US 11,704,972 B2
Gaming system and method providing a class II bingo game with a player-selectable wild spot feature
Gianpaulo Sorreta, Sparks, NV (US); and Bradford Brown, Sparks, NV (US)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,463.
Application 17/493,463 is a continuation of application No. 15/273,012, filed on Sep. 22, 2016, granted, now 11,164,423.
Prior Publication US 2022/0028207 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/326 (2013.01) [G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/3272 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
determine a first bingo card comprising a plurality of first bingo card spots, wherein each of the first bingo card spots is associated with a different bingo number of a pool of bingo numbers, and each of the first bingo card spots is associated with a different playing card of a deck of playing cards of a simulated Class III card game,
randomly determine at least two of the first bingo card spots of the first bingo card as potential wild spots,
independent of the determination of the first bingo card, determine a second bingo card comprising a plurality of second bingo card spots, wherein each of the second bingo card spots is associated with a different bingo number of the pool of bingo numbers, each of the second bingo card spots is associated with a different playing card of the deck of playing cards of the simulated Class III card game, and each second bingo card spot of the second bingo card corresponds to one of the first bingo card spots of the first bingo card,
cause a display, by a display device, of a graphical user interface comprising a graphical depiction of an initial hand of the simulated Class III card game comprising the playing cards associated with the potential wild spots,
for each of any potential wild spots associated with any playing cards of the initial hand of the simulated Class III card game selected via an input received from an input device and based on the graphical depiction of the initial hand of the simulated Class III card game comprising the playing cards associated with the potential wild spots:
designate that potential wild spot as a wild spot,
cause a display, by the display device, of a marking of that designated wild spot on the first bingo card, and
cause a display, by the display device, of a marking of any second bingo card spots on the second bingo card that corresponds to that designated wild spot on the first bingo card, and
cause a display, by the display device, of the graphical user interface comprising a graphical depiction of a discarding of any unselected cards of the initial hand of the simulated Class III card game.