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US 2014/0274280 A1Published application
Systems, methods, and apparatus for a bingo game having special ball functions
AssigneeGamesys Ltd.
InventorsMary Louise Macbeth, Mary Brittney Bean, Thomas Newton, Hans Elias, Adam Scott, Romina Thirunaman, Stefan Hodgson
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture provide for a bingo game including at least one special ball having an associated special function. In one embodiment, one or more special functions may have persistent effects on one or more bingo spaces (e.g., of a bingo card) and/or may be combined with the effects one or more other special functions.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor, the computer-readable memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor direct the processor to:
- determine a first special function to apply to a bingo space of a bingo game;
- determine a first state of the bingo space based on the first special function;
- determine a second special function to apply to the bingo space;
- determine a second state of the bingo space after determining the second special function;
- and
- determine a game result for the bingo game based on the second state of the bingo space.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor, the computer-readable memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor direct the processor to:
- initiate play of a bingo game having at least one special ball call and at least one standard ball call;
- determine a first special ball associated with a first special function;
- and
- apply the first special function to a bingo card of the bingo game.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device comprising at least one processor, a first special function to apply to a bingo space of a bingo game;
- determining, by the computing device, a first state of the bingo space based on the first special function;
- determining, by the computing device, a second special function to apply to the bingo space;
- determining, by the computing device, a second state of the bingo space after determining the second special function;
- and
- determining, by the computing device, a game result for the bingo game based on the second state of the bingo space.
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A method comprising:
- initiating, by a computing device comprising at least one processor, play of a bingo game having at least one special ball call and at least one standard ball call;
- determining, by the computing device, a first special ball associated with a first special function;
- and
- applying, by the computing device, the first special function to a bingo card of the bingo game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.