Dynamic Progressive Prize Enhancement via Optional Wagering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wagering games lack a mechanism to dynamically enhance progressive prizes based on player wagers, limiting player engagement and potential winnings.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow players to place a second wager to enhance a progressive prize, incrementing its value based on the first wager and evaluating game outcomes against winning criteria to award an enhanced progressive prize.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed progressive prize structure is used, then the game rules are simple and easy to understand, but player engagement and potential winnings are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic progressive prize enhancement by allowing players to place optional second wagers that increase the progressive prize multiplier. The prize structure transitions from static to dynamic, where the enhancement level adjusts based on player decisions during gameplay. This resolves the contradiction by making the system adaptable (players can enhance prizes) while managing complexity through clear optional choices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of progressive prize value based on player wagers. A second optional wager modifies the enhancement level parameter, which directly affects the final prize amount. This allows the game to adapt to player preferences while maintaining a manageable structure through defined parameter adjustments rather than complex rule changes.
2Productivity
If players can place additional wagers to enhance prizes, then potential winnings and player engagement increase, but the complexity of wagering options increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent offers players a partial action option - they can choose to place just the first wager for standard gameplay, or add a second optional wager for enhanced prize potential. This partial participation approach allows players to increase winnings when desired without forcing complexity upon all players, resolving the contradiction between productivity and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The wagering process is segmented into distinct optional stages: a mandatory first wager and an optional second wager for enhancement. This segmentation allows players to engage at their preferred level of complexity while still providing pathways to higher winnings, balancing productivity gains with manageable option complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the progressive prize is enhanced based on player choice, then player engagement increases, but the evaluation of game outcomes becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by establishing the enhancement level before the game outcome is determined. The second wager sets a predetermined multiplier that applies to the final prize calculation. This preliminary establishment simplifies outcome evaluation, as the enhancement factor is already known when evaluating winning conditions, reducing the complexity of detecting and measuring final winnings.
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Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems and programs for conducting a feature in relation with a wagering game. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first wager value and a second wager value; establishing evaluation conditions and increment a progressive prize based on this first wager value; and establishing an enhancement level of the progressive prize based on this second wager value. The method further comprising generating game outcomes, evaluating game outcomes, and awarding payouts based on evaluation of these game outcomes, wherein the prize value awarded for a progressive-prize winning outcome is based on the established enhancement level.