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US 2019/0172301 A1Published application
Gaming system and method providing a class ii bingo game with an interim video poker game
AssigneeIgt
InventorsBryan Wolf, Kevin Kuran
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Abstract
The gaming system of the present disclosure provides a Class II bingo game with an interim video poker game. In various embodiments, the interim video poker game is a single-hand video poker game. In various embodiments, the interim video poker game is a multi-hand video poker game.
Claims21
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to at least:
- for a play of a bingo game, cause a display device to display a bingo card including a plurality of bingo spots, wherein each bingo spot is associated with (a) a different bingo number of a set of different bingo numbers, and (b) a different playing card of a set of different playing cards;
- for an initial bingo number draw including a subset of the set of different bingo numbers:
- map each of the bingo numbers of the initial bingo number draw to respective ones of the playing cards;
- populate a poker hand based on the playing cards mapped from the bingo numbers;
- cause the display device to display the poker hand including the mapped playing cards;
- for each playing card of the poker hand:
- in response to detecting a hold input for the playing card of the poker hand, causing the display device to mark a bingo spot of the bingo card corresponding to the playing card using a first daubing pattern;
- and
- in response to determining the playing card of the poker hand is a non-held card, causing the display device to mark a bingo spot of the bingo card corresponding to the non-held card using a second daubing pattern;
- conduct a plurality of additional bingo number draws from remaining numbers of the set of different bingo numbers, and, for each additional bingo number drawn:
- determine whether a number of bingo spots on the bingo card marked using the first daubing pattern satisfies an interim pattern threshold;
- and
- cause the display device to:
- when the number of bingo spots on the bingo card marked using the first daubing pattern does not satisfy the interim pattern threshold, (a) mark a bingo spot corresponding to the additional bingo number drawn using the first daubing pattern, and (b) replace a non-held playing card of the poker hand with a playing card corresponding to the marked bingo spot;
- and
- when the number of bingo spots marked using the first daubing pattern satisfies the interim pattern threshold, mark the bingo spot using a third daubing pattern,
- wherein the plurality of additional bingo numbers are drawn from the remaining numbers of the set of different bingo numbers until a bingo card of the play of the bingo game matches a game-winning pattern;
- and
- responsive to the game-winning pattern being detected:
- determine any first award based on the game-winning pattern;
- determine any second awards for each player of the play of the bingo game based on their respective poker hands;
- and
- cause the display device to display any first award and any second awards.
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A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- for a play of a bingo game, causing, by a processor, a display device to display a bingo card including a plurality of bingo spots, wherein each bingo spot is associated with (a) a different bingo number of a set of different bingo numbers, and (b) a different playing card of a set of different playing cards;
- for an initial bingo number draw including a subset of the set of different bingo numbers:
- mapping, by the processor, each of the bingo numbers of the initial bingo number draw to respective ones of the playing cards;
- populating, by the processor, a poker hand based on the playing cards mapped from the bingo numbers;
- causing, by the processor, the display device to display the poker hand including the mapped playing cards;
- for each playing card of the poker hand:
- in response to detecting a hold input for the playing card of the poker hand, causing, by the processor, the display device to mark a bingo spot of the bingo card corresponding to the playing card using a first daubing pattern;
- and
- in response to determining the playing card of the poker hand is a non-held card, causing, by the processor, the display device to mark a bingo spot of the bingo card corresponding to the non-held card using a second daubing pattern;
- conducting, by the processor, a plurality of additional bingo number draws from remaining numbers of the set of different bingo numbers, and, for each additional bingo number drawn:
- determining, by the processor, whether a number of bingo spots on the bingo card marked using the first daubing pattern satisfies an interim pattern threshold;
- and
- causing, by the processor, the display device to:
- when the number of bingo spots on the bingo card marked using the first daubing pattern does not satisfy the interim pattern threshold, (a) mark a bingo spot on the bingo card corresponding to the additional bingo number drawn using the first daubing pattern, and (b) replace a non-held playing card of the poker hand with a playing card corresponding to the marked bingo spot;
- and
- when the number of bingo spots marked using the first daubing pattern satisfies the interim pattern threshold, mark the bingo spot on the bingo card using a third daubing pattern ,
- wherein the plurality of additional bingo numbers are drawn from the remaining numbers of the set of different bingo numbers until a bingo card of the play of the bingo game matches a game-winning pattern;
- and
- responsive to the game-winning pattern being detected:
- determining, by the processor, any first award based on the game-winning pattern;
- determining, by the processor, any second awards for each player of the play of the bingo game based on their respective poker hands;
- and
- causing, by the processor, the display device to display any first award and any second awards.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to at least:
- conduct an initial draw of a plurality of different bingo numbers of a set of different bingo numbers, wherein each bingo number of the set of different bingo numbers maps to a different bingo spot on a bingo card;
- responsive to the initial draw, cause a display device to display a poker hand of playing cards, wherein each of the playing cards of the poker hand maps, via the bingo card, to a respective drawn bingo number of the plurality of different bingo numbers;
- identify (a) a subset of held cards of the poker hand and (b) a subset of non-held cards of the poker hand;
- for each held card of the poker hand, cause the display device to mark a bingo spot on the bingo card corresponding to the held card via a first daubing pattern;
- and
- for each additional bingo number drawn from remaining bingo numbers of the set of different bingo numbers:
- determine whether a quantity of bingo spots on the bingo card marked using the first daubing pattern satisfies an interim pattern threshold;
- responsive to a determination that the quantity of bingo spots does not satisfy the interim pattern threshold, cause the display device to (i) mark, using the first daubing pattern, the bingo spot corresponding to the drawn bingo number, and (ii) replace a non-held card of the poker hand with a playing card corresponding to the drawn bingo number;
- and
- responsive to a determination that the quantity of bingo spots satisfies the interim pattern threshold, (i) cause the display device to mark the bingo spot corresponding to the drawn bingo number using a second daubing pattern, (ii) determine any interim award based on the poker hand, and (iii) cause the display device to display any interim award.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.