Patent ID: 7066812

Claim:
A method for playing a bingo game on an electronic device, the method comprising: storing a plurality of bingo games in a portable gaming machine for subsequent play by a user; activating, on said portable gaming machine, a first bingo game for play by a user in a bingo hall environment; receiving on said portable gaming machine at least one number for play of a second bingo game stored as one of said bingo games, said at least one number being called by an announcer in said bingo hall environment for said second bingo game, and entering said at least one number on said first bingo game; displaying, on said portable gaming machine, an option to switch from said first bingo game to said second bingo game; displaying, on said portable gaming machine, an option to advance said at least one number entered for said first bingo game for play on said second bingo game; and activating said second game and applying said at least one number to said second game if said user selects to switch to said second game and to advance said at least one number, respectively if said user was playing said first bingo game on said portable gaming machine while said announcer was calling said number for said second game.