Craps Game Repeater Wagering System for Player Attraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Casinos face challenges in attracting new players to the craps game due to its limited high-stakes betting options, which are not appealing to casual gamblers and slot machine players, leading to a decline in attracting new customers while alienating sophisticated players.
Innovation Solution
Introducing a craps game layout with repeater wagering areas that offer longer odds bets based on the repeated rolling of specific numbers or sets of numbers before a terminating event, such as rolling a seven, allowing for higher payouts and attracting new players without replacing traditional bets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional craps bets are offered, then sophisticated players are retained, but new players are not attracted due to limited high-stakes betting options
Solution Approach 1:
The wagering area is divided into multiple distinct sections, each offering different bet types with varying odds and payout structures. This segmentation allows the game to simultaneously serve both sophisticated players (with low house edge bets) and new players (with high payout opportunities), resolving the contradiction between maintaining traditional betting options and attracting new customers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension to the craps betting structure by adding repeater bets that require numbers to be rolled multiple times in sequence. This dimensional addition creates high-stakes betting opportunities with significant payouts, appealing to new players while the traditional bets remain available for sophisticated players, thus resolving the player attraction contradiction.
2Productivity
If repeater bets with longer odds are added, then new players are attracted, but the house advantage increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the wagering area offer different bet types with varying house edges. The repeater bets are positioned in specific areas with their own payout structures and house advantage characteristics. This local differentiation allows the casino to attract new players to specific high-payout bets while maintaining traditional bets with lower house edges, thereby managing the overall house advantage while achieving new player attraction.
3Loss of energy
If only traditional craps bets are offered, then the house edge is minimized, but the game lacks appeal to casual gamblers and slot machine players
Solution Approach 1:
The craps table is designed to serve multiple player demographics simultaneously. Traditional bets cater to sophisticated players who minimize house edge, while repeater bets with their sequential number requirements and higher payouts cater to casual gamblers and slot machine players. This multi-functionality allows the game to maintain its low house edge for traditional players while gaining appeal with new player types, resolving the contradiction between house edge minimization and game versatility.
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AI summary
A craps game is disclosed that combines traditional craps wagers with a set of wagers having longer odds, and thus higher payouts, which are determined based upon the matching of a predefined set of numbers a specified number of times with the roll of the dice prior to the occurrence of a terminating event. In one form, the set of numbers is a single number. In a further form, at least one wager includes a specified number which matches the predefined number which makes up a single member set.