Game Machine Continuous Discharge Control for Dynamic Lottery Duration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Game machines with predetermined lottery counts lead to predictable outcomes, reducing player interest as the game's end time is fixed, making the experience less engaging.
Innovation Solution
A game machine with a lottery mechanism featuring multiple pockets correlated to choices, where game bodies are continuously discharged until a predetermined end condition is met, allowing the game to extend or change based on lottery results, incorporating a discharging control system to manage the continuous discharge and selection process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the number of lotteries is predetermined, then the game structure is simple and easy to control, but the player interest is reduced due to predictable outcomes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the number of lotteries variable rather than fixed. The lottery mechanism continues until a predetermined end condition is met, which could be a specific lottery result, a time limit, or another game condition. This dynamic adjustment maintains player engagement through uncertainty while preserving easy control through automated end-condition detection.
2Loss of time
If the game ends after a fixed number of lotteries, then the game duration is predictable, but the excitement and uncertainty are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by continuously monitoring lottery results and comparing them against predetermined end conditions. The system provides feedback through the automated determination of when to stop based on realized conditions (e.g., specific winning combinations, time elapsed, or game state changes). This maintains excitement through uncertainty while ensuring predictable game flow management.
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AI summary
A game machine comprises: a lottery mechanism where a plurality of pockets, each being correlated to each choice, are provided so that at least one choice is selected from a plurality of choices, and a lottery that by making a ball enter any one of the plurality of pockets, the choice correlated to the pocket is selected is executed; and a discharging mechanism which discharges a ball to the lottery mechanism, wherein the discharging mechanism is controlled so that at least one ball is discharged to the lottery mechanism as one lottery unit, and further controlled so that the game body is discharged continuously to repeat the lottery by the lottery unit, as long as a predetermined end condition is not established.