Systems, apparatus, and methods for a game utilizing a wheel with dynamically resizable game spaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821218-B2
Application number	US-201514606968-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	Jan 27, 2014
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A bingo game system provides for new features and functionality for a bingo game platform, including a dynamically resizable wheel segment for a wheel-based game.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for providing bingo game play, comprising
a bingo game server in communication with a player interface and with a memory device;
a bingo controller in communication with the bingo game server and with the memory device;
a game webserver in communication with the bingo game server; and
the memory device storing bingo game instructions and player interface instructions which, when executed by the bingo game server, direct the bingo game server to perform a method comprising:
determining a set of game numbers of a player for play of a wheel-based game;
determining a set of available game numbers from which a game number will be called for the wheel-based game;
generating a representation of a wheel, wherein each available game number is allocated to a respective segment of the wheel;
calling one of the available game numbers for the wheel-based game; and
modifying the representation of the wheel by (i) removing the respective segment from the representation of the wheel that corresponds to the called game number and is adjacent to a first adjacent segment that corresponds to a first available game number and to a second adjacent segment that corresponds to a second available game number, (ii) expanding the first adjacent segment, and (iii) expanding the second adjacent segment.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a scheduler server in communication with the bingo game server and with the bingo broadcaster.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a bingo connection proxy in communication with the bingo broadcaster.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a cloud-based cache in communication with the game webserver.

5. The system of claim 1 , the memory device storing bingo game instructions and player interface instructions which, when executed by the bingo game server, direct the bingo game server to further perform:
determining an indication of any game numbers of the player that match the one or more called game numbers.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein calling one of the available game numbers comprises spinning the wheel.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein modifying the representation of the wheel comprises allocating the segment that corresponds to the called game number equally between the first and second adjacent segments.

8. The system of claim 1 , the memory device storing bingo game instructions and player interface instructions which, when executed by the bingo game server, direct the bingo game server to further perform:
determining an outcome of the wheel-based game based on the called game number; and
providing a payout to the player based on the outcome.

9. The system of claim 1 , the memory device storing bingo game instructions and player interface instructions which, when executed by the bingo game server, direct the bingo game server to further perform:
determining an indication of a size of the segment that corresponds to the called game number; and
providing a payout to the player based on the indication of the size of the segment that corresponds to the called game number.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the indication of the size indicates a relative size of the segment that corresponds to the called game number with respect to at least one other segment.

11. The system of claim 1 , the memory device storing bingo game instructions and player interface instructions which, when executed by the bingo game server, direct the bingo game server to further perform:
determining that all of the game numbers of the player have been matched by the called game numbers; and
awarding a payout to the player.

12. A method, comprising:
determining, by a bingo game server, a set of game numbers of a player for play of a wheel-based game;
determining, by the bingo game server, a set of available game numbers from which a game number will be called for the wheel-based game;
generating, by the bingo game server, a representation of a wheel, wherein each available game number is allocated to a respective segment of the wheel;
calling, by the bingo game server, one of the available game numbers for the wheel-based game; and
modifying the representation of the wheel by (i) removing the respective segment from the representation of the wheel that corresponds to the called game number and is adjacent to a first adjacent segment that corresponds to a first available game number and to a second adjacent segment that corresponds to a second available game number, (ii) expanding the first adjacent segment, and (iii) expanding the second adjacent segment.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining, by the bingo game server, an indication of any game numbers of the player that match the one or more called game numbers.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein calling one of the available game numbers comprises spinning the wheel.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein modifying the representation of the wheel comprises allocating the segment that corresponds to the called game number equally between the first and second adjacent segments.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining an outcome of the wheel-based game based on the called game number; and
providing a payout to the player based on the outcome.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining an indication of a size of the segment that corresponds to the called game number; and
providing a payout to the player based on the indication of the size of the segment that corresponds to the called game number.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the indication of the size indicates a relative size of the segment that corresponds to the called game number with respect to at least one other segment.

19. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining that all of the game numbers of the player have been matched by the called game numbers; and
awarding a payout to the player.

Assignees

• Gamesys Ltd

Inventors

• Elias Hans
• Aicken Thomas David James

Classifications

• A63F3/0645 Primary

  Electric lottos or bingo games · CPC title

• A63F3/06

  Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games · CPC title

• G07F17/34

  depending on the stopping of moving members {in a mechanical slot machine}, e.g. "fruit" machines · CPC title

• A63F3/062

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

• A63F5/046

  with a horizontal wheel, i.e. wheel with a vertical rotation axle · CPC title