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US 5,494,293 AGranted
Method of playing a game of chance using pre-drawn numbers
OwnerSimon Goldfarbinventor
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Abstract
The game of BINGO is played with Bingo cards having one free space and twenty four fill-in spaces. The BINGO players can mark each fill-in space to designate a selected number for that particular space. Each player has a wide selection of numbers that can be used in playing the BINGO card. The winning numbers are read from a sheet of paper that is prepared and stored in a closed receptacle prior to start of the game. Game apparatus is relatively low cost, while being versatile.
Claims6
A method of playing the game of BINGO comprising:
- A. the game director placing a sheet containing the winning combination in a receptacle, and closing the receptacle so that the players are unaware of the winning combination;
- B. the game director providing each player with a BINGO card, wherein each BINGO card is marked to include twenty five spaces arranged in five vertical columns under the letters in the BINGO name;
- the third space in the N column being a free space, and each of the other twenty four spaces being a fill-in space that the player can mark to designate his or her selected number for that space;
- C. each player marking each fill-in space to designate a selected number for the respective space;
- D. the game director opening said receptacle and removing the sheet containing the winning combinations;
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- E. the game director announcing each winning number sequentially according to the order of appearance on the sheet, while the players place tokens on the corresponding number selections on their respective BINGO cards, until a winner is determined.
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