Roulette Based Bingo Game and Method of Playing Bingo

Abstract

A roulette based bingo game and method of playing bingo is disclosed. The game includes a bingo table that resembles a traditional roulette table and a bingo wheel used to select randomly from among a set of numbers. Players purchase primary and interim bingo cards by placing chips on the bingo table in a manner that evokes the experience of betting at a roulette table. Bingo numbers are randomly selected by spinning the bingo wheel and matching numbers are daubed or otherwise marked on player's bingo cards. Players obtaining predetermined winning patterns of matched numbers on their bingo cards are winners.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A roulette based bingo game table substantially as shown and/or described. 
     
     
         2 . A method of playing bingo substantially as shown and/or described. 
     
     
         3 . A bingo game including a bingo table that mimics the appearance of a roulette table, a bingo wheel for randomly selecting among bingo numbers, a zero, and a double zero, bingo cards associated with a primary bingo game played at the bingo table, and a plurality of interim bingo cards associated with corresponding interim bingo games to be played at the bingo table during play of a primary bingo game. 
     
     
         4 . A method of playing a bingo session comprising the steps of:
 (a) providing a bingo table that evokes the appearance of a roulette table, the bingo table having a bingo wheel and a playing surface with graphics resembling the graphics of a roulette table;   (b) providing primary bingo cards to at least two players who place chips on the playing surface in a first designated location;   (c) providing interim bingo cards to players who place chips on the playing surface in a second designated location;   (d) spinning a bingo wheel and launching a corresponding bingo ball to select randomly from a predetermined set of numbers;   (e) allowing players to mark on their interim bingo cards and their primary bingo cards numbers that match the randomly selected number;   (f) if a designated winning pattern is marked on a player's interim bingo card, providing chips to the player based on a predetermined payout ratio for the interim bingo game;   (g) If a designated winning pattern is not marked on a player's primary bingo game, returning to step (c), otherwise ending the bingo session.