US 12,263,412 B2
Gaming machine and method for centralized gaming
Donovan Meyer, Austin, TX (US); Jeremiah O'Hara, Las Vegas, NV (US); Thomas Rizos, Austin, TX (US); Jennifer Pinder, Spring Hill, TN (US); and James Urbaniak, Fairview, TN (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/468,405.
Application 18/468,405 is a continuation of application No. 17/809,844, filed on Jun. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,794,093.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,056, filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001218 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 3/06 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 3/0645 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3258 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A centralized gaming system comprising:
a thin gaming device providing game play in a communal game, the thin gaming device configured to transmit an outcome request message, the outcome request message indicating a request to process a game instance of the communal game on behalf of the thin gaming device; and
a central gaming server comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
store a ball call for the communal game on behalf of the thin gaming device;
receive the outcome request message from the thin gaming device;
allocate a bingo card to the game instance associated with the outcome request message from a card pool of predetermined bingo cards;
evaluate the allocated bingo card based on a current state of the ball call of the communal game;
determine a reward value based on the evaluation of the allocated bingo card; and
transmit an outcome results message to the thin gaming device in response to the outcome request message, the outcome results message including at least the reward value, data describing the allocated bingo card, and the current state of the ball call used in the evaluation,
wherein the thin gaming device is further configured to:
in response to receiving the outcome results message, display the allocated bingo card;
after a first period from displaying the allocated bingo card, display a daubed bingo card; and
after a second period from displaying the daubed bingo card, identify and display a facade game result based on the reward value.