Gaming System Side Wagering Across Multiple Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming machines limit side wagering to specific, pre-configured bets associated with individual machines, lacking flexibility and community play opportunities, which restricts player excitement and award potential.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system that allows players to place side wagers on outcomes of bonus events across multiple machines, enabling participation in triggered events regardless of time and location, with options for eligibility periods and specific outcomes, increasing flexibility and community engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If side bets are limited to specific pre-configured bets associated with individual machines, then machine programming and button panel configuration are simplified, but player flexibility and community play opportunities are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming system enables side bets to be placed on bonus events from any gaming device within the system, rather than being limited to the specific device where the bet is placed. This multi-functionality allows a single side bet interface to serve multiple gaming devices, increasing flexibility without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
A central controller or server acts as an intermediary between the player's gaming device and the bonus events occurring on other devices. This intermediary manages the side bet outcomes and coordinates between multiple devices, enabling community play while centralizing the complexity management.
2Ease of operation
If side bets are pre-configured for specific gaming machines, then implementation and programming are easier, but player excitement and award potential are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The side bet system transitions from static pre-configured bets to dynamic bets that can be placed on any bonus event within the system. The system dynamically determines eligibility, outcomes, and award distribution based on real-time bonus event triggers across multiple devices, enhancing participation while managing complexity through centralized control.
3Adaptability or versatility
If bonus events are triggered at specific gaming devices, then local player engagement is enhanced, but community play and cross-device participation are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple individual device bonus events into a shared community pool where players can participate in bonus events from any device. This combining of previously separate bonus event systems creates cross-device participation while the central controller manages the coordination complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, the gaming system enables a player to place one or more side bets on one or more outcomes associated with one or more bonus events, wherein the player participates in each of such bonus event(s) regardless of when that bonus event is triggered and regardless of which gaming device(s) in the gaming system is associated with the triggering of that bonus event. In another embodiment, the gaming system enables a player to place a side bet which is associated with an eligibility period, such as a designated period of time or a designated quantity of games played. If no bonus events are triggered during the associated eligibility period, the placed side bet is lost and the gaming system does not provide the player any bonus event awards in association with the placed side bet.