Bingo Game Card Identifier Selection for Secondary Wagering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Online casinos face challenges in replicating the excitement of real-world casino environments and enforcing cross-jurisdictional restrictions, while struggling to adapt to a non-wagering game business environment, leading to a need for innovative concepts to make the online gaming industry appealing and profitable.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that integrates bingo game activity with secondary wagering games, allowing users to select card identifiers on a bingo game card, associate them with a secondary wagering game, and use the outcomes of the bingo game as determinants for the secondary game, while imposing betting restrictions and offering customized graphics and multipliers, thus creating an engaging and independent wagering experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If online casinos offer traditional bingo games, then user engagement increases, but game interactivity and excitement decrease compared to real-world casino environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines traditional bingo gameplay with secondary wagering games into a single integrated system. The bingo game and secondary games share the same game board and outcomes, allowing players to engage with multiple game modes simultaneously while maintaining the excitement of real-world casinos through enhanced interactivity
2Reliability
If online casinos enforce cross-jurisdictional restrictions, then regulatory compliance improves, but game accessibility and player base decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the gaming system into independently controllable jurisdictions, each with its own regulatory framework. The game board can be divided into multiple playable areas, and wagering restrictions can be applied selectively to different regions or game types, allowing compliance with local laws while maintaining global accessibility
3Adaptability or versatility
If online casinos adapt to non-wagering game business environments, then market expansion increases, but profit potential decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal game platform that supports both traditional wagering modes and non-wagering social play. The same game infrastructure can serve different business models, allowing online casinos to expand into social gaming markets while maintaining profitable wagering options for players who prefer traditional casino experiences
4Adaptability or versatility
If secondary wagering games are made independent of bingo game outcomes, then player choice increases, but game complexity and control mechanisms worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer that manages the connection between bingo outcomes and secondary wagering games. This intermediary system automatically handles the complexity of coordinating multiple independent games with shared resources, allowing players to make independent choices without manually managing the underlying game mechanics
Data Source
AI summary
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include providing gaming content for use during a bingo game, where the gaming content includes a representation of a bingo game card that includes card identifiers, arranged in a distinct pattern, which are usable during the bingo game to track game identifiers, with equivalent values, when drawn during the bingo game. The operations can further include selecting a card identifier, in response to user input, which indicates a user prediction that a corresponding game identifier, with an equivalent value, will be drawn during the bingo game. The operations can further include placing a bet for a secondary wagering game on the selecting of the card identifier, detecting a draw of the corresponding game identifier during the bingo game, and using the draw of the game identifier as an outcome for the bet.