The method of playing a game of bingo comprising:
- a) providing a player with a bingo card having a plurality of numbered spaces used in the play of a bingo game;
- b) providing a plurality of bingo balls each having individual numbers corresponding to the numbered spaces on the bingo card;
- c) providing an electronic number reader board having a plurality of numbered spaces corresponding to the number of bingo balls used in the bingo game;
- d) initiating the bingo game;
- e) randomly designating between one and seventy-one of the numbered spaces on the bingo board with a first designated marking;
- f) randomly designating between one and seventy-one of the numbered spaces on the bingo board with a second designated marking;
- g) randomly designating between one and seventy-one of the numbered spaces on the bingo board with a third designated marking;
- h) randomly designating between one and seventy-one of the numbered spaces on the bingo board with a fourth designated marking;
- i) randomly designating between one and seventy-one of the numbered spaces on the bingo board with at least a fifth designated marking;
- k) randomly selecting consecutive bingo balls;
- l) if the player achieves a predetermined winning combination on the bingo card of selected numbers having only the first designated marking, awarding the player a first amount;
- m) if the player achieves a predetermined winning combination on the bingo card of selected numbers having only the second designated marking, awarding the player a second amount;
- n) if the player achieves a predetermined winning combination on the bingo card of selected numbers having only the third designated marking, awarding the player a third amount;
- o) if the player achieves a predetermined winning combination on the bingo card of selected numbers having only the fourth designated marking, awarding the player a fourth amount;
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- p) if the player achieves a predetermined winning combination on the bingo card of selected numbers having only the fifth designated marking, awarding the player a fifth amount.