CA1295641C - Method and apparatus for playing a bingo line game - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for playing a bingo line game

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CA1295641C
CA1295641C CA000561076A CA561076A CA1295641C CA 1295641 C CA1295641 C CA 1295641C CA 000561076 A CA000561076 A CA 000561076A CA 561076 A CA561076 A CA 561076A CA 1295641 C CA1295641 C CA 1295641C
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Cynthia Ann Lees
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/06Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
    • A63F3/065Tickets or accessories for use therewith
    • A63F3/0665Tickets or accessories for use therewith having a message becoming legible after rubbing-off a coating or removing an adhesive layer
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S283/00Printed matter
    • Y10S283/903Lottery ticket

Abstract

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING
A BINGO LINE GAME
Abstract of the Disclosure A method for playing a side game in connection with a bingo game includes providing a flash board displaying a plurality of numbers in mutually perpendicular rows and columns. A plurality of tickets having a first face and a second face are provided. A column of numbers that is displayed on the second face of each ticket is identical with-one of the columns of numbers shown on the flash board. A
covering preferably initially masks the column of numbers from view. The plurality of tickets are distributed to players.
Numbers are then serially selected from the plurality of numbers and a display is made on the flash board for each number selected. A winner is declared when all the numbers in a vertical row have been chosen.

Description

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING
A BINGO LINE GAME
Background of the Invention This invention generally pertains to the game of bingo. More specifically, the present invention relates to a side game which can be played in connection with a regular bingo game.
The invention is particularly applicable to a playing card and a method for playing a line game in connection with a regular bingo 8ame. However, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, that ~he invention has broader applications and may also be adapted for use in many other types of ancillary games to a normal bingo game or other games such as Lotto, or the like.
Auxillary games played alongside of a normal bingo ; game are known. One such game is based on the configuration of a bingo "flash" board, which has lighted numbers that indicate the bingo balls that have been previously picked. As is well known~, in a bingo flash board the numbers 1-15 are positioned :
in a flrst row associated with the letter "B", the numbers 16-30 are positioned in a second row and asociated with the :
` letter "I", and so on, up to the numbers 61-75, which are associated with the letter "O". Also, the numbers 1, 16, 31, 46, and 61 are located in a first column adjacent the word "BINGO" with the numbers 2, 17, 32, 47, and 62 bein8 located in a second column adjacent the first column, and so on Eor 15 ~ ~ columns. Tbus, a grid of five rows (of flEteen numbers each) -~ 25 ~ and fifteen columns toE five numbers each) is provided for the flash board. The grid accommodates the numbers 1-75. In the ~:

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: ' known game, which is called a bingo line ~ame, the player whose particular vertical line is first illuminated on the hingo flash board would be the winner.
Although such a game is known, it has been played only as an unofficial side game either through a bookmaker or through a ~roup oE players acting as their own bookmakers. In both instances, the players would merely pick one of the numbers 1 to 15. The winning player would be the one who had chosen the first number in the completely illuminated column.
No such officially recognized bingo line games have yet been played and there is no token available for playing such a game.
Accordingly, it has been considered desirable to ~; develop a new and improved token for playing such a bingo line game as well as methods for playing such a game which ~ould overcome the foregoing diEficulties and others while providing better and more advantageous overall results.

Brie~ Summary of the Invention In accordance with the present invention, a new and improved method for playing a side game in connection with a bingo game is provided.
More particularly, in accorda~ce with the inven~ion, a 1ash board is provided for displaying a plurality of numbers ; in mutually perpendicular rows and columns. A plurality o tickets are provided which each display individual columns of the numbers displayed on the ~lash board. The plurality of tickets are distributed to players. Bingo numbers are then serially selected causing a display tO be made Oll the flash board for each number so selected. A winner is declared when all the numbers in a column are chosen.

~, In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a ca}d is provided for playing a bingo-type game.
More specifically, in accordance with this aspect of the invention, the card comprises a first face, and a second face displaying a column of numbers which is identical wi~h one of the columns of numbers shown on an associated flash board.
A cover means is provided on the second f~ce ~or initially obscuring the column of numbers.
Preferably, the card first face includes at least one coded area which provides payout information concerning the card. In one preferred embodiment, the coded area comprises a plurality of spaced color coded boxes. A coding means, such as a colored indicium or the like corresponding to the color of one of the plurality of color coded boxes, is preferably positioned on the second face of the card adjacent the column of numbers. The covering means can initially obscure both the column of numbers and the coding means.
According to yet another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for playing an instant bingo-like number game.
In accordance with this aspect of the invention, a plurality of tickets are provided which each display one column of the numbers displayed on a bingo flash board. The ticket column of numbers is obscured by a cover means~ A winning number is selected from the numbers 1-15 which constitute the first line oE numbers on the flash board. The plurality of tickets are distributed to players. The cover means is removed after the step of distributing. A winner is declared when a first number in the ticket column of numbers matches the pre-selected winning number.

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One advantage of the present invention is the provision of a new ~nd improved ~ame playing card.
Another advantage of the invention is the provision of a bingo line game playing card which displays one column of the numbers shown on a bingo flash board.
Still another advantage of the invention is the provision of a playing card in which a column of numbers is coded, such as by color coding or by a coding indicium. The remuneration of the winner is dependent upon the coding o~ the column of numbers wi~h different remuneration being provided for the different coding symbols.
A further advantage of the invention is the pro~ision of a covering means or initially covering the column of numbers and the coding symbol until the card is bought and the ; 15 player removes the co~ering means.
Yet another advantage of the in~ention is the provision of a new method for playing a side game in connection with a conventional bingo game or the like.
An additional advantage of the invention is the provision of a new method for playing an instant bingo-like game.
Still other benefits and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon a reading and understanding of the ollowing detailed specification.
~25 Brief Description of the Drawings The invention may take physical form in certain parts and arrangements of parts, a preferred embodiment of which will ;~ be described in detail in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereo~ and wherein:
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FIGURE 1 is a schematic view of a bingo flash board and a bingo card;
FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of a first face of a game card according to the present invention; and, FIGURE 3 is a schematic view of a bingo flash board and a top plan view of a second side o the game card of FIGURE
2 with a tear open covering strip shown in the torn open position.

Detailed Description o~ the Preferred Embodiment Referring now to the drawings wherein tlle showin~s are for purposes of illustrating a preferred emobdiment of the invention only and not for purposes of limiting s~me, FIGURES
2 and 3 show the subject new playing card A. While the playing card is primarily designed for and will hereinafter be described in connection with a bingo line-type game, it will be appreciated that the overall inventive cocept involved could be adapted for other game environments as well.
FIGURE 1 shows a conventi~nal bingo display board or flash board B which.is provided with a plurality of vertical : columns 10 and horizontal rows 12. As is conventional9 sixteen vertical columns are provided with the first column con~aining the letters B-I-N-G-0 and the other columns each containing a series of five numbers that are headed, respectively, by one of the numbers 1-15. Numbers 1-75 are conventionally used in the bingo game with ~he numbers being divided in five horizontal rows, such ~hat the first row next to the letter "B" ranges from 1-15, the second row next to the letter "I" ranges from ~ 16-30 and so on. The columns and rows divide the display board : 30 B into a plurality of squares 14 each of which contains an alphanumeric character or indicium 16.

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Conventionally, a bingo card or ticket C, which is used in conjunction with the display board B, includes a card body Z0 having thereon a plurality of vertical columnns 22 and horizontal rows 24 which divide the card into squares or boxes 26 each of which displays an alphanumeric indicium 28.
With reference now again to PIGURE 2, the present invention comprises the new game card A having a card body 40 with a front face 42. Provided on the front face is a pay-out coding means in the form of a plurality of coded boxes 44, 46, 48, 50, and 52, which can be positioned on the card front face in any desired arrangement. In the embodiment illustrated, the coded boxes are color coded. It should be recognized, however, that numerous types of coding means other than the color coded boxes illustrated could be utilized as desired.
Preferably, a serial number 54 is also provided on the card to indicate to the distributor the precise lot to which the card belon~s. In one preferred embodiment, 660 cards are provided in one complete package and the same serial number is assigned to each card in the package.
~ The front of the card may also include information concerning tlle price of the card as well as a trademark or the like. For convenience and clarity, neither of these is displayed on the carcl of EIGURE 2.
With reference now also to FIGU~E 3, a bingo display ~5 board and a game card in use are therein illustrated. In order to avoid confusion, the display board and game card will have like components identified by like numerals with a primed (') suffix and new components will be identified by new numerals.
The display Board B' has a plurality of vertical columns 10' and horizontal rows 12' which define squares 14' ~ .

containing alphanumeric indicia 16'. Some of the squares 14' are illuminated and this is shown by having the numeral in question circled. As the numbers are selected by any conventional process, i.e., such as by having bingo balls picked from a bingo blower, the numbers selected are illuminated on the bingo display board so that players can ascertain what the selected numbers are. Once an entire column 62 is illuminated, by having each number therein picked, a winner is simultaneously chosen, assuming that the playing card displaying that column has been sold prior to the game.
With reference again to the card A', a back face 70 thereof is provi~ed with a display surface 72 which has printed thereon a column of numbers 74. Adjacent the column of numbers is an indicium 76 which has a color identical with one of the colored boxes shown on the front face 42 of the card. If desired, a column of letters 78 spelling out the word BINGO, or another suitable word, may be provided adjacent the column of numbers. As shown, the first le~ter of the word BINGO can also be colored with the same color as the indicium 76. It is evident that only one colore~ indicium need be provided for the card. It is thus conceivable to show the color by coloring the column of numbers 74 or the background thereof if desired instead of providing a separate colored in~icium.
Preferably, a cover means 80 covers the display surface 72 before the card is `oought. The cover means 80 can be a tear-open cover strip. The strip can be held in place by a securing means 82 until the player detaches tlle cover strip.
The securing means can be tear-off ribs or portions be~ween the cover strip 80 and the card back face 70 or an adhesive layer between the covcr strip and the back face. Alternatively, the cover means 80 could be a tear-away cover strip, a rub-away coating, or the llke.
In play, before a particular bingo game is begun, a plurality of the playing cards A' would be sold to various bingo game players so that the line game could be played simultaneously with a conventional bingo game. As mentioned, the line game is based on the configuration of the bingo flash board and once a particular column of the flash board is completely illuminated, a winner can be declared. The remuneration of the winner will depend upon the colored indicium 76 or other indicating means which is proYided adjacent the column of numbers. This indicium, has a color tllat matches the color of one of the boxes on the front face 42 of the card body, thereby indicating payout information for the particular game sequence.
To control the odds of winning and the pay outs, the seller of the playing cards would insure that all the players receive a playing card with the same serial number.
Additionally, for the purposes of payout, the seller would likely reEuse to recognize a winning playing card that would have a different serial number from the one that had been dis~ributed for that game. Although it was previously ;~ ment~ioned that 660 cards are preEerably provided in one complete package, it is evident that any other number oÇ cards could constitute a package. The size of the package could be ; ~ varied as dependent on the size of the game, i.e. the number o purchasers, that are anticipated for any particular game. It would also be easible, of course, to run a game in which two or more complete sets of playing cards, i.e. two serial numbers would be sold and recognized.

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~, Such line games can be operated during "special" or "jackpot" bingo games as well as during a full card bingo game. Generally, a majority of the numbers on the bingo flash board will need to be called, in order to declare a winner.
S Variations of the five number game, l~hich may be use~ during shorter or special games, can also be provided in which a player would win when only three or four of the numbers in a particular column are lit on the flash board.
~nother game can also be played with the card or L~ ticket of the present invention. In this game, a winning number, which can, for example, be one of the numbers 1-15 that constitute the first ro~ of numbers on the bingo flash board is preselected prior to distribution of -the tickets.
Subsequently, the tickets are distributed, ;.e. sold to the players, with the column o numbers printed on the second face of the ticke-t being masked. When each player uncovers the column of numbers, he or she can instantly ascertain whether the first number listed in the column of numbers on his ticket is the winning number.
In this connection, and with reference now to FIGURE
4, the winning number 90 can generally be posted on a sheet 92 that is displayed a(ljacent the place where the bingo game is played or where the tickets are sold. The numeral 90 may, initially, be cov~red by a detachable covering means 94 which can be in the form of a peel-off piece of oil. Preferably, the foil is provided with a thickened area 96 to prevent the number 90 from being at all detectable through the foil. If desired, the sheet 92 can be a cardboard sheet which promotes the instant bingo game and provides the odds of winning various sums of money if the correct number is chosen or if the correct -~ 6~

line is chosen. The covering means 94 can be removed before the distribution of the tickets if desired or only after the tickets are distributed.
It should, however, be recognized that the instant winning numeral could be provided at the beginning of the bingo game such as by activating the bingo blower and allowing it to eject balls until one of the balls numbered 1-15 is ejected with that ball then representing the winning number.
Alternatively, a ball can be chosen manually from the bingo 1~ balls in order to select the winning one.
It should be noted that the above-described instant game can be played in addition to "special," "jackpot" or full card bingo games. Although the same card cannot be utilized for the instant game and then also for the bingo line game in lS conjunction with one of the above-mentioned bingo games, two separate sets of the same style card can be so used.
The subject invention thus provides a game card for bingo line games and the like as well as two different ways for utilizing such a card to play a game. The game card invention, o is llowever, also adapted for use in various other types of games with which such a card would be desirable.
The invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment. Obviously, modifications and alterations will occur to others upon the reading and understanding of this specification. It is intended to include all such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.

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Claims (6)

1. A card for playing a bingo-type game, comprising:

- a first face;

- a second face displaying a column of numbers which is identical with one of the columns of numbers shown on an associated flash board; and, - a cover means for initially obscuring said column of numbers;

- at least one coded area located on said card first face which provides payout information concerning the card; and, - a coding means for providing specific payout information concerning the card, said coding means being located on said card second face.
2. The card of claim 1, wherein said cover means also covers said coding means.
3. The card of claim 1, wherein said coding means is a color coded indicium which matches the color of the at least one coded area located said card first face.
4. A card for playing an auxiliary game while a regular bingo game is being played, the card comprising:

- a first face having a plurality of spaced color coded boxes which provide payout information;

- a second face displaying a column of numbers which is identical with one of the columns of numbers shown on an associated bingo flash board;

a color coding means corresponding to the color of one of said plurality of color coded boxes, said color coding means being positioned on said second face, adjacent said column of numbers; and - covering means for initially obscuring said column of numbers and said color coding means until said covering means is removed.
5. The card of claim 4, further comprising a serial number provided on said first face.
6. The card of claim 4, wherein said covering means is a tear-open strip.
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