Patent ID: 8757622

Claim:
A bingo table game system comprising: a table having an elongated playing surface at least partially surrounded by an upwardly extending peripheral parapet; a plurality of player stations arrayed around the table; a dealer station located on one side of the table; the playing surface having graphics thereon; a plurality of chips; a plurality of Primary Bingo Game cards usable by one or more players while playing a bingo table game; a plurality of Interim Bingo Game cards usable by one or more players while playing a bingo table game; the graphics having at least one first region designated for receiving from one or more players chips used to purchase Primary Bingo Game cards for playing a Primary Bingo Game; the graphics having at least one second region designated for receiving from one or more players chips used to purchase Interim Bingo Game cards for playing at least one Interim Bingo Game during play of a Primary Bingo Game; a plurality of bingo balls having designations thereon, at least some of the designations on the bingo balls corresponding to a location on the primary bingo cards and the interim bingo cards; a mechanism associated with the table for identifying a random one of the plurality of bingo balls during play of Primary Bingo Games and Interim Bingo Games; and the at least one second region having indicia therein that conveys a payout associated with a win of the at least one Interim Bingo Game.