Methods and devices for displaying multiple game elements
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1. A gaming machine, comprising:
- a network interface;
at least one user input device;
a first display device; and
at least one logic device configured to do the following;
determine, based at least in part on input received from the user input device, when a player will use B bingo cards in a bingo game, where B is a number greater than a predetermined number N of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed in a first area of the first display device;
select N of the B bingo cards to be displayed in the first area;
control the first display device to display N selected bingo cards in the first area; and
provide a bingo game according to bingo game information received via the network interfacewhereinthe at least one logic device is further configured to ascertain when a player will use S bingo cards, where S is less than or equal to N, and wherein, when the player will use S bingo cards, a logic device controls the first display device to display the S bingo cards in the first area.
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Abstract
This invention provides methods and devices for presenting a plurality of game elements on one or more display devices. The game elements may comprise, for example, bingo cards, playing cards, hands of playing cards, etc. Some implementations of the invention involve displaying a plurality of game elements as surfaces of a three-dimensional object. Preferably, the orientation of the three-dimensional object can be varied to display selected game elements. The game elements may be selected by a player and/or by a logic device. In some implementations, the three-dimensional object comprises a “carousel” that can be re-oriented (e.g., rotated) to display game elements.
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36 Claims
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1. A gaming machine, comprising:
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a network interface; at least one user input device; a first display device; and at least one logic device configured to do the following; determine, based at least in part on input received from the user input device, when a player will use B bingo cards in a bingo game, where B is a number greater than a predetermined number N of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed in a first area of the first display device; select N of the B bingo cards to be displayed in the first area; control the first display device to display N selected bingo cards in the first area; and provide a bingo game according to bingo game information received via the network interface wherein the at least one logic device is further configured to ascertain when a player will use S bingo cards, where S is less than or equal to N, and wherein, when the player will use S bingo cards, a logic device controls the first display device to display the S bingo cards in the first area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of displaying multiple bingo cards, the method comprising:
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determining when a player will use B bingo cards in a bingo game, where B is a number greater than a predetermined number N of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed in a first area of a first display device; selecting automatically N of the B bingo cards to be displayed in the first area; displaying N automatically selected bingo cards in the first area and ascertaining when a player will use S bingo cards, where S is less than or equal to N, and, when the player will use S bingo cards, further comprising the step of displaying the S bingo cards in the first area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. Software stored in a non-transitory machine-readable medium, the software including stored instructions which, when executed by a gaming machine, control the gaming machine to perform the following steps:
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determine when a player will use B bingo cards in a bingo game, where B is a number greater than a predetermined number N of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed in a first area of a first display device; select, when a playing will use B bingo cards, N of the B bingo cards to be displayed in the first area; and display N selected bingo cards in the first area controlling the gaming machine to ascertain when a player will use S bingo cards, where S is less than or equal to N, and, when the player will use S bingo cards, display the S bingo cards in the first area. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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