Method of playing a keno game with a bonus payout

• US 6,102,400 A
• Filed: 10/14/1998
• Issued: 08/15/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bad Beat Gaming LLC
• Original Assignee: Bad Beat Gaming LLC
• Inventors: Scott, Mark, Henderson, Bruce
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US09/173,484
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• Field of Search: 273/269, 273/292, 273/143 R, 273/274, 273/306, 273/309, 273/138.1, 273/139, 463/18, 463/19, 463/20, 463/26, 463/27
• US Class Current: 273/269
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/06 Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games small boxes with balls used for generating random numbers A63F7/048; lottery apparatus G07C15/00; lottery gaming stations, online lottery or bingo G07F17/329; printing processes for lottery tickets B41M3/005

Abstract

In connection with the play of conventional keno games, both live keno games and mechanical or electronic keno gaming machines, the player is provided with the opportunity to win a "bad beat" bonus payout. The player uses a single keno ticket, and may be required to make an optional side bet wager to be eligible for the "bad beat" bonus payout or the player may be eligible simply by participating in the conventional keno game. If the player is "jackpot qualified" and the player plays at least five consecutive games of keno using the same keno ticket, the player wins a special payout.

Claims

1. A method of including a bad beat payout during the conventional manner of play of a game of Keno using a single Keno ticket in which the player is playing at least five consecutive games of Keno using the same Keno ticket and the player has marked at least six spots on his Keno ticket for each of the five consecutive games comprising:

a) a player participating in the conventional manner of play of the game of Keno; and

b) awarding the player a bad beat payout if the player fails to hit a single spot on his Keno ticket during all of the five consecutive games of Keno.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the player is required to make a separate wager to be eligible for the bad beat payout.

3. A method of including a bad beat payout during the conventional manner of play of a game of Keno using a single Keno ticket in which the player is playing at least a predetermined number of consecutive games of Keno using the same Keno ticket and the player has marked at least a pre-established number of spots on his Keno ticket for each of the predetermined number of consecutive games of Keno comprising:

a) a player participating in the conventional manner of play of the games of Keno; and

b) awarding the player a bad beat payout if the player fails to hit a single spot on his Keno ticket during all of the predetermined number of consecutive games of Keno.

4. The method of claim 3 in which the player is required to make a separate wager to be eligible for the bad beat payout.