Gaming System Multi-Round Bonus Event Player Choice
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing player tracking systems in gaming machines do not allow players to input choices that affect their chances of winning bonus awards, leading to discouragement among players with limited time or money, as the award selection and timing are determined by the system.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system that enables multiple players to participate in a multi-round bonus event where player inputs determine their eligibility and potential awards, allowing players to compete and make choices that influence the outcome, with the central controller managing the process and award distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the system determines award selection and timing automatically without player input, then the bonus event can be executed efficiently, but player engagement and excitement are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static automatic award selection to dynamic player-choice driven selection. Players actively select awards and timing during the bonus event, making the system adaptable to player preferences while maintaining efficient execution through automated validation and processing of player choices.
2Device complexity
If the system provides fixed award amounts and timing, then the bonus event structure remains simple, but player excitement and perceived control are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The bonus event is divided into multiple rounds with different award levels. Players progress through sequential rounds, selecting awards at each stage. This segmentation creates a structured yet flexible framework that maintains organizational simplicity while providing players with meaningful choices that enhance excitement and perceived control.
3Ease of operation
If multiple players participate simultaneously in the bonus event, then player tracking and management become more complex, but overall player engagement and venue-wide participation increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple players are merged into a single unified bonus event pool. The system manages all participants through a centralized control mechanism that handles award selection, validation, and distribution collectively. This approach maintains simple tracking by treating players as a unified group rather than individual streams, while still providing personalized award choices to each participant.
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In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein substantially simultaneously provides a multi-round bonus event to a plurality of players. Each players' input(s) determine, at least in part, an award, if any, provided to that player for the bonus event. In one embodiment, upon an occurrence of a suitable triggering event, a central controller of the gaming system identifies at least one player and preferably a plurality of players who are eligible for the bonus event. The central controller causes the bonus event to be provided to those eligible players. In one such embodiment, the bonus event enables one or more eligible players in the gaming system to simultaneously (or substantially simultaneously) attempt to win the award in the bonus event. In this embodiment, the outcome of the bonus event is determined, at least in part, by one or more player inputs, choices or decisions in the bonus event.