Game Event-Based Funding Across Multiple Progressive Pots
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for enhancing player interaction and enjoyment in progressive wagering games, particularly in casino environments, by providing additional options for funding and awarding progressive jackpots based on game events.
Innovation Solution
A gaming device allocates portions of wagers to multiple progressive pots based on specific game results, allowing for awards from both a base game and an event-based progressive pot, with funding criteria defined by game outcomes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single progressive pot is used in traditional wagering games, then the game structure is simple and easy to understand, but player engagement and excitement are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The progressive award is divided into multiple separate progressive pots (first progressive pot, second progressive pot, etc.) instead of a single pooled progressive award. Each pot can be funded and awarded independently based on different game events, allowing players to pursue multiple progressive opportunities simultaneously while maintaining clear visual separation and tracking of each pot's status.
Solution Approach 2:
The game introduces multiple progressive pots that can be funded through different dimensions or pathways (different game events, different wager amounts, different game outcomes). This creates additional layers of progression opportunities beyond the traditional single-dimensional progressive structure, enabling players to engage with the progressive feature in multiple ways.
2Adaptability or versatility
If portions of wagers are allocated to multiple progressive pots, then player interaction and enjoyment are enhanced, but the complexity of wager allocation and award determination increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different portions of wagers are allocated to different progressive pots based on specific local game conditions and events. Each progressive pot has its own funding criteria and award triggers, allowing the system to apply different allocation rules to different pots based on the quality and type of game events occurring, rather than using a uniform allocation approach.
Solution Approach 2:
The wager allocation system is designed to be dynamic, where the allocation of wager portions to different progressive pots changes based on game events, player choices, and game state. The system can adaptively determine how much to allocate to each pot based on current game conditions, allowing flexibility in managing multiple progressive structures.
3Productivity
If multiple progressive pots are introduced, then game variety and excitement are increased, but the difficulty of tracking and managing progressive funds increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements comprehensive feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor and track the status of each progressive pot, the amounts allocated to each, and the conditions for awarding them. Players receive clear feedback on which pots are active, their current values, and what game events are needed to trigger awards, making the complex multi-pot system transparent and easy to follow despite its underlying complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses intermediary tracking mechanisms and control logic that manage the complex relationships between multiple progressive pots, wager allocations, and award triggers. These intermediaries handle the bookkeeping and state management, shielding players from the complexity while ensuring accurate tracking of funds across multiple progressive structures.
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming device includes a processor circuit and a memory including machine-readable instructions that cause the processor circuit to receive a wager and allocate a first portion of the wager to a first progressive pot. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to determine a game result for the wagering game. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to, based on the game result comprising a first game result, allocate a second portion of the wager to a second progressive pot. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to, based on the game result comprising a second game result, award a portion of the first progressive pot to a player of the wagering game. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to, based on the game result comprising a third game result, award a portion of the second progressive pot to the player.