Method, apparatus, and program product for presenting results in a bingo-type game
First Claim
1. A gaming method including the steps of:
- (a) producing a game result in a bingo-type game; and
(b) displaying a result representation at an electronic player station, the result representation being correlated to the game result and including a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game.
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Abstract
Each bingo card representation matched with a game designation set in a given bingo game (a “matched bingo card representation”) represents a respective game play record providing a result in the bingo game. The result represented by a matched bingo card representation is displayed to a player in the bingo-type game through a result representation provided at a suitable player station. Each result representation is correlated to one or more game results in the bingo-type game so that each game result in the bingo-type game is associated with a result representation. According to the invention, each result representation includes a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game. That is, although the game results are simply bingo game results defined by predetermined patterns of matches between the various card designations and the designation set produced or called for a particular bingo-type game, the game results are displayed to the players with a graphical display including a graphic that is not merely a graphical representation or reproduction of a bingo card. Displaying the result of the bingo-type game to the player thus involves displaying the result representation associated with the particular game result in lieu or at least in addition to the representation of the matched bingo-type game card.
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54 Claims
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1. A gaming method including the steps of:
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(a) producing a game result in a bingo-type game; and
(b) displaying a result representation at an electronic player station, the result representation being correlated to the game result and including a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A gaming method including the steps of:
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(a) producing a game result in a bingo-type game, the game result being associated with a pattern of locations on a bingo card representation; and
(b) displaying a result representation at a player display, the result representation being correlated to the game result and including a graphical representation dissimilar to the pattern of locations on the bingo card representation. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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14. A gaming method utilizing a set of bingo-type game results for a bingo-type game, the method including the steps of:
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(a) associating a first bingo-type game result in the set of bingo-type game results with a first result representation unrelated to the bingo-type game;
(b) matching a first bingo card representation for the bingo-type game with a bingo designation set to produce the first bingo-type game result; and
(c) displaying the first result representation to a game player to whom the first bingo card representation has been assigned.
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23. A gaming method utilizing a first bingo card representation to be matched with a bingo designation set, the first bingo card representation being included in a set of bingo card representations, the method including the steps of:
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(a) associating a first bingo-type game result with a first result representation, the first result representation being dissimilar to any bingo card representation of the set of bingo card representations;
(b) matching the first bingo card representation with the bingo designation set to produce the first bingo-type game result; and
(c) displaying the first result representation to a game player to whom the first bingo card representation has been assigned.
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31. A gaming apparatus including:
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(a) a back office component for producing a game result in a bingo-type game;
(b) a player station connected for communication with the back office component; and
(c) the player station including a display for displaying a result representation, the result representation being correlated to the game result and including a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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37. A gaming apparatus including:
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(a) a back office system for producing a game result in a bingo-type game, the game result being associated with a pattern of locations on a bingo card representation;
(b) a player station operatively connected for communication with the back office system; and
(c) a display device included with the player station for displaying a result representation, the result representation being correlated to the game result and including a graphical representation dissimilar to the pattern of locations on the bingo card representation.
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43. A program product stored on computer readable media, the program product comprising:
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(a) game result program code for producing a game result in a bingo-type game; and
(b) result display program code for displaying a result representation at a player station, the result representation being correlated to the game result and including a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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49. A program product stored in computer readable media, the program product including:
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(a) game result program code for producing a game result in a bingo-type game, the game result being associated with a pattern of locations on a bingo card representation; and
(b) result display program code for displaying a result representation at a player display, the result representation being correlated to the game result and including a graphical representation dissimilar to the pattern of locations on the bingo card representation.
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