Patent ID: 7993193

Claim:
A device for playing a Bingo-like game by a player, said device comprising: an input device for receiving user inputs from the player; a display for displaying a graphic user interface (GUI) including: at least two n column by m row random number display matrices, wherein n is at least 2, and wherein each display matrix has a number of display positions defining multiple rows, multiple columns and multiple diagonals, and wherein at least two of said display matrices are positioned so that they have at least one row, at least one column or at least one diagonal aligned with one another; at least a first set of n random number display regions, wherein each set of random number display regions corresponds to at least one of said matrices, said n regions of each set corresponding to said n columns of said corresponding at least one matrice; and at least one actuation icon; and a processor, responsive to the user inputs, for executing an application program to cause the display of the GUI, the processor including: at least a first random number generator for generating random numbers to be displayed in at least one of the at least two n column by m row random number display matrices and for generating a first set of random numbers responsive to actuation of the at least one actuation icon; comparing means for comparing the random numbers in each of said n positions of said at least one set of random numbers with the numbers displayed in corresponding n columns of each row of said at least one corresponding display matrice; and determining means for determining whether all of the numbers along any contiguous rows, columns or diagonals of at least two of said matrices are matched and, if so, declaring a winning result.