Integrated Poker and Matrix Wagering Game System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wagering games, such as Bingo and poker-Bingo hybrids, lack an integrated system to efficiently combine poker hand evaluations with matrix pattern recognition for determining payouts, leading to a fragmented gaming experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic gaming machine with a data processor that conducts a poker game, forms a poker hand, and randomly places playing card values and suits into a matrix, marking relevant locations and comparing them to both poker and matrix pay tables to determine combined payouts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional Bingo and poker-Bingo hybrid games are played separately, then each game maintains its simple rules and ease of play, but the gaming experience becomes fragmented and lacks integrated wagering opportunities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines Bingo and poker into a single integrated wagering game where players simultaneously participate in both games using the same deck of cards. The Bingo card is overlaid with poker hand evaluations, allowing players to win prizes for achieving both Bingo patterns and poker hands. This merging creates unified wagering opportunities while maintaining the core mechanics of both original games.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal gaming system where a single deck of cards serves multiple functions: it is used for both Bingo number drawing and poker hand formation. The same card draws that trigger Bingo patterns also form the basis for poker hand evaluations. This multi-functionality allows one system to provide multiple wagering opportunities simultaneously, enhancing versatility without requiring separate game systems.
2Productivity
If poker hand evaluations and matrix pattern recognition are conducted separately, then each evaluation method remains simple and easy to implement, but the payout determination becomes fragmented and less efficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges poker hand evaluation and Bingo pattern recognition into a single integrated evaluation process. The system simultaneously determines both poker hand rankings and Bingo patterns from the same set of card draws, then combines the payout determinations into a unified prize structure. This integration improves efficiency by processing both evaluations in parallel rather than sequentially.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary evaluation of both poker hands and Bingo patterns during the same game progression phase. Instead of conducting evaluations separately at different stages, the system preliminarily assesses both game components simultaneously, allowing for more efficient payout determination and creating opportunities for combined prizes before the game concludes.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and device utilize a data processor and a player interface, display, and data storage device in communication with the data processor, A wager is received; optionally the wager includes a poker wager and a matrix wager. An initial hand is dealt and a poker hand is formed. Optionally, a poker hand consists of cards held from an initial hand plus replacements for cards discarded from an initial hand. The payout, if any, associated with the poker hand may be issued. A matrix is constructed by randomly placing value/suit combinations in matrix locations. Matrix locations containing value/suit combinations matching cards in the poker hand are marked. The payout, if any, associated with patterns formed in the matrix by marked matrix locations may be issued.