Patent ID: 8128478

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device, at least one input device, at least one processor, and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for a play of a game, to: (a) generate and display at least one bingo card, each bingo card including a plurality of different symbols of a symbol pool; (b) randomly select one of the symbols of the symbol pool; (c) display a match indication for the symbol of any bingo card which matches the selected symbol; (d) sequentially display the selected symbol in a separate selected symbol accumulation area; (e) repeat (b) to (d) until a designated quantity of the symbols has been selected from the symbol pool; (f) thereafter, determine a first award based on any winning combination of match indications displayed on any of said bingo cards; (g) determine an additional second award based on any designated combination of symbols being displayed in at least one of a plurality of predetermined spatial arrangements in the separate selected symbol accumulation area; and (h) provide a player with any determined first award and any determined additional second award for the play of the game.