Bingo game morphed to display non-bingo outcomes
First Claim
1. A gaming network for providing a wagering game, the gaming network comprising:
- at least one game server; and
a plurality of gaming machines configured to control an input of cash or indicia of credit for wagers for a wagering game and to control an output of cash or indicia of credit, the game server and the plurality of gaming machines further configured to provide respective aspects of the wagering game comprising;
a plurality of non-bingo symbols;
a set of bingo numbers provided for a player from a plurality of bingo numbers;
an association of each of the bingo numbers to one of the non-bingo symbols; and
a random draw of the bingo numbers, wherein if a drawn bingo number is part of the set, the non-bingo symbol associated with the drawn bingo number is marked visually or displayed visually to the player;
wherein the player is provided an award if the player is first from a plurality of players playing the wagering game against the player to accumulate a designated pattern of the visually marked non-bingo symbols.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and devices for providing a bingo game having aspects of a non-bingo game such as a Class III game, preferably on a network of gaming machines. Some implementations of the invention provide a bingo game having aspects of a card game, such as a poker game. Some such implementations include a bingo card display in which areas of a bingo card correspond with playing cards. Preferred implementations provide games with easily recognizable bingo play. Accordingly, some implementations involve a 5×5 bingo card, wherein areas of the bingo card correspond with non-bingo symbols such as playing cards, and 75 randomly chosen numbers for game play. Bingo numbers are also assigned to areas of the bingo card, although these bingo numbers may or may not be displayed on the card. The randomly chosen numbers may be indicated by a “ball drop” involving a predetermined number of balls. Alternative implementations involve other types of bingo cards, including bingo cards with more or fewer areas, and the use of more or fewer than 75 randomly chosen numbers for game play.
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40 Claims
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1. A gaming network for providing a wagering game, the gaming network comprising:
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at least one game server; and
a plurality of gaming machines configured to control an input of cash or indicia of credit for wagers for a wagering game and to control an output of cash or indicia of credit, the game server and the plurality of gaming machines further configured to provide respective aspects of the wagering game comprising;
a plurality of non-bingo symbols;
a set of bingo numbers provided for a player from a plurality of bingo numbers;
an association of each of the bingo numbers to one of the non-bingo symbols; and
a random draw of the bingo numbers, wherein if a drawn bingo number is part of the set, the non-bingo symbol associated with the drawn bingo number is marked visually or displayed visually to the player;
wherein the player is provided an award if the player is first from a plurality of players playing the wagering game against the player to accumulate a designated pattern of the visually marked non-bingo symbols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A gaming network for providing a wagering game, the gaming network comprising:
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at least one game server; and
a plurality of gaming machines configured to control an input of cash or indicia of credit for wagers for a wagering game and to control an output of cash or indicia of credit, the game server and the plurality of gaming machines further configured to provide respective aspects of the wagering game, comprising;
a plurality of playing card symbols divided into a plurality of suits;
a set of alphanumeric values provided for a player from a plurality of the alphanumeric values;
an association of each of the bingo values to one of the playing card symbols, wherein values having like letters are associated with card symbols of a same suit; and
a random draw of the values, wherein if a drawn value is part of the set, the playing card symbol associated with the drawn symbol is marked visually or visually displayed to the player;
wherein the player is provided an award if the player is first from a plurality of players against the player to accumulate a designated combination of the visually marked playing card symbols. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of providing a wagering game, comprising:
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(a) choosing an amount of playing card symbols from which to make at least one winning hand of playing card symbols, the symbols separated into a plurality of suits;
(b) generating a like amount of alphanumeric values from a plurality of the values;
(c) forming a player set that includes each generated alphanumeric value, wherein each value has its respective letter associated with one of the suits of the playing cards and its respective number associated with a face value of one of the card symbols from the chosen amount of symbols; and
(d) enabling a player to play with the player set against at least one other player, each said player having at least one of their own player sets by drawing randomly the alphanumeric values to determine if the player'"'"'s set of playing card symbols is generated first. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of conducting a bingo game involving a plurality of players, the method comprising:
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forming a plurality of bingo cards by assigning a plurality of areas of each bingo card to corresponding non-bingo symbols;
mapping bingo numbers to areas of the bingo cards, wherein the mapping differs as to at least some areas of each bingo card;
providing at least some of the plurality of bingo cards to players, the plurality of areas of the bingo cards indicating the non-bingo symbols;
randomly drawing the bingo numbers;
indicating on each bingo card when a randomly drawn bingo number corresponds with a non-bingo symbol indicated on the bingo card; and
selecting a winning player who achieves a highest-ranking pattern of hits on the bingo card. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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