Bingo Game Wager Normalization for Fair Community Play
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic bingo systems face challenges in maintaining player interest by accounting for varying rates of play among individual players, particularly in community games where different wager frequencies and sizes affect participation and fairness.
Innovation Solution
A game system and method that includes a bonus game controller to normalize each player's entry into an electronic community bingo game based on their wagers, ensuring fair participation and awards by initiating the game on a predetermined periodic time and using a qualifying basis that adjusts for individual wager frequencies and sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If community bingo games are provided to multiple players, then player engagement and community interaction are improved, but fairness deteriorates due to different wager frequencies and sizes among players
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates and stores wager normalization factors for different wager amounts before the bingo game begins. These factors are determined in advance based on the relationship between wager size and game participation weight, allowing the system to quickly apply fair normalization during gameplay without real-time computation delays
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms the raw wager amount parameter into a normalized participation weight parameter by applying a predetermined normalization factor. This parameter transformation ensures that players with different wager frequencies and sizes are converted to a common scale, enabling fair comparison and participation in the community bingo game
2Productivity
If bingo games are initiated based on player wagers, then player contribution is rewarded, but game timing and synchronization deteriorate due to varying wager rates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic bingo game sessions that occur at predetermined time intervals, regardless of when individual players place their wagers. This periodic structure ensures all players participate in synchronized games at the same time, eliminating synchronization issues while still rewarding contributions through the normalization mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The wager normalization factor acts as an intermediary between player wager contributions and game participation rights. Instead of directly triggering games based on wager timing, the system uses this intermediary parameter to translate varying wager rates into equivalent participation weights, decoupling wager timing from game initiation
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AI summary
A game system and method plays an electronic provides an electronic community bingo game. The electronic community bingo game is initiated on a predetermined periodic time period and has a predetermined qualifying basis. Each player's entry into the electronic community bingo game is normalized as a function of the respective player's wagers and the predetermined qualifying basis.