Gaming System Grid Layout Intersection Win Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Players find the conventional Craps game difficult to understand and remember, leading to limited gameplay and decreased participation due to complex game layouts and rules.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system featuring a grid layout with colored dice and grid outcomes, allowing players to wager on initial and grid outcomes, simplifying gameplay by determining wins based on intersection evaluations and providing intuitive payout structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional Craps game layout and rules are used, then the game maintains traditional structure and betting options, but players find it difficult to understand and remember, leading to limited participation
Solution Approach 1:
The game layout is segmented into distinct functional zones: outer rows and columns for initial outcome selection, central area for grid outcome display, and intersection points for win evaluation. This segmentation allows players to focus on specific areas rather than overwhelming complex layouts, directly improving ease of play while maintaining structured complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a grid-based two-dimensional evaluation system where initial outcomes (rows and columns) intersect to determine wins. This dimensional approach transforms the traditional linear betting layout into a spatial grid system, making outcome relationships more intuitive and easier to understand while preserving comprehensive betting options.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple betting options are provided in conventional Craps, then gameplay variety is maintained, but players are overwhelmed by the number of rules and betting spots
Solution Approach 1:
The grid outcome symbols serve multiple functions: they represent the intersection of initial outcomes, display potential wins, and provide a unified reference point for all betting evaluations. This multi-functionality allows comprehensive betting options to be managed through a single coherent system rather than multiple separate rule sets, maintaining versatility while reducing perceived complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The central grid area acts as an intermediary between initial outcome selection and final win determination. Rather than players directly navigating complex rule interactions, the grid serves as a mediating visual reference that translates multiple betting options into clear intersection-based outcomes, preserving betting variety while simplifying rule comprehension.
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AI summary
A gaming system and device, operable upon a wager, has a plurality of outcome systems. In one embodiment, the initial outcome system has one or more initial outcome generators, and the secondary outcome system has an intersection evaluation and grid outcomes.