Gaming machine, system, and method for a latin bingo game

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a monetary funds accepting mechanism for accepting monetary funds to add to a player credit balance;

at least one display device;

at least one player input device;

a memory device;

a controller; and

machine-readable code stored in said memory device executable by said controller to, in response to a wager placed by said player from said player credit balance, cause said gaming machine to:

display, via said at least one display device, one or more Latin bingo cards, each of the one or more Latin bingo cards comprising a three row by five column bingo card defining 15 spaces with at least one free space and game numbers displayed relative to the remaining spaces;

draw bingo balls and daub corresponding numbers on the one or more Latin bingo cards;

evaluate said one or more Latin bingo cards to said drawn bingo balls to determine a wild space condition comprising a first three or a last three of the drawn bingo balls matching a game number in a top row of the one or more Latin bingo cards;

when said wild space condition exists, graphically transform said one or more Latin bingo cards displayed via said at least one display device to display wild spaces in the spaces of a column of the one or more Latin bingo cards corresponding to the matching number in the top row of the one or more Latin bingo cards, the wild spaces displayed in replacement of the game numbers that were displayed in those spaces;

compare in real time the daubed numbers, the free spaces, and the wild spaces of the one or more Latin bingo cards to predetermined matching winning outcomes; and

award an award to said player when the one or more Latin bingo cards matches the predetermined matching winning outcomes, said award being credits to said player credit balance.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more Latin bingo cards comprises six free spaces.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 2 , wherein the six free spaces are distributed with two of the six free spaces in each row.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 3 , wherein the two free spaces in a first row and a third row are placed in a second and a fourth column, and the two free spaces in a second row are placed in a first and a fifth column.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more Latin bingo cards comprises a series of cards, the series of cards comprising ten Latin bingo cards with the six free spaces.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein information displayed via said at least display device of the gaming machine is customized for at least one of a background screen color, dauber color, and game speed.

7. A method of presenting a game at a gaming machine comprising the steps of:

receiving a physical item associated with a monetary value at a wager accepting device of the electronic gaming device to increase a credit balance stored on the electronic gaming device;

receiving a wager on a base game via an input device of the electronic gaming device;

initiating the base game via one or more processors;

displaying, via at least one display device, one or more Latin bingo cards, each of the one or more Latin bingo cards comprising a three row by five column bingo card defining 15 spaces with at least one free space and game numbers displayed relative to the remaining spaces;

drawing bingo balls and daubing corresponding numbers on the one or more Latin bingo cards;

evaluating, via said one or more processors, said one or more Latin bingo cards to said drawn bingo balls to determine a wild space condition comprising a first three or a last three of the drawn bingo balls matching a game number in a top row of the one or more Latin bingo cards;

when said wild space condition exists, graphically transforming said one or more Latin bingo cards displayed via said at least one display device to display wild spaces in the spaces of a column of the one or more Latin bingo cards corresponding to the matching number in the top row of the one or more Latin bingo cards, the wild spaces displayed in replacement of the game numbers that were displayed in those spaces;

comparing, via said one or more processors in real time, the daubed numbers, the free spaces and the wild spaces of the one or more Latin bingo cards to predetermined matching winning outcomes; and

awarding an award to said player when the one or more Latin bingo cards matches the predetermined matching winning outcomes, said award being credits to said player credit balance.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein each of the one or more Latin bingo cards comprises six free spaces.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the six free spaces are distributed with two of the six free spaces in each row.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the two free spaces in a first row and a third row are placed in a second and a fourth column, and the two free spaces in a second row are placed in a first and a fifth column.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more Latin bingo cards comprises a series of cards, the series of cards comprising ten Latin bingo cards with the six free spaces.

12. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising the step of customizing at least one of a background screen color displayed by said at least one display device, dauber color displayed by said at least one display device, and game speed.

13. A method of presenting a game at a gaming machine comprising the steps of:

receiving a physical item associated with a monetary value at a wager accepting device of the electronic gaming device to increase a credit balance stored on the electronic gaming device;

receiving a wager on a base game via an input device of the electronic gaming device;

initiating the base game via one or more processors;

displaying, via at least one display device, one or more Latin bingo cards, each of the one or more Latin bingo cards comprising a three row by five column bingo card with six free spaces where two free spaces of the six free spaces are distributed in each row with the two free spaces in a first row and a third row being placed in a second and a fourth column, and the two free spaces of a second row being placed in a first and a fifth column, and wherein game numbers are displayed relative to the remaining spaces;

drawing bingo balls and daubing corresponding numbers on the one or more Latin bingo cards;

evaluating, via said one or more processors, said one or more Latin bingo cards to said drawn bingo balls to determine a wild space condition comprising a first three or a last three of the drawn bingo balls matching a game number in a top row of the one or more Latin bingo cards;

when said wild space condition exists, graphically transforming said one or more Latin bingo cards displayed via said at least one display device to display wild spaces in the spaces of a column of the one or more Latin bingo cards corresponding to the matching number in the top row of the one or more Latin bingo cards, the wild spaces displayed in replacement of the game numbers that were displayed in those spaces;

comparing, via said one or more processors in real time, the daubed numbers, the free spaces and the wild spaces of the one or more Latin bingo cards to predetermined matching winning outcomes; and

awarding an award to said player when the one or more Latin bingo cards matches the predetermined matching winning outcomes, said award being credits to said player credit balance.