BINGO GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A bingo system having individual bingo player terminals on which players purchase bingo cards at varying costs and play bingo, coupled to backend computer systems called bingo game managers (BGMs). The BGMs manage bingo game play in two modes, banked and non-banked. Non-banked mode forms bingo games from requests at the same wager level, and forms bingo sessions from bingo games where a bingo session uses a single bingo ball draw. Each wager level has at least one prize pool associated with it; each prize pool is constructed such that it guarantees a given percentage hold to an operator and further enables realistic mimicking of highly complex games such as 5-reel 9-payline slots for use in post-bingo-play displays. Banked mode uses no pools; bingo prizes are generated using an RNG and game template or paytable.

主权项

1. A method of playing a bingo game using a computerized system having one or more bingo player terminals in communication with a bingo game manager, the method comprising:
providing one or more bingo player terminals comprising:
(i) at least one display device;(ii) a plurality of input devices including:
(a) an acceptor of a first physical item associated with a first monetary value;(b) a cashout button actuatable to cause an initiation of a payout associated with a credit balance;(iii) at least one gaming device processor; and(iv) at least one gaming device memory device storing a gaming program; receiving a bingo game request message from one or more bingo player terminals at the bingo game manager; initiating virtual bingo game play; determining at the bingo game manager whether a winning bingo pattern has occurred at one or more bingo game terminals, wherein the winning bingo pattern is based on a comparison of a bingo ball draw to at least one virtual bingo card; mimicking play of a non-bingo game at a bingo game terminal by representing the winning bingo pattern as a winning outcome of the non-bingo game, wherein the winning outcome of the non-bingo game is randomly selected from a set of possible outcomes predefined according the non-bingo game being mimicked; sending an award message to the bingo game terminal associated with the virtual bingo card having the winning bingo pattern.