Historical Event Wagering Interface With Summary Windows
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming machines fail to effectively combine the engaging features of traditional games of skill, such as horse racing, with the entertainment of traditional gaming machines, leading to complex interfaces, limited event variety, and increased processing requirements.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine with a display screen and processor that presents an entertaining interface and a summary window, allowing wagering on historical events with transformed final rankings of participants, using binary scorecards that consider both positive and negative selections, and providing a dedicated space for both entertaining displays and summary windows.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional gaming machines display comprehensive participant information and final rankings for multiple events, then players can make informed wagers, but the interface becomes complex and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the information display into hierarchical levels: summary windows showing limited key variables, detailed participant information, and final rankings. Players can access comprehensive data through structured navigation without overwhelming the main interface, thus maintaining information completeness while reducing perceived complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a multi-dimensional information architecture where data is organized across different access levels and display layers. Summary windows provide a high-level overview, while detailed information is available through controlled expansion or separate access points, effectively managing information density without sacrificing completeness.
2Loss of information
If traditional gaming machines display comprehensive participant information and final rankings for multiple events, then players can make informed wagers, but processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-processes and transforms final rankings into binary scorecards before presentation, organizing participant data into predetermined formats (e.g., top 3 finishers, positive/negative selections). This preliminary structuring reduces real-time processing requirements while maintaining complete information availability for player analysis.
3Adaptability or versatility
If gaming machines offer traditional games of skill like horse racing, then strategic elements increase player engagement, but access is limited by racing schedules and facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal gaming platform that can present multiple types of historical events (horse races, sporting events, competitions) with varying participant counts and formats. The system adapts to different event types while providing consistent wagering mechanics, greatly expanding game variety and accessibility beyond traditional racetrack limitations.
4Ease of operation
If gaming machines use fixed-odds betting, then players can place wagers independently, but the strategic elements and player engagement are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces binary scorecards as an intermediary between the complex pari-mutuel betting system and the player. These scorecards simplify the betting interface by presenting clear win/loss criteria based on transformed rankings, maintaining strategic depth through informed selection while improving operational simplicity for players.
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AI summary
An improved gaming machine comprising a display screen, a processor, and an input device. The gaming machine displays on the display screen a gaming interface presenting an entertaining display and a summary window comprising a limited view of variables related to participants in multiple events. The gaming machine may conduct wagering on past events for a player, conducting a wager including the processor accessing a database to automatically retrieve data about one or more events in the past and included multiple participants. The data may include both a final ranking of the participants in the events and listings of features of the participants in the events, which may be displayed in the summary window.