Random Payout System for Gaming Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional gaming systems require complex mathematical calculations for designing custom games and paytables, limiting casino operators' ability to create and configure games without tedious work, and often provide little feedback to players about bonus opportunities, leading to reduced engagement.
Innovation Solution
A random payout system that generates winning outcomes through a communication device and controller, allowing for various configurations of funding pools and symbol combinations, enabling self-regulation and immediate feedback to players without the need for precise odds calculations, and supporting progressive jackpot style funding without player eligibility rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional gaming systems use complex mathematical calculations for designing custom games and paytables, then gaming accuracy and fairness are maintained, but device complexity and design time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mathematical calculation systems with a random number generator-based system. Instead of using intricate odds calculation mechanisms, the system uses RNG to determine outcomes and associated funding pools, simplifying the technical implementation while maintaining gaming fairness through cryptographic-grade randomization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental parameter from calculated odds to random generation with associated funding pools. Each winning outcome has a predefined funding pool that is randomly selected and funded, eliminating the need for complex probability calculations while ensuring game integrity through transparent funding mechanisms.
2Reliability
If traditional progressive jackpot systems require player eligibility rules, then payout control is maintained, but player engagement and accessibility decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the progressive jackpot system into multiple independent funding pools, each associated with specific winning outcomes. This segmentation allows any player to participate in any pool without eligibility restrictions, as each pool operates independently. Payout control is maintained through the predefined association between outcomes and their funding pools, eliminating the need for restrictive eligibility rules.
Solution Approach 2:
The funding pool mechanism serves multiple functions simultaneously: it controls payouts through predefined associations, enables universal player participation without eligibility restrictions, and maintains system reliability through transparent funding tracking. Each pool can be independently accessed by any player achieving its associated winning outcome.
3Productivity
If casino operators want to create custom games quickly, then productivity increases, but manufacturing precision and game fairness may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables operators to create custom games through a self-service interface where they define winning outcomes and associated funding pools without requiring mathematical expertise. The system automatically handles the complex aspects of game fairness through its predefined funding pool mechanisms and random number generation, allowing rapid game creation while maintaining precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between game design and implementation: the funding pool system. This intermediary automatically manages the complex mathematical and fairness aspects, allowing operators to focus on game design creativity rather than mathematical precision. The intermediary ensures fairness through transparent funding associations while enabling rapid game development.
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AI summary
A random payout system provides self-funding winning symbol combinations that allow various wagering games to be quickly and easily defined. The winning symbol combinations may individually be associated with a funding pool. Symbols from a winning symbol combination may be disabled or not presented when an associated funding pool is negative. The symbols may be activated or presented when the associated funding pool is non-negative. In this manner, the winning symbol combinations are self-funding. Funds for a funding pool may come from various sources including advertising revenue and placed wagers.