Cryptographic Bet Encryption for Gaming Fairness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current random number generation methods in gaming applications can be pseudo-random, allowing game owners to predetermine outcomes, undermining fairness, and independent auditing is costly and raises regulatory issues.
Innovation Solution
Generating public-private key pairs for bets and encrypting them, ensuring that only the player can access and decrypt the bet, preventing game owners from manipulating results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If pseudo-random number generation is used in gaming applications, then the game operation is simple and fast, but the fairness of gaming outcomes deteriorates because game owners can predetermine results
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary cryptographic verification mechanism between the random number generator and the player. A fair random number is generated, then encrypted with the player's public key and hashed. The player receives this encrypted verification data and can independently verify the fairness using their private key, preventing the game owner from manipulating results while maintaining operational efficiency.
2Reliability
If independent auditing is implemented to ensure random number fairness, then gaming fairness is improved, but the cost and regulatory complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables players to perform self-verification of random number fairness using cryptographic techniques. Each player has a key pair where the public key is registered with the game and the private key remains with the player. The game generates a fair random number, encrypts it with the player's public key, and the player can independently verify fairness using their private key, eliminating the need for costly third-party auditing systems.
3Reliability
If player bets are encrypted and verified cryptographically, then fairness and transparency are improved, but the computational overhead and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs cryptographic operations in advance: players generate key pairs beforehand and register their public keys with the game. During gameplay, the system only needs to encrypt the fair random number with the player's public key and compute a hash, rather than performing complex verification operations in real-time. This preliminary setup significantly reduces the computational overhead during actual gaming.
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AI summary
Embodiments are disclosed for fairness in gaming. The techniques include generating a public-private key pair for a bet with a gaming application. The techniques further include encrypting the bet using the generated public-private key pair. Additionally, the techniques include providing the encrypted bet to the gaming application. The techniques also include providing a private key of the public-private key pair in response to a notice from the gaming application indicating whether the bet is won.