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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Joseph Richard Enzminger, Austin, TX (US);
John Everett Padgett, Austin, TX (US);
David Michael Brandt, Austin, TX (US);
Clifton Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Gary L. Loebig, Austin, TX (US);
Jefferson C. Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Multimedia Games, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method according to the invention includes determining a pattern probability for each of a number of target patterns achievable in a bingo-type game. Each pattern probability comprises a probability of achieving the respective target pattern in the bingo-type game. The method next includes associating or mapping different pattern sets to each different prize level in a desired prize distribution. The target patterns and their respective pattern probabilities are assigned or mapped to the different pattern sets so that the individual pattern probabilities included in each pattern set add up to the desired probability of the prize level with which the pattern set is associated. In this way, a desired prize distribution may be used in a bingo-type game