Patent ID: 8752838

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 an individual flashboard, each flashboard having an equal number of spaces, each space defined by a column label and a space number, wherein the space number is randomly selected from a predefined number range for each column; providing indicia for each space on each flashboard, wherein the indicia comprises each of suit and value indicia, the indicia randomly generated by the video gaming system; providing a plurality of bingo balls for common use for all players, wherein each bingo ball has markings associated with one of the plurality of spaces, a total number of bingo balls corresponding to a number of the plurality of spaces on an individual flashboard; randomly selecting a first group of bingo balls for common use for all players; displaying to each player the markings associated with each selected bingo ball of the first group of bingo balls; marking each square associated with each of the first group of bingo balls on each individual flashcard, displaying the indicia associated with each of the numbered space corresponding to each selected bingo ball of the first group of bingo balls on each individual flashcard; selecting desired indicia to be kept by each player; randomly selecting a second group of bingo balls for common use for all players; swapping the indicia associated with each of the numbered space corresponding to each non-selected bingo ball on each flashcard; displaying the indicia associated with a first set of bingo balls of the second group of bingo balls corresponding to each of the non-selected bingo ball on each flashcard; marking each square associated with each of the first set of bingo balls from the second group of bingo balls on each individual flashcard; displaying to each player the markings associated with a second set of bingo balls from the second group of bingo balls selected until a predetermined pattern is marked on one of the players flashcard; determining if remaining indicia for each player is a winning combination based on a poker pay table associated with the video game system; and awarding prizes to a first player having the predetermined pattern marked on the individual flashcard and any player having no markings on the predetermined pattern after the first player achieves the predetermined pattern.