Keno Game Bonus Tile Mechanism for Dynamic Player Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional keno games lack an engaging mechanism to enhance player interaction and reward, as they primarily rely on selecting numbers without dynamic bonus features.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system and method that introduces bonus tiles to keno games, where bonus spots are randomly selected and displayed, allowing players to earn additional numbers and awards based on comparisons between their selections and the system-generated numbers, thereby increasing gameplay excitement and potential rewards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional keno game mechanics are used, then the game structure remains simple and easy to understand, but player engagement and excitement are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The keno game is segmented into two distinct phases: the primary game phase with traditional number selection and the bonus game phase triggered by bonus tiles. This segmentation allows the core keno mechanics to remain simple while adding an engaging bonus layer that enhances player interaction without fundamentally altering the original game structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces bonus tiles as an additional dimension to the traditional keno gameplay. These bonus tiles exist alongside the standard number grid, creating a layered game structure where players interact with both the traditional number selection and the bonus tile mechanism, thereby enhancing engagement without complicating the core game.
2Quantity of substance
If bonus tiles and bonus draws are added to enhance rewards, then player excitement and potential winnings increase, but the game complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Bonus tiles are pre-placed on the keno board before the game begins, with each tile containing a predetermined bonus value or feature. This preliminary arrangement allows the bonus mechanics to operate automatically during gameplay, increasing potential rewards without requiring complex real-time decision-making or additional game management steps.
3Adaptability or versatility
If bonus spots are randomly selected and displayed, then dynamic bonus features are created, but the game rule complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bonus tiles automatically reveal their contents and trigger bonus draws when selected, without requiring additional player actions or complex rule interpretations. The system self-manages the bonus progression, making the dynamic features accessible and easy to understand while maintaining engaging variability.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is directed to a gaming system and method providing a keno game including bonus tiles. The method includes, in response to a determination that a quantity of bonus draws for a first keno board is greater than zero bonus draw, causing a display device to display at least one bonus tile with the first keno board, for each bonus tile displayed with the first keno board, adding a bonus keno number to the set of different keno numbers, selecting a quantity of keno numbers from the set of different keno numbers based on in part the quantity of bonus draws, adding the selected keno numbers to a gaming system keno number set, and determining any bonus awards based on a comparison of the keno numbers included in the gaming system keno number set and the bonus keno numbers that map to any of the displayed bonus tiles.