Gaming device having gridded-card game feature

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11069193-B2
Application number	US-201916515734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2019
Priority date	Mar 3, 2014
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for implementing a card game on a gaming device. Here, gaming devices having a display and game processor may be operable to provide a gaming event using cards with gridded fields. In one type of gaming event, a player may be given one or more cards with a gridded field and compete against one or more other opponents each having one or more competing cards with gridded fields. In another type of gaming event, a player may be given one or more cards with gridded fields and try to match numbers or indicia that are randomly drawn. Play of the gaming event may continue in multiple rounds or stages where a next stage is reached by obtaining a continuation trigger on one or more of the player cards during a present round of the gaming event.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gaming device comprising:
a video display device;
a player interface including at least one button, the button configured to generate a signal in response to being activated by a player;
a wager input device structured to receive physical items associated with currency values;
a memory configured to store a credit amount; and
a processor operable to:
receive a signal from the wager input device, the signal indicating receipt of a physical item associated with a currency value,
increase the credit amount stored in the memory based on the currency value associated with the received physical item,
receive a signal to initiate a primary game event, where an amount wagered on the primary game event is deducted from the credit amount stored in the memory,
display the primary game event by spinning a plurality of game reels through a game grid and stopping the plurality of game reels to show an outcome for the primary game event,
initiate a multi-round bonus game event when a bonus trigger condition is satisfied during the primary game event,
initiate a first round of the multi-round bonus game event by distributing a first gridded player card having a plurality of grid positions and a second gridded player card having a plurality of grid positions to the player, the first gridded player card and second gridded player cards distributed by displaying the first gridded player card with first indicia in the grid positions of the first gridded player card, and displaying the second gridded player card with second indicia in the grid positions of the second gridded player card on the video display,
display a called-item grid on the video display, the called-item grid having an initial draw portion and a secondary draw portion,
after displaying the first indicia in the grid positions of the first gridded player card and displaying the second indicia in the grid positions of the second gridded player card, randomly draw initial selection items and display the randomly drawn initial selection items in the initial draw portion of the called-item grid,
mark any first indicia or second indicia respectively displayed in the first gridded player card or the second gridded player card shown on the video display that correspond to the initial selection items shown in the initial draw portion of the called-item grid,
randomly determining an amount of secondary selection items to draw from a predetermined range,
after marking the first gridded player card and second gridded player card in response to the drawn initial selection items, repeat the following steps (a)-(c) until the randomly determined amount of second selections items have been drawn:
(a) randomly draw a secondary selection item and display the randomly drawn secondary selection item in the secondary draw portion of the called-item grid,
(b) mark any first indicia or second indicia respectively displayed in the first gridded player card or the second gridded player card shown on the video display that correspond to the secondary selection item shown in the secondary draw portion of the called-item grid, and
(c) determine is the randomly determined amount of secondary selection items have been drawn,

evaluate the first gridded player card and second gridded player card to determine if either of the marked first indicia or the marked second indicia forms a winning combination,
determine awards associated with any determined winning combinations in the first round of the multi-round bonus game event,
proceed to a second round of the multi-round bonus game event when it is determined that the marked first indicia on the first gridded player card or the marked second indicia on the second gridded player card form a winning combination, where the first gridded player card and second gridded player card are active in the second round of the multi-round bonus game event,
end the multi-round bonus game event if neither the marked first indicia on the first gridded player card nor the marked second indicia on the second gridded player card form a winning combination, and
when the multi-round bonus game event has ended, provide any awards based on the primary game event and the multi-round bonus game event, the awards increasing the credit amount stored in the memory.

2. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the first gridded player card and the second gridded player card are each bingo-styled cards, and wherein the first indicia and the second indicia are numerical values within a predefined range.

3. The gaming device of claim 2 , wherein each randomly drawn selection item is a bingo number.

4. The gaming device of claim 3 , wherein a winning combination occurs when a column, a row, or a corner-to-corner diagonal of marked first indicia or marked second indicia is present on one of the first gridded player card or the second gridded player card, respectively.

5. The gaming device of claim 4 , wherein a column winning combination, a row winning combination, and a corner-to-corner winning combination each are associated with a different award amount.

6. The gaming device of claim 2 , wherein the first indicia and the second indicia are randomly selected from the predefined range of numerical values.

7. The gaming device of claim 2 , wherein the first indicia and the second indicia are selected based on player inputs from the predefined range of numerical values.

8. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein a first win meter is associated with the first gridded player card and a second win meter is associated with the second gridded player card, the first win meter and the second win meter tracking awards won from winning combinations appearing on the first gridded player card and the second gridded player card, respectively.

9. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operable to clear any markings from the first gridded player card and the second gridded player card and reuse the first indicia on the first gridded player card and the second indicia on the second gridded player card in the second round of the multi-round bonus game event.

10. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operable to:
clear any markings from the first gridded player card and the second gridded player card prior to the second round of the multi-round bonus game event;
distribute the first gridded player card including displaying third indicia in the grid positions of the first gridded player card on the video display device for the second round of the multi-round bonus game event; and
distribute the second gridded player card including displaying fourth indicia in the grid positions of the second gridded player card on the video display device for the second round of the multi-round bonus game event.

11. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein randomly drawing secondary selection items includes randomly determining a number of secondary selection items to draw from a predetermined range of numbers.

12. The gaming device of claim 11 , wherein randomly drawing secondary selection items automatically occurs after marking the first gridded player card and second gridded player card in response to the drawn initial selection items.

13. The gaming device of claim 11 , wherein randomly drawing secondary selection items occurs after receiving a signal from the player input device.

Assignees

• King Show Games Inc

Inventors

• Berman Bradley

Classifications

• G07F17/326

  Game play aspects of gaming systems · CPC title

• G07F17/3276

  wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament · CPC title

• G07F17/3262

  Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played · CPC title

• A63F3/062

  Bingo games, e.g. Bingo card games · CPC title

• G07F17/3293

  Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack · CPC title