Electronic bingo game

Claim 1

An electronic bingo game played as a series of sets with each set consisting of one or more bingo games played as a series of called bingo numbers, each set initiated under command of a bingo caller, and where a bingo winner is determined by completing a predetermined bingo card pattern, the game comprising: (a) a variable timer, for automatically timing the interval between bingo number selections in a set to give the game players a constant rate of bingo numbers called, the timer interval selectively variable over a predetermined range, said timer including means for manual setting of the timer inverval; (b) a pattern storing means, for storing for a predetermined number of sets, the bingo pattern for each game in each set, said pattern storing means outputting for display at the start of each game the pattern for the next game to be played; (c) a game counter responsive to initiation of a next game, for counting and displaying the number of games played; (d) a number counter responsive to said timer, for counting and displaying the number of bingo numbers called in the set, said counter being reset at the start of each new set; (e) a random number generator responsive to said timer, for randomly selecting the bingo numbers for each set played, each bingo number having an equal probability of selection; and (f) a means responsive to said random number generator and said timer, for storing and displaying the bingo number called in a set, said means for storing the bingo numbers automatically retaining and outputting upon request from the caller the bingo numbers selected from the previous set, including the last ball called and the number of balls called in the previous set, until the start of the next set, said random number generator, said number counter and said timer cooperating together to select and display bingo numbers until terminated by the caller when a bingo winner is found.