Gaming Machine Colored Regions Dice Outcome Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional dice games, such as Sic Bo, are monotonous and lack interesting aspects, leading to player boredom due to limited betting options and difficulty in recognizing outcomes, especially when dice are small or distant.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine with a gaming region featuring multiple colored areas where dice can stop, allowing players to place normal bets on dice outcomes and side bets on the colors of the stopping regions, offering additional payouts based on both outcomes and color combinations, enhancing gameplay variety and visual recognition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional dice games are used with limited betting options, then the game rules are simple, but the player becomes bored due to monotony
Solution Approach 1:
The game is segmented into two independent betting systems: normal BET on dice outcomes and side BET on color regions. This segmentation allows players to choose different betting strategies without complicating the overall game flow, resolving the contradiction between versatility and simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming machine provides multiple betting functions through a unified interface. The same gaming region serves both for determining dice outcomes and for color-based side bets, enabling one system to fulfill multiple betting purposes without increasing operational complexity
2Area of stationary object
If small dice are used in the game, then the gaming region can be compact, but the player cannot immediately see whether the BET results in a win or a loss
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming region is divided into color-coded areas (red, blue, yellow, green). When dice stop on a colored region, the corresponding color provides immediate visual feedback to players about win/loss status. This color-coding system allows small dice to be used while maintaining easy outcome recognition through the vibrant regional colors
Solution Approach 2:
The color-coded regions act as an intermediary between the dice outcomes and player perception. Instead of players directly observing small dice numbers, the color regions mediate by providing amplified visual signals that are easily detectable even when dice are small or distant
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AI summary
A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of: (A) accepting from an input device an input indicating placement of a normal BET on outcome of dice; (B) accepting from the input device an input indicating placement of a side BET on colors of regions to which stopped dice belong; (C) rolling and stopping the dice in a gaming region which includes a plurality of regions each having a different color from one another; (D) offering a normal payout based upon the outcome of the dice stopped in the processing (C) and the normal BET placed in the processing (A); and (E) offering an additional payout based upon the colors of the regions to which the dice stopped in the processing (C) belong and the side BET placed in the processing (B).