Patent ID: 8057292

Claim:
Computer software embodied in a non-transitory, machine-readable medium, the computer software including instructions for controlling devices in a gaming network to: select a number of balls for an electronic simulation of a ball drop; select a type of bingo card, the type including a number of areas and a game-winning pattern; assign ball numbers of the ball drop to areas of bingo cards; map areas of the bingo card to corresponding playing cards; display to players a bingo card, a ball drop display, a playing card display and means for daubing; display a first ball drop session to players, the first ball drop session including hits that complete a game-winning pattern on at least one player's bingo card; provide the players a predetermined first time to daub hits on their bingo card; display a second ball drop session to players, the second ball drop session including hits that complete all players' bingo cards; provide the players a predetermined second time to daub hits on their bingo card; display a first hand of playing cards in the playing card display corresponding to some, but not all, hits on the bingo card; allow players to select cards from their first hand to hold; allow players who did not select all cards in their first hand the opportunity to draw one or more additional cards; display a second hand of playing cards in the playing card display corresponding to selected cards and the drawn cards; determine a winning hand of cards; and indicate the winning hand of cards.