Animated lottery bingo game

• US 20040121834A1
• Filed: 07/01/2003
• Published: 06/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Libby, Budd O., Bower, Daniel W., Fisk, Michael G.
• Application Number:
  US10/612,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20040121834A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/19
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00082 Racing games racing games characterised by figures moved by action of the player A63F9/14
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0605 Lottery games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3251 involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played

Abstract

A lottery bingo system graphically portraying an animated bingo game is provided. The lottery system includes a bingo game generator which comprises an animation drawing subsystem. The animation drawing subsystem retrieves bingo call video segments corresponding to a sequence of drawn bingo numbers randomly drawn for a bingo game after dispensing of bingo tickets for the bingo game is ended, and compiles the bingo call video segments into a bingo game video.

Claims

1. A lottery bingo system graphically portraying an animated bingo game, comprising:

at least one lottery terminal configured to dispense bingo tickets to a player; and

a bingo game generator including an animation drawing subsystem,

wherein the animation drawing subsystem retrieves bingo call video segments corresponding to a sequence of drawn bingo numbers randomly drawn for a bingo game after dispensing of bingo tickets for the bingo game is ended at the at least one lottery terminal, and compiles the bingo call video segments into a bingo game video.

2. The lottery bingo system of claim 1, wherein the bingo game video further includes one or more pre-recorded video segments of an announcement of the bingo game result by a real person.

3. The lottery bingo system of claim 1, further comprising a ticket validation module, wherein the drawn bingo numbers are randomly drawn iteratively, and the ticket validation module compares the sequence of drawn bingo numbers to bingo game numbers on a specified ticket to determine matched numbers on the ticket.

4. The lottery bingo system of claim 3, wherein the ticket validation module compares the iterative sequence of drawn bingo numbers to the bingo game numbers on a plurality of tickets to determine winning tickets and a winning sequence of bingo calls.

5. The lottery bingo system of claim 4, wherein the animation drawing subsystem retrieves matched video segments corresponding to the winning sequence of bingo calls which are determined by the ticket validation module and compiles the matched video segments into the bingo game video.

6. The lottery bingo system of claim 3, wherein each bingo ticket is associated with a corresponding ticket identifier, and the ticket validation module stores game data for each ticket, including the ticket identifier and the bingo game numbers for the ticket.

7. The lottery bingo system of claim 1, wherein the bingo game video is published on a web site to which ticket holders connect to participate in a simulated bingo ball game.

8. A method of conducting an animated lottery bingo game comprising:

comparing a sequence of drawn bingo numbers randomly drawn for a bingo game after dispensing of bingo tickets for the bingo game is ended, to bingo game numbers on a plurality of tickets to determine winning tickets and a winning sequence of bingo calls;

retrieving matched video segments corresponding to the winning sequence of bingo calls; and

compiling the retrieved matched video segments into a bingo game video.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising integrating in the bingo game video one or more pre-recorded video segments of an announcement of the bingo game result by a real person.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising publishing the bingo game video on a web site to which ticket holders connect to participate in a simulated bingo ball game.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a program storage device readable by the system, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform the method claimed in claim 8.

12. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform the method claimed in claim 8.

13. A computer data signal transmitted in one or more segments in a transmission medium which embodies instructions executable by a computer to perform the method claimed in claim 8.

14. A bingo game generator for a lottery bingo game, comprising an animation drawing subsystem, wherein the animation drawing subsystem selects bingo call video segments corresponding to a sequence of bingo numbers randomly drawn for a bingo game, and compiles into a bingo game video the bingo call video segments along with one or more pre-recorded video segments of an announcement of the bingo game result by a real person.

15. The bingo game generator of claim 14, wherein the bingo game video is published dn a web site to which ticket holders connect to participate in a simulated bingo hall game.

16. The bingo game generator of claim 14, wherein the bingo game video further includes one or more pre-recorded video segments of an announcement of the bingo game result by a real person.

17. The bingo game generator of claim 14, further comprising a ticket validation module, wherein the ticket validation module compares the sequence of drawn bingo numbers to bingo game numbers on a specified ticket to determine matched numbers on the ticket.

18. The bingo game generator of claim 17, wherein the ticket validation module compares the sequence of drawn bingo numbers to the bingo game numbers on a plurality of tickets to determine winning tickets and a winning sequence of bingo calls.

19. The bingo game generator of claim 18, wherein the animation drawing subsystem retrieves matched video segments corresponding to the winning sequence of bingo calls and compiles the matched video segments into the bingo game video.