Progressive Jackpot Digit Incrementation for Player Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current progressive jackpot systems in gaming machines suffer from player perception issues, where play drops off after a jackpot is awarded due to perceived diminished chances of winning, and increases when the jackpot approaches a known upper limit, leading to uneven player engagement.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for a progressive jackpot where the prize is defined by multiple digits, incrementing each digit in response to specific trigger events, allowing for dynamic and unpredictable increments, displayed to the player, thereby maintaining engagement by providing random and substantial increases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a progressive jackpot uses a fixed trigger value to determine when to award, then the jackpot awarding mechanism is simple and reliable, but player engagement becomes uneven with play dropping after jackpots are awarded and increasing when the jackpot approaches known upper limits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic jackpot incrementation where each digit of the jackpot prize is incremented independently based on random trigger events. This creates unpredictable jackpot growth patterns that prevent players from anticipating when the next award will occur, thereby maintaining consistent engagement levels throughout the jackpot accumulation period rather than creating peaks and valleys in player activity.
Solution Approach 2:
The jackpot prize is segmented into multiple digits, with each digit being incremented independently by separate trigger events. This segmentation allows for more granular control over jackpot growth and creates a more unpredictable progression pattern compared to a single cumulative value, helping to maintain steady player interest.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the jackpot prize range is randomly determined, then the jackpot system is flexible and adaptable, but the range becomes known to players which affects their play patterns and reduces engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains adaptability by allowing the jackpot to grow indefinitely through continuous digit incrementation, while simultaneously reducing predictability by making the incrementation pattern random and unpredictable. Players cannot determine the jackpot range or when awards will occur, preventing the engagement issues that arise from known prize ranges.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple random trigger events act as intermediaries between player wagers and jackpot awarding. These trigger events obscure the direct relationship between jackpot value and award timing, preventing players from reverse-engineering the system's behavior and maintaining consistent engagement regardless of the current jackpot amount.
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AI summary
An example method of gaming includes: conducting a progressive jackpot including a prize defined by a plurality of digits; and incrementing the progressive jackpot by incrementing a digit of said plurality of digits of the prize in response to a trigger event corresponding to the digit occurring.