Patent ID: 8070579

Claim:
A method of forming data sets for providing games of chance, the method comprising: selecting first through N th Class III games; forming a global payout set consisting of a plurality of payout amounts achievable in the first through N th Class III games, wherein each payout amount is associated with one or more target probabilities, wherein each target probability and associated payout amount represent the probability of the associated payout amount occurring in a Class III game in the first through Nth Class III games in which the associated payout amount is achievable; ranking each payout amount in the global payout set by value; assigning at least one bingo pattern to each payout amount of the global payout set, thereby forming a global bingo payout set; and calculating a maximum quantity of bingo numbers for each bingo pattern assigned to each payout amount and associated target probability, wherein the probability of obtaining each bingo pattern when the maximum quantity of bingo numbers calculated for the bingo pattern has been drawn is approximately equal to or less than the target probability associated with the payout amount to which the bingo pattern is assigned.