprising: providing each player with a flashboard having a plurality of numbered spaces; wherein each one of said plurality of numbered spaces has only a single indicia associated therewith; providing a plurality of bingo balls for common use for all players with each bingo ball having an individual number corresponding to a single numbered space and its single indicia on said flashboard for each player; the plurality of numbered spaces on each player's flashboard having a total number that corresponds to a total of all of the bingo balls; initiating the bingo game; randomly selecting a first group of bingo balls for common use for all players; displaying to each player said single indicia associated with each said numbered space corresponding to each selected bingo ball; and providing an award to said at least one player if solely from randomly selected bingo balls at least one player achieves a predetermined winning combination of bingo balls each having a number corresponding to a single numbered space with its single indicia on said flashboard.