# US 12,118,859 B2 · Keno games with bonus ball draws and bonus multipliers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,118,859 B2 - Document ID: US12118859B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/192,973 - Filed: 2023-03-30 - Published: 2023-08-03 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-29 - Assignees: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited - Applicants: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited - Inventors: John Victor Ludwick - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12118859B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards} - G07F 17/3258: {Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots} - G07F 17/3265: {Influencing the position of stopped moving members to achieve a winning arrangement, e.g. nudging, shuffling, holding} - G07F 17/3267: {Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract An electronic gaming machine, system, and method are disclosed for conducting a keno game. The keno game may be conducted alone or in conjunction with a bingo game. The electronic gaming machine may receive a wager from a player, and conduct the bingo game and/or keno game in response to the wager. Based on the wager, a quantity of numbered keno balls may be designated as feature numbered keno balls. The electronic gaming machine may conduct the keno game using the feature numbered keno balls, and display a bonus if and/or when one or more feature numbered keno balls match one or more player selected keno numbers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gaming device, comprising: one or more input devices; one or more display devices; and one or more processors executing instructions, wherein execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to: receive a set of player-chosen numbers selected from a keno card presented via the one or more display devices; receive a game outcome from a server, wherein the game outcome specifies a first subset of keno balls selected from a set of keno balls in which one or more keno balls in the set of keno balls is designated a feature keno ball; present the first subset of keno balls via the one or more display devices; and present, via the one or more display devices, an award that is dependent upon a hit count and a feature hit count, wherein the hit count represents a first quantity of player-chosen numbers in the set of player-chosen numbers that match at least one keno ball of the first subset of keno balls, and wherein the feature hit count represents a second quantity of player-chosen numbers in the set of player-chosen numbers that match at least one feature keno ball in the first subset of keno balls. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gaming device of claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to cause the set of keno balls to include a player-chosen quantity of feature keno balls. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gaming device of claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to: present a plurality of wager options, wherein each wager option of the plurality of wager options specifies a wager amount and a quantity of feature keno balls; and in response to a player-chosen wager option from the plurality of wager options, cause the set of keno balls to include the quantity of feature keno balls specified by the player-chosen wager option. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The gaming device of claim 3, wherein execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to: present a plurality of wager multiplier options, wherein each wager multiplier option specifies a wager multiplier; and in response to a player-chosen wager option, dynamically update a total wager for each wager multiplier option based on the wager amount of the player-chosen wager option and the wager multiplier of the respective wager multiplier option. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The gaming device of claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to present, via the one or more display devices, a quantity of feature multiplier indicators, wherein the quantity of feature multiplier indicators is based on a quantity of feature keno balls in the set of keno balls. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The gaming device of claim 5, wherein execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to update multiplier values of the quantity of feature multiplier indicators based on a quantity of player-chosen numbers in the set of player-chosen numbers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The gaming device of claim 6, wherein execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to highlight a feature multiplier indicator of the quantity of feature multiplier indicators for each feature hit in the feature hit count. ### Claim 8 A method implemented by at least one processor in communication with at least one memory, the method comprising: receiving a set of player-chosen numbers selected from a keno card presented via a gaming device; presenting, via the gaming device, a game outcome comprising a first subset of keno balls selected from a set of keno balls, wherein the set of keno balls includes one or more feature keno balls; and presenting, via the gaming device, an output that is dependent upon a hit count and a feature hit count, wherein the hit count represents a first quantity of player-chosen numbers in the set of player-chosen numbers that match at least one keno ball of the first subset of keno balls, and wherein the feature hit count represents a second quantity of player-chosen numbers in the set of player-chosen numbers that match at least one feature keno ball in the first subset of keno balls. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising designating a player-chosen quantity of keno balls in the set of keno balls as feature keno balls. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the player-chosen quantity of keno balls designated as feature keno balls is based on a player-chosen wager option selected from a plurality of wager options. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising: generating a list of called bingo numbers; and determining the game outcome based on the list of called bingo numbers applied to a bingo card. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising causing the gaming device to present the output based on a multiplier associated with the feature hit count. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising causing the gaming device to present the output based on a multiplier that is dependent upon a quantity of player-chosen numbers in the set of player-chosen numbers. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising causing the gaming device to present the output based on a multiplier that is dependent upon a quantity of feature keno balls in the set of keno balls. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a server to: present, via a gaming device, a game outcome comprising a first subset of numbered objects selected from a set of numbered objects, wherein the set of numbered objects includes one or more feature numbered objects; and present, via the gaming device, an award that is dependent upon a hit count and a feature hit count, wherein the hit count represents a first quantity of player-chosen numbers in a set of player-chosen numbers that match at least one numbered object of the first subset of numbered objects, and wherein the feature hit count represents a second quantity of player-chosen numbers in the set of player-chosen numbers that match at least one feature numbered object in the first subset of numbered objects. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the server to designate a player-chosen quantity of numbered objects in the set of numbered objects as feature numbered objects. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the server to designate, based on a player-chosen wager option selected from a plurality of wager options, a player-chosen quantity of numbered objects as feature numbered objects. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the server to determine the game outcome based on a list of called bingo numbers applied to a bingo card. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the server to present, via the gaming device, the award based on a multiplier associated with the feature hit count. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the server to present, via the gaming device, the award based on a multiplier that is dependent upon a quantity of player-chosen numbers in the set of player-chosen numbers.