Patent ID: 7837550

Claim:
A method for conducting a game of chance for one or more players using an electronic gaming machine including a data processor in communication with an input device, a display, and a data storage device, said data storage device storing electronic representations of playing cards, electronic representations of a set of Bingo indicia, and one or more Bingo cards having a matrix of coordinate locations thereon, the method comprising: storing at said data storage device a parameter defining a fixed size for a selection set containing a fixed quantity of pairs wherein each pair includes a Bingo indicium selected from said set of Bingo indicia and a playing card selected from said deck of playing cards; storing at said data storage device a Bingo pay table identifying one or more winning Bingo patterns of coordinate locations and one or more associated Bingo awards; storing at said data storage device a poker pay table identifying one or more winning poker hands of playing cards and one or more associated poker awards; receiving through said input device a game wager from each player to play at least one Bingo card; said data processor generating at least one player Bingo card by selecting Bingo indicia from said set of Bingo indicia and placing said selected Bingo indicia in said coordinate locations; displaying said Bingo card at said display; said data processor generating said selection set of fixed size, said selection set containing said fixed quantity of pairs wherein each pair includes a Bingo indicium selected from said set of Bingo indicia and a playing card selected from said deck of playing cards; said data processor comparing the Bingo indicium of each pair to said player Bingo card; if the Bingo indicium of a pair matches a Bingo indicium on said player Bingo card, said data processor identifying the coordinate location of the matching Bingo indicium and positioning said playing card of said pair at the coordinate location of the matching Bingo indicium; if the coordinate locations of the matching Bingo indicia form one of said winning Bingo pattern of coordinate locations, said data processor issuing the associated Bingo award to said player; and if the playing cards positioned along a predetermined poker pattern of coordinate locations form one of said winning poker hand of playing cards, said data processor issuing the associated poker award to said player.