Gaming Controller Guaranteeing Special Events via Preliminary Lottery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines sometimes fail to apply special events during special games, leading to reduced player satisfaction as players feel they have missed opportunities for high-value dividends, even when conditions are met during normal games.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine and method that ensures a special event is applied at least once in a predetermined number of special games, regardless of specific conditions, using a controller to execute special games and apply events such as symbol changes to wild or high-dividend symbols, thereby guaranteeing an advantageous situation for the player.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the special event application timing is controlled based on the number of games, then the frequency of special events can be secured, but special events may not be applied during special games even when conditions are met, reducing player satisfaction
Solution Approach 1:
The controller determines in advance whether to apply a special event during special games by lottery drawing before the special games start. This preliminary determination ensures that special events are guaranteed to be applied at least once during the special games, preventing player dissatisfaction while maintaining controlled frequency through the lottery mechanism.
2Productivity
If special events are applied frequently during normal games, then player engagement is maintained, but the opportunity cost reduces special event applications during special games
Solution Approach 1:
The controller performs lottery drawing before special games start to determine if a special event will be applied during the special games. This preliminary action reserves the opportunity for special events in special games, ensuring that at least one special event is guaranteed during the special games regardless of how many special events were applied during normal games.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the gaming machine follows strict game condition rules for special event application, then game fairness is maintained, but special events are not applied during special games even when trigger conditions are satisfied
Solution Approach 1:
The controller determines in advance by lottery drawing whether to apply a special event during special games, before the special games actually start. This approach maintains game rule consistency by using a predetermined mechanism rather than ad-hoc decisions, while simultaneously ensuring player satisfaction by guaranteeing at least one special event during the special games.
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming machine providing a player with a game includes: a display unit configured to display the game; and a controller configured to determine contents of the game to be displayed on the display unit. The controller executes a predetermined number of special games when a first condition is satisfied during execution of a normal game, and applies a special event when a second condition is satisfied during execution of the normal game or execution of the special games. The controller applies the special event at least once in the predetermined number of the special games regardless of the second condition.