Bingo System Mapping Class III Outcomes to Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming systems fail to provide a bingo game on a network of gaming machines that satisfies Class II regulatory requirements while simulating important aspects of Class III games, lacking the 'look and feel' of Class III games.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that map Class III game outcomes to a common set of bingo patterns, allowing electronic gaming machines to offer entertaining displays of various Class III game themes, with linked machines contributing to a single progressive jackpot, and calculating bingo numbers to match payout probabilities, ensuring regulatory compliance and player engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional bingo games are played on gaming machines, then regulatory compliance for Class II games is achieved, but the game lacks the excitement and player engagement of Class III games
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of game theme and display while maintaining the core bingo mechanics. It maps Class III game outcomes to bingo patterns, allowing the same bingo infrastructure to deliver Class III-like player experiences through different thematic presentations (slots, video poker, etc.) without changing the fundamental Class II regulatory framework
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates virtual copies of Class III game themes and displays on the bingo platform. By replicating the visual and thematic elements of popular Class III games (slot machines, video poker) while using bingo's random number generation and pattern-matching mechanics, it provides players with familiar engaging experiences while maintaining Class II regulatory compliance
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple game themes are offered on a single bingo network, then player engagement and versatility are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal bingo system that can accommodate multiple game themes through a single infrastructure. The core bingo server and machine architecture remains unchanged, but multiple themes are achieved by mapping different Class III game outcomes to the same set of bingo patterns, allowing one system to serve multiple gaming experiences
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the game presentation layer from the core bingo mechanics. By separating the thematic display (Class III game simulations) from the underlying bingo pattern matching and random number generation, it allows multiple themes to be added without proportionally increasing system complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If progressive jackpots are pooled across linked gaming machines, then player engagement and excitement are enhanced, but coordination and data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the progressive jackpot pools of multiple linked gaming machines into a single unified jackpot. By coordinating the bingo patterns and outcomes across machines while maintaining their physical separation, it creates a pooled progressive system that enhances player engagement without requiring complex individual machine coordination for each jackpot contribution
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AI summary
Novel methods, devices and systems are described for mapping a variety of Class III game outcomes to a common set of bingo patterns. Each game theme may have a different entertaining display, based upon a corresponding Class III game. Preferably, each game theme will offer game play and paytable percentages closely matching those of the original Class III game. Some implementations provide a system wherein electronic gaming machines presenting entertaining displays of various Class III game themes are linked to a single bingo server. By linking many participating electronic gaming machines to a single server, some implementations of the invention allow all of the progressive contributions to be pooled into one large progressive jackpot, thereby making the game more attractive to players.