Game-Operating Computer System for Community Prize Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The odds of winning a lottery decrease significantly as the jackpot increases, leading to low chances of winning and a need for innovative methods to enhance player engagement and reward non-winning participants.
Innovation Solution
A computer-operated system that conducts lottery drawings, identifies winning tickets, and allocates a community prize to non-winning players based on geographic identifiers, dividing the prize among a pool of non-winning tickets to award additional prizes to participants from the same location as the winning ticket.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the jackpot amount increases, then the prize amount allocated to winning tickets increases, but the probability of winning decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the prize distribution into two distinct components: traditional jackpot prizes for winners and community prizes for non-winners. This segmentation allows the jackpot to increase while introducing a separate reward mechanism that maintains player engagement without affecting the odds of winning the main prize.
Solution Approach 2:
The community prize is allocated based on geographic identifiers (postcode, district, suburb, mapped location, telephone code, or geographic coordinates) to create localized prize pools. This local quality approach distributes prizes to specific geographic areas where winning tickets were purchased, making the reward structure more granular and targeted.
2Ease of operation
If traditional lottery games are played, then simple participation is maintained, but player engagement and reward for non-winning participants is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The lottery system is enhanced with multi-functionality by introducing community prizes that reward non-winning participants. The system now serves dual purposes: rewarding traditional winners while also providing consolation prizes to non-winners based on their purchase location. This universal approach maintains the simplicity of traditional play while adding engaging additional layers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to players through community prize notifications that inform non-winning participants about their eligibility for additional prizes. This feedback mechanism maintains player interest and engagement by providing ongoing value beyond the simple win/lose outcome of traditional lottery play.
3Adaptability or versatility
If community prizes are introduced, then player engagement increases, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and pre-identifying geographic zones and their associated prize pools before the drawing occurs. Non-winning players are pre-identified based on their purchase location data, and community prizes are pre-determined based on the pool of non-winning players in each geographic area. This preliminary processing reduces real-time computational complexity during prize distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
Geographic identifiers (postcode, district, suburb, mapped location, telephone code, or geographic coordinates) serve as intermediary elements that bridge the gap between player purchase data and prize allocation. These intermediaries organize and categorize players into geographic zones, simplifying the complex task of distributing community prizes to large numbers of non-winning participants.
4Quantity of substance
If prizes are divided among non-winning players, then additional rewards are provided, but the prize distribution process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The prize distribution process is segmented by geographic zones, with each zone having its own pool of non-winning players and associated community prize. This segmentation divides the complex task of distributing prizes to thousands of individual players into manageable geographic units, making the process more systematic and controllable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters such as geographic identifiers and pool sizes to dynamically adjust prize distribution. By using variables like postcode, district, suburb, mapped location, telephone code, or geographic coordinates as parameters, the system can flexibly allocate prizes based on purchase location data without requiring complex custom logic for each player.
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In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a game-operating computer game system, that includes at least one server and software stored on a non-transient computer readable medium accessible by the at least one server, where the software is at least configured to: (a) conduct the game drawing; (b) determine at least one winning ticket based on the game drawing; (c) identify at least one winning purchase location of the at least one winning ticket; (d) identify at least one pool of non-winning players based on the at least one winning purchase location; (e) calculate a community prize; (f) divide the community prize to determine a plurality of non-winning prizes; (g) award the plurality of non-winning prizes to the at least one pool of non-winning players; and (h) display a notification about each of the plurality of non-winning prizes to each non-winning player of the pool of non-winning players.