Randomizing Device–Mapped Bingo Patterns for Individual Casino Play
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional bingo games require multiple players to play against each other, leading to waiting times and lack of customization, and there is no integration with other casino games, reducing player incentive.
Innovation Solution
A bingo gaming system that uses a randomizing device to generate bingo cards and interim prize patterns, allowing individual play and integration with other casino games by correlating randomizing device outcomes to bingo card patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional bingo games use multiple players competing against each other, then the game follows conventional bingo rules, but players experience waiting times and lack of customization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the bingo game into two independent components: the randomizing device outcome generation and the bingo card pattern matching. This allows a single player to complete the entire game flow independently without waiting for other players, as the game outcome is determined by the randomizing device rather than player competition.
Solution Approach 2:
The system integrates multiple casino games (slots, table games, etc.) with the bingo game through a unified randomizing device outcome. The same randomizing device that determines the primary game outcome also determines the bingo ball draws, allowing the bingo game to function as a standalone entertainment mechanism while maintaining integration with other games.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional bingo systems use fixed patterns for all players, then the game is simple to operate, but players lack customization and variation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic pattern selection where the bingo prize pattern is determined by the randomizing device outcome rather than being fixed for all players. The system dynamically generates or selects different patterns (e.g., different shapes, different numbers of spaces) based on the randomizing device result, providing customization and variation while maintaining simple operation through automated determination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional bingo games are played independently, then the game follows standard bingo rules, but there is no integration with other casino games
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the randomizing device function with the bingo game by using the same randomizing device that determines the primary casino game outcome to also determine the bingo ball draws. This integration allows the bingo game to be correlated with slots, table games, or other casino games without requiring separate randomization systems, reducing overall system complexity while enabling multi-game functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and/or system to determine, based on a selected bet pattern in a wagering game and based on a prize pattern index, an interim prize pattern for bingo game. The prize pattern index correlates possible outcome patterns of a randomizing device, according to rules of the wagering game, to one or more index values within a matrix patterned according to a bingo card grid. The interim prize pattern is superimposed onto a set of bingo cards that use the grid. An outcome pattern for a randomizing device is detected and converted to interim ball draw(s) for the bingo game. The operations further mark (e.g., animate) index positions on the set of bingo cards that correspond to locations of mapped index values for the detected outcome pattern. The operations further mark (e.g., animate) the set of bingo cards and determine whether an interim prize value is awarded.