Common Prize Fund Validation for Multi-Game Lottery Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional lottery games face declining sales due to a saturated consumer base and limited appeal, with existing methods failing to effectively increase prize funds for smaller games or accommodate diverse gaming options, leading to a need for innovative funding mechanisms that allow for customized and flexible game designs.
Innovation Solution
The development of secure gaming systems that enable multiple small-sized games to share a common prize fund, ensuring backward compatibility with existing validation systems and allowing for dynamic game allocation and contextual marketing, while supporting progressive jackpots and mid- to high-tier prize awards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If traditional lottery games use fixed prize pools for each game, then game validation is simple, but small games cannot offer substantial prizes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple small game prize pools into a single common prize pool that can support substantial prizes. Games share the common pool through a validation system that tracks allocations across multiple games, allowing small individual games to contribute to and benefit from a larger collective prize structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The validation system serves multiple functions: it validates tickets for individual games, tracks prize pool allocations across multiple games, and manages the common prize pool. This multi-functional approach enables small games to access substantial prizes without requiring separate complex systems for each game.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lotteries create customized games for small groups, then game diversity increases, but prize funds become insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent allows multiple customized games targeting different consumer segments to merge their prize pools into a common pool. This enables each customized game to maintain its unique characteristics and target specific groups while collectively supporting substantial prizes through shared funding from all participating games.
3Productivity
If lotteries offer high-volume generic games, then revenue increases, but consumer base diversification is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the consumer base into different groups through customized games with varying themes, prize structures, and target audiences. Each segment can be served by specific games while all contribute to and benefit from the common prize pool, enabling both revenue growth from high-volume games and diversification through specialized offerings.
Data Source
AI summary
A production method and system are provided for enabling the secure sharing of a common prize fund across multiple lottery or contest games and/or sub games. By sharing common inventory control and validation files the multiple games will validate on existing lottery or contest systems without the need for any software or hardware modifications. These methods and systems enhance the games, as well as potentially expand the consumer base for the games.