Coin Pusher Casino Game with Token Counter and Feedback Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional coin pusher games are susceptible to cheating and fail to meet regulatory requirements for verifiable payback percentages, making them unsuitable for commercial placement in regulated casino environments.
Innovation Solution
The development of an improved coin pusher machine equipped with a game control processor, memory device, and sensors, which includes a video display, speaker, and player stations with bill and ticket acceptors, token counters, and a pusher mechanism, allowing for verifiable payback percentages and immunity to cheating through secure operation and real-time tracking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional coin pusher games are used, then the device complexity is low and ease of operation is high, but reliability is poor due to susceptibility to cheating and inability to meet regulatory requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors token movements, pusher positions, and game states, feeding this information back to the control system for verification against expected outcomes. Any deviations trigger alerts or game cancellations, preventing cheating while maintaining operational integrity
Solution Approach 2:
A control system acts as an intermediary between the physical coin pusher mechanism and the regulatory requirements, mediating by tracking all actions, verifying outcomes, and ensuring compliance without directly interfering with the core pushing mechanism
2Manufacturing precision
If conventional coin pusher games are used, then the device complexity is low, but manufacturing precision is poor as they cannot provide verifiable payback percentages
Solution Approach 1:
The control system continuously monitors and records all token transactions, pusher actions, and win/loss outcomes, calculating payback percentages in real-time to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while providing verifiable data
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual tracking and calculation methods with an automated control system that uses sensors, processors, and software to precisely track and verify payback percentages, eliminating the need for complex manual verification processes
3Reliability
If sensors and control systems are added to detect cheating and track gameplay, then reliability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses sensors and automated tracking to monitor its own operation and detect anomalies without requiring external oversight, making the device self- verifying and reducing the need for additional monitoring infrastructure
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual monitoring and detection methods with automated sensors and electronic tracking systems that continuously monitor gameplay, detect cheating attempts, and report anomalies without human intervention
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AI summary
An improved coin pusher machine includes at least one player station. The at least one player station includes at least one memory device and processor, a pusher field configured to hold a plurality of tokens, a win slot configured to accept tokens that fall from the pusher field, and omitting any lose slot. The at least one player station includes a pusher mechanism configured to move in a reciprocating motion, a token launching mechanism configured to launch tokens onto the pusher field, and a token counter configured to count a number or value of tokens that fall into the win slot. The processor is configured to calculate a total value, including a base win value and a feature win value, of tokens falling into the win slot from the pusher field, and cause an indication associated with a game cycle to be transmitted to an external host computer.