Decoupled Bonus Game System for Player Selectable Progressive Jackpots
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing progressive gaming systems lack player anticipation for mystery jackpots and do not allow players to choose which progressive jackpot they participate in, leading to decreased engagement and limited flexibility in deploying bonus features across different platforms.
Innovation Solution
A system that decouples bonus games from base games, allowing players to select from available bonus features and progressive jackpots, using streaming technology to manage and distribute graphical assets, and enabling players to switch between jackpot links without reconfiguring jackpot controllers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If mystery jackpot prizes are awarded without linkage to player actions, then jackpot automation is improved, but player anticipation and engagement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback to players by displaying their position in the bonus game queue and showing when bonus games will be awarded. This creates anticipation while maintaining automated jackpot distribution, resolving the contradiction between automation and player engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-determines bonus game award timing and player positions in advance, allowing players to anticipate upcoming bonuses. This preliminary action maintains automation while enhancing player engagement through predictable reward timing.
2Reliability
If bonus features are embedded within base game software, then game reliability is improved, but system adaptability and ease of deployment deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments bonus features into separate, independently deployable modules that can be added to existing base games without modifying the core software. This allows reliable base games to maintain their certification while enabling flexible deployment of various bonus features across different platforms.
Solution Approach 2:
The bonus feature system is designed as a universal platform that can be deployed across multiple different base games and platforms. The modular architecture allows the same bonus feature infrastructure to serve multiple purposes and game types, enhancing adaptability while maintaining reliability through standardized interfaces.
3Device complexity
If players are forced to select gaming machines based on progressive jackpot availability, then jackpot controller simplicity is improved, but player convenience and engagement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary layer that manages jackpot assignments and player selections without complicating the core jackpot controller. Players can select from available progressive jackpots through a user-friendly interface, while the intermediary handles the complex logic of matching players to appropriate jackpot controllers, maintaining simplicity at the controller level while enhancing player convenience.
4Quantity of substance
If progressive jackpots are linked across multiple machines, then jackpot prize pool growth is improved, but system complexity and difficulty of deployment deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the progressive jackpot network into independent, modular jackpot controllers that can be linked through standardized interfaces. This allows multiple machines to contribute to shared prize pools while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular architecture and standardized communication protocols.
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AI summary
Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems and methods including a bonus game that can be decoupled from base games and/or are player selectable. Bonus features can be added to existing games and player selection of progressive play can be provided. The method and system can further provide switching among possible links without dynamic reconfiguration.