Multi-Game Bingo Evaluation Architecture for Resource Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic gaming systems for Class II bingo games lack the ability to efficiently manage multiple subgames and game ending win conditions, leading to inefficiencies in memory and processing resources, and potential regulatory concerns.
Innovation Solution
The system provides a multi-game bingo game architecture that includes a server for generating bingo number listings and electronic gaming machines that evaluate multiple subgame bingo cards against the listing, determining outcomes and game ending wins, while preserving memory and processing resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the system evaluates multiple subgame bingo cards and game ending win conditions separately, then the ability to provide diverse game outcomes is improved, but the memory and processing resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the evaluation of multiple subgame bingo cards and game ending win conditions into a single integrated evaluation process. The system evaluates all bingo cards (subgame cards and GEW cards) simultaneously against the same bingo number listing, merging what would otherwise be separate processing operations into one unified evaluation that reduces redundant resource consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses a single bingo number listing to serve multiple functions: it determines outcomes for multiple subgame bingo cards and simultaneously determines game ending win conditions. This multi-functional approach allows one set of called numbers to drive multiple game evaluation processes, reducing the need for separate number listings and associated processing resources.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides multiple independent bingo game outcomes, then the game versatility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the game outcomes into distinct subgame outcomes and game ending win outcomes, each derived from the same evaluation process. By dividing the overall game into separate evaluable components (subgame cards with their own outcomes and GEW cards with their own outcomes), the system provides versatile game experiences while maintaining a unified evaluation mechanism that prevents excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bingo number listing serves as an intermediary that mediates between the multiple bingo cards and the outcome determination process. Rather than requiring complex direct interactions between multiple game systems, the called bingo numbers act as a common reference point that simplifies the evaluation of all cards, reducing system complexity while maintaining game versatility.
3Reliability
If the system uses separate bingo number listings for each subgame, then the independence of game outcomes is improved, but the processing efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary evaluation of all bingo cards (both subgame cards and GEW cards) against the bingo number listing in a single pass. By evaluating all cards simultaneously before determining final outcomes, the system ensures outcome independence while avoiding the inefficiency of multiple separate evaluation passes that would be required if separate number listings were used.
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming machine includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least control a display device to display a first subgame and a second subgame during a multi-game bingo game, evaluate a first bingo card to determine a first outcome for the first subgame, and evaluate a second bingo card to determine a second outcome for the second subgame. The instructions also cause the processor to control the display device to display the first outcome for the first subgame and the second outcome for the second subgame.