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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Tracy Powell, Reno, NV (US);
Justin M. Krum, Reno, NV (US);
Bryan D. Wolf, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Novel methods, devices and systems are described for mapping pay amounts for a variety of Class III game themes to a common set of bingo pay amounts. Each Class III game theme may cause a different type of entertaining display on a gaming machine when bingo is played, based upon a corresponding Class III game. Preferably, each Class III game theme will offer game play and paytable percentages closely matching those of the original Class III game. Some implementations allow flexibility in matching the probabilities of bingo outcomes and Class III game outcomes by mapping ranges of Class III pay amounts to a single bingo pay amount. Some implementations provide a system wherein electronic gaming machines presenting entertaining displays of various Class III game themes are linked to a single bingo server.