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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Ross D. Wenker, Reno, NV (US);
Thomas W. Allen, II, Reno, NV (US);
Thomas J. Humphrey, Reno, NV (US);
Bryan D. Wolf, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided keno game play. A keno board is displayed showing a set of available spots. A player selection of a plurality of player selected spots is received. A set of removed spots to be removed from play is determined from the set of available spots. A plurality of drawn spots is selected from at least some of the set of available spots, where the plurality of drawn spots exclude the set of removed spots.