Integrated Payback Wagering Games With Skill-Based Loss Recovery

Solution Overview

Problem

Users of gaming systems often lose money quickly in wagering games due to the chance of losing their bets during play, discouraging continued participation.

Innovation Solution

Integrate a pay back mechanism into wagering games, where a skill-based game is offered as a second portion after a losing outcome in the first portion, allowing players to potentially win back their bet amount through skill-based gameplay.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional wagering games are played, then players can win money, but players lose money quickly and are discouraged from continuing to play

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplayer engagementVSAvoidplayer financial loss

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The wagering game is divided into two distinct portions: a first portion that determines initial win/loss status and a second skill-based portion that provides opportunity to recover losses. This segmentation allows players to experience both the thrill of chance-based winning and the satisfaction of skill-based recovery, thereby maintaining engagement while mitigating financial loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system converts the harmful effect of losing bets in the first portion into a beneficial opportunity by triggering a skill-based second portion. The loss in the first portion becomes the condition for accessing a recovery opportunity in the second portion, transforming financial loss into a chance for gain through skill application.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

2Productivity

If a skill-based game is added after a losing outcome, then players can win back their bet, but the game complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplayer engagementVSAvoidwagering game structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wagering game is divided into two distinct portions: a first portion that determines initial win/loss status and a second skill-based portion that provides opportunity to recover losses. This segmentation allows players to experience both the thrill of chance-based winning and the satisfaction of skill-based recovery, thereby maintaining engagement while mitigating financial loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system prepares and presents the skill-based second portion only when needed (after a losing outcome in the first portion), rather than always presenting it. This conditional activation reduces perceived complexity by showing players only the relevant portion of the game at any given time, while still providing the full recovery opportunity when circumstances require it.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250292651A1Integrated pay back wagering games

Publication Date: 2025.09.18 PRIMERO GAMES LLC

AI summary

The gaming device can generate an outcome for a first portion of a wagering game. The outcome can include multiple indicia. The gaming device can render a user interface with the indicia for a second portion of the wagering game. The gaming device can generate a skill-based game using the indicia as the selectable components for the skill-based game. The gaming device can receive inputs corresponding to the indicia and determine an award for the wagering game based on the inputs.