Methods and apparatus for a portable gaming machine
AssigneeLIF Capital LLC
InventorsLee I. Fried, Alex V. Freed
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Abstract
The invention is directed towards a method and apparatus for a portable gaming machine. The method activates several bingo games that are stored in the portable gaming machine. The activation makes the bingo games available to a bingo player for playing. The bingo player is presented with an option to switch from a first bingo game to a second bingo game while retaining numbers entered by the bingo player in the first bingo game. The method also records every keystroke entered by a bingo player for each game. These keystrokes can be displayed in an expeditious manner to a gaming official upon entering of a password.
Claims17
A method for playing a bingo game on an electronic device, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of bingo games in a portable gaming machine for subsequent play by a user;
- activating, on said portable gaming machine, a first bingo game for play by a user in a bingo hall environment;
- receiving on said portable gaming machine at least one number for play of a second bingo game stored as one of said bingo games, said at least one number being called by an announcer in said bingo hall environment for said second bingo game, and entering said at least one number on said first bingo game;
- displaying, on said portable gaming machine, an option to switch from said first bingo game to said second bingo game;
- displaying, on said portable gaming machine, an option to advance said at least one number entered for said first bingo game for play on said second bingo game;
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- activating said second game and applying said at least one number to said second game if said user selects to switch to said second game and to advance said at least one number, respectively if said user was playing said first bingo game on said portable gaming machine while said announcer was calling said number for said second game.
A portable gaming machine comprising:
- non-volatile memory for storing a game library that includes a plurality of bingo games and gaming information associated with each bingo game;
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- a processor electrically coupled to the non-volatile memory for activating the bingo games stored in the game library, said processor for activating, on said portable gaming machine, a first bingo game for play by said user in said portable gaming machine in a bingo hall environment, for receiving on said portable gaming machine at least one number for play of a second bingo game stored as one of said bingo games, said at least one number being called by an announcer in said bingo hall environment for said second bingo game, for entering said at least one number on said first bingo game, for displaying, on said portable gaming machine, an option to switch from said first bingo game to said second bingo game, for displaying, on said portable gaming machine, an option to advance said at least one number entered for said first bingo game for play of said second bingo game, and for activating said second game and applying said at least one number to said second game if said user selects to switch to said second game and advance said at least one number, respectively, if said user was playing said first bingo game on said portable gaming machine while said announcer was calling said number for said second game.
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