Methods and devices for operating a modified bingo game

A device for operating a Bingo game, comprising:

• a player input interface comprising a bet selector;
• and
• a computer processor in communication with the player input interface, wherein the processor is configured to:
• assign to each of a first set of virtual balls a number selected from a group within a predetermined numerical sequence;
• assign a non-numerical designation to only a second set of virtual balls within the predetermined numerical sequence, wherein the second set of virtual balls is a subset of the first set of virtual balls;
• assign each of one or more players with a virtual player card having a randomly assigned field of spaces each space of which comprises a number within the predetermined numerical sequence, wherein there are fewer spaces than numbers in the predetermined numerical sequence given for the first set of virtual balls;
• assign at least one subset of the spaces as a first winning criteria;
• randomly select at least one of the virtual balls from the first set and present it to the one or more players;
• repeatedly and randomly select another one of the virtual balls from the first set and present it to the one or more players until the first winning criteria is satisfied for at least one of the players, wherein the final one of the balls selected is among the balls that comprise the first winning criteria;
• award the player a first prize corresponding to the first winning criteria;
• and
• awarding the same player that was awarded the first prize a second prize if the final one of the virtual balls selected from the first set is among the second set of virtual balls.