Patent ID: 7854431

Claim:
A method of playing a bingo game by one to n players, comprising the steps of: providing a table, said table having a table surface and a table grid marked out on said table surface, wherein the table grid comprises m rows and n columns to provide an m by n matrix defining mn spaces and further defining a rectangular array of preselected numbers therein, wherein each number in the m by n matrix has an integer value between 1 and y; providing a deck of bingo cards made up of y bingo cards, each of said y bingo cards having printed thereon indicia corresponding to an integer number in the range 1 through y; providing a set of n player cards, each of said n player cards having a player grid printed thereon, each of said player grids comprising four corner numbers each of predetermined value in the range 1 through y, wherein for each set of four corner numbers there is a column in said table grid having four matching numbers; distributing one player card to each player, wherein the number of players is between 1 and n, wherein each player has paid a predetermined amount of money to purchase a player card; requiring each player to place a bet of predetermined value on said table surface; playing the game by consecutively selecting bingo cards from said deck of bingo cards and positioning each selected bingo card that matches a number in the grid marked out on the table surface such that a matching bingo card is placed over one of said mn spaces, and for each selected bingo card that does not match any number on the grid marked out on the table surface placing each unmatched card on said table surface but away from the grid marked out on the table surface; and terminating the game upon filling one of said columns in said table grid with four matching bingo cards whereupon the player with the player card with four corner numbers matching the filled grid column wins the game.