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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2004
James T. Mcglone, Reno, NV (US);
Ted Gail, Sparks, NV (US);
James T. McGlone, Reno, NV (US);
Ted Gail, Sparks, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a multi-player wagering game, such as a Bingo game, in which at least one of the players may win the occurrence of the wagering game by matching a predetermined game-winning pattern of game indicia on one or more game arrays having unique combinations of game indicia based on matching the game indicia on the game arrays to game indicia randomly selected for the occurrence of the wagering game. Once a player matches a game-winning pattern to win the occurrence of the wagering game, the gaming unit may display a plurality of selection symbols, at least one of which may correspond to a game-winning award or a further game array. In the embodiment with the further game array, the indicia on the game array may be compared to the randomly selected game indicia to determine the amount of game-winning award for the player.