Gaming System Queued Partial Outcomes Bonus Variety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines lack innovative bonus game concepts that can enhance player appeal and operator profitability, as existing bonus games often rely on similar designs and limited entertainment value.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for a gaming system that involves receiving multiple wagers, determining and displaying partial outcomes, storing them, and combining these with a secondary outcome upon a triggering event to generate final outcomes, enhancing the gaming experience with queued partial outcomes and community outcomes evaluated using a pay table.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional bonus game designs are used, then the gaming system maintains simple operation, but player engagement and entertainment value are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming system is divided into a basic game portion and a bonus game portion that can be independently configured and triggered. The bonus game uses segmented reel strips with distinct symbol sets and payout structures, allowing operators to create multiple different bonus game experiences from the same basic game platform, thereby increasing variety without requiring complete system redesigns
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming machine platform is designed to support multiple bonus game types through universal components such as configurable reel strips, adjustable trigger conditions, and flexible payout tables. A single machine can host different bonus games by reconfiguring these universal elements, providing versatility while maintaining operational simplicity through standardized interfaces
2Adaptability or versatility
If bonus games provide greater winning expectations, then player appeal increases, but operator profitability may be reduced due to higher payout requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows dynamic adjustment of bonus game parameters including symbol probabilities, payout multipliers, and trigger frequencies. Operators can configure the reel strip symbols and their associated values to achieve desired player appeal while controlling expected payout costs through mathematical optimization of the symbol distribution and payout table configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures bonus game parameters and payout structures before play begins, allowing operators to set winning expectations and associated costs in advance. This preliminary configuration enables careful balancing of player appeal against profitability by optimizing the mathematical properties of the bonus game before it is activated
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AI summary
A gaming system comprises a wager input device and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game, the primary wagering game comprising a first portion and a second portion. At least one controller is operative to (i) detect receipt of at least two wagers from a first player via the wager input device, (ii) in response to detecting the at least two wagers, determine and display at least two respective partial outcomes of the first portion of the wagering game, (iii) store the respective partial outcomes, (iv) upon the occurrence of a triggering event, determine and display a secondary outcome of the second portion of the wagering game, and (v) combine each of the respective partial outcomes with the secondary outcome to determine and display a plurality of final outcomes.