Dynamic Jackpot Eligibility Probability in Electronic Gaming Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
In Class II electronic gaming systems, determining progressive jackpot eligibility and awarding in a fair and regulated manner is challenging due to varying player wager amounts across different games, requiring a solution that scales jackpot determinations proportionally to wagers while maintaining a desired return to player (RTP).
Innovation Solution
The system determines a jackpot eligibility probability based on the player's wager amount and uses a random number generator to assess eligibility, dynamically scaling the probability and comparing bingo card parameters to a paytable to award jackpots, ensuring fairness and compliance with regulatory requirements across different games.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If progressive jackpot eligibility is determined using fixed probability across all games, then regulatory compliance is simplified, but fairness and proportionality to wager amounts deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic jackpot eligibility probability that adjusts based on wager amount. The system calculates eligibility probability as a function of the player's wager, allowing higher wagers to correspond to higher eligibility probabilities. This dynamic adjustment mechanism resolves the contradiction by maintaining regulatory compliance through controlled randomness while simultaneously achieving proportionality to wager amounts.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of eligibility probability based on the wager amount parameter. By establishing a relationship where eligibility probability is directly influenced by wager amount, the system achieves proportionality without sacrificing regulatory compliance. The parameter change is implemented through mathematical functions that map wager amounts to corresponding eligibility probabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If jackpot eligibility probability is dynamically scaled based on wager amount, then fairness and proportionality are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical or procedural systems with computational algorithms. The eligibility determination is achieved through software-based random number generation and mathematical probability calculations rather than physical mechanisms. This substitution reduces overall system complexity while maintaining the desired dynamic scaling of eligibility probability based on wager amounts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically calculates and adjusts eligibility probability based on the wager amount without requiring external intervention or complex configuration. The game system itself performs the probability adjustment through embedded algorithms, making the complexity self-contained and manageable within the existing game architecture.
3Reliability
If fixed RTP is maintained across all games, then regulatory compliance is improved, but player engagement and excitement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic elements to jackpot eligibility while maintaining overall RTP targets. The eligibility probability fluctuates based on wager amounts, creating variable player experiences that enhance engagement. The system dynamically adjusts individual game outcomes while ensuring long-term RTP compliance through statistical control and monitoring mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the eligibility probability parameter based on wager amount while keeping the expected RTP parameter constant. By decoupling these two parameters, the system allows for engaging variability in individual outcomes (improving player engagement) while maintaining the required return to player percentage over time (ensuring regulatory compliance).
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AI summary
An electronic gaming system includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least receive a wager amount from an electronic gaming machine (EGM), where the wager amount is associated with a player wager in a base bingo game played by a player of the EGM. The instructions also cause the processor to receive a bingo card parameter from the EGM, where the received bingo card parameter is associated with a bingo card provided to the player in the base bingo game, determine, based upon the wager amount, an award eligibility probability, and determine, based at least in part upon the award eligibility probability, whether the player is eligible to receive an award, and in response, compare the received bingo card parameter to a plurality of bingo card parameters, the plurality of bingo card parameters defining a paytable. Moreover, the instructions may cause the processor to determine, based upon the comparison, whether to provide the award to the player.