Gaming Device Prize Symbols Progressive Awards
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming devices lack innovative mechanisms for awarding progressive prizes that dynamically adjust based on player wagers, leading to a lack of engagement and varied winning opportunities.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of a gaming device system where some reel symbols are designated as prize symbols, with two progressive prizes that increment at the same rate and reset to their initial value upon awarding, allowing for concurrent and incremental prize awards based on player wagers, enhancing gameplay dynamics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional single progressive prize mechanism is used, then device complexity is low, but player engagement and winning opportunities are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The single progressive prize is segmented into multiple independent progressive prizes (first progressive prize and second progressive prize), each with its own prize symbol and award condition. This segmentation increases winning opportunities and player engagement while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The prize evaluation system is designed with multi-functionality to handle multiple progressive prizes simultaneously. The same evaluation logic and award mechanism serve both the first and second progressive prizes, allowing the system to provide diverse winning opportunities without proportionally increasing complexity
2Stability of the object's composition
If progressive prizes increment at different rates, then prize variety is increased, but fairness and balance are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses parameter changes (increment rates) to differentiate between progressive prizes while maintaining overall balance. Both prizes increment at the same rate to ensure fairness, but the presence of multiple prize symbols and different award conditions provides sufficient variety and adaptability for engaging gameplay
3Adaptability or versatility
If prize symbols are fixed on reels, then manufacturing is simple, but player engagement and replay value are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The reel strips are configured dynamically with multiple prize symbols positioned at different locations. The system allows for configurable reel strips that can be adjusted to create different game variations and winning probabilities, enhancing gameplay dynamics while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through standardized reel strip designs
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming device comprises a display, a processor, and a memory storing instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to select a plurality of symbols from each of a plurality of reel strips, wherein at least one of the plurality of reel strips comprises a designated symbol, control the display to display the selected symbols of each of the plurality of reel strips in a corresponding column of symbol positions, and evaluate the selected symbols for winning combinations. The evaluation includes upon the selected symbols including the designated symbol and a first prize symbol, awarding a first prize, and upon the selected symbols including the designated symbol and a second prize symbol, awarding a second prize.