Multi-Table Progressive Jackpot Equalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming systems cannot effectively link together different gaming tables with varying community-based games and operational betting positions to provide a common jackpot opportunity, as the odds and number of betting positions differ across tables, preventing fair chances for players across diverse gaming environments.
Innovation Solution
A method to link gaming tables by establishing a target probability for each betting position, adjusting the probability of winning a shared multi-table progressive prize based on the specific table's community event and number of operational betting positions, using three concentric wheels to determine community prizes and select eligible betting positions, ensuring equal chances for all players across linked tables.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different gaming tables with varying community-based games and operational betting positions are linked together, then the diversity and engagement of the gaming system is improved, but the fairness and equality of winning chances across tables deteriorates due to differing odds and number of betting positions
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies table-specific weighting factors to each gaming table based on its unique characteristics (number of betting positions, community event odds). This allows each table to contribute differently to the shared jackpot pool, ensuring that tables with more positions or better odds contribute more, thereby maintaining fairness across diverse gaming environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the weighting parameters for each table based on operational conditions such as the number of active betting positions and the probability of community events. These parameter changes ensure that the contribution to the shared jackpot reflects the actual winning opportunities at each table, maintaining fairness while accommodating table diversity.
2Productivity
If a shared multi-table progressive jackpot system is implemented, then the player engagement and revenue potential are improved, but the complexity of managing varying odds and betting positions across tables increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a central jackpot management intermediary that handles the complex calculations and coordination between multiple tables. This intermediary computes weighting factors, tracks contributions to the shared jackpot pool, and determines winning eligibility based on table-specific parameters, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture and reducing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The jackpot management system is designed as a universal platform that can handle multiple table types, games, and configurations through a single unified interface. By implementing multi-functionality that accommodates various community-based games and betting position configurations, the system reduces the need for separate management mechanisms for each table type.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the number of operational betting positions varies across gaming tables, then the flexibility and adaptability of the gaming system is improved, but the equality of individual player chances to win the jackpot deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system assigns table-specific weighting factors that account for the number of betting positions at each table. Tables with more betting positions receive higher weighting, which compensates for the dilution of individual player chances. This ensures that a player at any table has an equal effective probability of winning the shared jackpot, regardless of the total number of positions at their table.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates equipotential conditions by adjusting the weighting factors so that the product of (weighting factor × number of betting positions) is constant across all tables. This mathematical adjustment ensures that each betting position across all tables has equal potential to win the jackpot, effectively equalizing player chances despite variations in table size.
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AI summary
Table-based gaming actions are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded when a community event occurs at a given table and the event had been wagered upon by side bets placed at that table. One of the possible awards is that for a shared multi-table progressive jackpot prize that receives contributions from side bets placed at different kinds of gaming tables including ones that have community events of different probabilities of occurrence and/or ones that have different numbers of operational betting positions. Methods are disclosed for equalizing the chance at each betting position for winning the multi-table progressive jackpot prize despite the differences in probability of occurrence of the respective community event and/or different numbers of operational betting positions at the respective tables.