Gaming Machine Side Bet Integration for Player Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines with multiple terminals lack engagement as players are primarily focused on their own game results, leading to a lack of interest in other players' outcomes, which reduces the overall entertainment value.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine configuration that allows players to participate in both a normal game and a side game, where the side game result is determined based on another player's normal game result, enabling players to see and bet on other players' cards, creating a sense of unity and competition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple terminals are provided to allow multiple players to play simultaneously, then the gaming machine can accommodate more players, but players become disengaged from other players' game results, reducing overall entertainment value
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the normal game and side game into a single integrated gaming system where players participate in both simultaneously. The side game merges player interest in other players' outcomes with the normal game mechanics, creating a unified entertainment experience that increases engagement while maintaining multi-player capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming machine provides multi-functionality by enabling players to engage in two distinct game modes (normal game and side game) within the same terminal. This allows players to simultaneously compete in their own normal game while also betting on and watching other players' games, enhancing entertainment value without requiring additional terminals.
2Ease of operation
If players focus only on their own game results, then individual game outcomes are clear, but the overall game becomes less entertaining and lacks social engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the gaming experience into two distinct but simultaneous game modes: the normal game where players compete against the dealer, and the side game where players bet on other players' outcomes. This segmentation allows players to maintain focus on their own game while simultaneously engaging with others' games, enhancing entertainment without complicating individual game mechanics.
Solution Approach 2:
The side game acts as an intermediary mechanism that connects players to each other's game outcomes. Through the side game, players can bet on and watch other players' normal games, creating social engagement and shared entertainment experience while maintaining the simplicity of individual normal game play.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a side game is added where players bet on other players' normal game results, then player engagement increases, but the game system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the side game betting system with the existing normal game framework, using the same terminal interface and display systems. This integration allows the side game to function alongside the normal game without requiring separate complex systems, thereby increasing engagement while managing complexity through unified design.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming terminal is designed with multi-functionality to handle both normal game operations and side game betting within the same device. This universal design allows the system to perform multiple functions (normal gameplay, side game betting, result display) without proportionally increasing complexity, as the same hardware and software infrastructure serves both purposes.
Data Source
AI summary
The gaming machine of the present invention provides a gaming machine that executes the processing of: determining, for each station, a normal game result based on a player card for the station; accepting via each input device an input for a side bet on a normal game in a station other than the station having this input device; determining, when a side bet is placed, a side game result according to the determined normal game result of the station as the side bet target; and offering a first payout based on the normal game result, and a second payout based on the side game result.