Game Symbol Inventory Tracking for Fairness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional wagering and lottery games lack a mechanism to dynamically manage and display the depletion of game symbols, which can lead to player disadvantage and perception of unfairness, especially in electronic games where virtual decks are not depleted, and in live games where card tracking provides an advantage.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that randomly arranges game symbols into a serial order, allowing players to view the remaining inventory and re-shuffle at predetermined points or player prompts, ensuring a fresh, randomized sequence for each hand, mimicking the experience of live card games while maintaining fairness and player engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of stationary object
If virtual decks are not depleted in electronic games, then game continuity is maintained, but player perception of fairness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual representation (copy) of a physical deck depletion system. The electronic game displays visual indicators showing remaining cards in the deck, copying the experience of tracking cards in live games. This maintains game continuity while providing transparency that restores perceived fairness, as players can see the deck state without actual physical depletion.
2Ease of operation
If card tracking is enabled in live games, then player strategy improves, but game fairness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides automatic tracking and display of remaining cards through the electronic interface, eliminating the need for players to manually track cards. The computerized system serves itself by automatically updating the deck state display after each hand, providing strategic information without requiring player effort to maintain tracking accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously displays the current state of the deck to players. After each hand is dealt, the electronic display updates to show remaining cards, providing real-time feedback that enables strategic decision-making while maintaining fairness through transparency of the game state.
3Loss of information
If remaining inventory is displayed to players, then transparency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical or manual tracking systems with an electronic display system. Instead of using physical counters or complex tracking mechanisms, the system uses software to automatically track and display remaining cards, simplifying the overall system while providing comprehensive transparency of the inventory state.
Data Source
AI summary
Example methods and devices are set forth for playing a game. In some embodiments, an inventory of game indicia is arranged in a random but established, serial order. In some embodiments, for each hand of play the player makes a wager and game indicia are displayed in order from the inventory to define a winning or losing outcome. In some embodiments, a display, as hands are played, displays the remaining constituency of the inventory and the player, before any game, can order re-shuffling and re-constitute of the inventory. Other embodiments are described.