Online Gaming System with Real-Time Progressive Jackpot Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current online gaming systems lack the excitement and convenience of live casino games, with limited player engagement due to the need for physical travel and lack of progressive jackpot opportunities, and face challenges in fraud prevention and inventory control.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for playing interactive lottery/casino games online, where players receive an access code to initiate games on personal devices, with incremental progressive jackpot increases displayed in real-time, offering attractive themes and enhanced accessibility while preventing fraud and managing inventory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If online gaming systems offer convenience and accessibility, then player engagement improves, but the excitement and thrill of live casino games deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time feedback by displaying progressive jackpot amounts that continuously update and increase as players make wagers. This live feedback mechanism recreates the excitement of casino floors by showing players the growing prize pool in real-time, maintaining emotional engagement while playing from home.
Solution Approach 2:
The progressive jackpot amounts are dynamic and continuously changing, increasing with each wager placed across the network. This dynamic element creates a sense of urgency and excitement, as players respond to the ever-changing prize amounts, mimicking the lively atmosphere of physical casinos.
2Productivity
If progressive jackpot prizes are offered to stimulate interest, then player engagement improves, but fraud risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a centralized server as an intermediary to manage all progressive jackpot calculations, validate player wagers, and control prize distributions. This intermediary architecture prevents fraud by ensuring that all transactions are verified and recorded centrally, eliminating the need for players to trust each other or local devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces physical casino mechanisms with electronic and software-based systems. Progressive jackpots are managed through digital algorithms rather than physical token distributions, and player identities are verified through electronic means rather than physical presence, reducing opportunities for traditional casino fraud.
3Reliability
If real-time progressive jackpot displays are implemented, then excitement and player engagement improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized server performs multiple functions: it manages progressive jackpot calculations, validates player wagers, tracks game states, communicates with multiple terminal devices, and controls prize distributions. This multi-functionality consolidates complexity into a single system component rather than distributing it across multiple devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the progressive jackpot management system with the existing online gaming platform infrastructure. The same server that hosts game software also manages progressive jackpots, and the same communication channels used for game play are used for jackpot information distribution, reducing overall system complexity.
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AI summary
A method and system for playing an interactive game includes inputting into a host computer an access code, wherein the access code is operatively associated with game data storing a predetermined outcome of a game play, transmitting from the host computer a game play for play by a player on a terminal device in response to the inputted access code, and increasing the amount of a progressive jackpot in response to the occurrence of at least one game playing event.