an additional prize. The players in this patent are not racing against each other, but against a clock.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,823,534 discloses a bingo format of game with a wild feature. A bingo game is played by a plurality of players employing a table having respective player stations thereabout. The game permits each player to select each of his or her numbers to be matched during play by randomly drawn numbers, including a wild designation which each player may deem to match one of his or her selected numbers, and the game is permitted to progress at multiple levels of play notwithstanding the occurrence of prior bingos in the game being played.
Many video gaming systems provide wild symbols, almost always wild cards, in the play of their games.after making a wager, is dealt, face-up, a hand of five cards that is placed in a player-hand area. The player also receives a solitary card, which is dealt face down in a single-card area. The player then has a chance to improve the ranking of the five-card hand by discarding up to five cards and replacing them with an equal number of new cards. After the player rearranges the five-card hand, the solitary card is turned face-up and all the cards in the player's hand that have the same face value as the solitary card are designated wild. The ranking winnings are calculated according to a statistical pay table.
Australian Patent Application No. 18618/97, filed 28 Feb. 1997, and published 16 Sep. 1997 and Australian Petty Patent No.