Roulette Wheel Number Color Segmentation for Progressive Wagering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional roulette games often provide a house profit by offering lower odds for winning wagers, which can discourage progressive betting and create an uneven playing experience.
Innovation Solution
A roulette game design featuring a wheel with sequentially repeating numbers and colors, allowing players to place wagers on unique number and color combinations, with payouts based on actual odds and encouraging progressive betting by waiving the retention of a percentage of winning wagers for continuous players.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If house profit is provided by offering lower odds for winning wagers, then the casino achieves profit, but player engagement and progressive betting are discouraged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the house profit mechanism from the odds structure. Instead of embedding profit reduction directly into the odds (lowering them), the patent offers actual odds and separately implements a progressive wagering system with enhanced payouts and house profit retention, allowing players to engage freely while the house maintains profit through the segmentation of these financial mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter structure by offering actual odds (e.g., 29:1 for single number bets) rather than reduced odds, and introduces a progressive wagering parameter system where players can increase their wager amounts across multiple rounds. The house profit is maintained through a separate retention mechanism (e.g., keeping 5% of progressive wagers), rather than reducing the base odds.
2Ease of operation
If actual odds are offered for winning wagers, then player engagement increases, but house profit decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous progressive wagering where players can place multiple sequential wagers with increasing amounts. The house profit is continuously accumulated through retention of a percentage of these progressive wagers (e.g., 5% retention), while players receive actual odds payouts. This creates a continuous cycle of engagement and profit generation that offsets the initial reduction from offering actual rather than reduced odds.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a feedback mechanism where winning players are encouraged to place progressive wagers with enhanced payouts (e.g., 2:1 bonus for consecutive wins). The house profit retention from these progressive wagers feeds back into the system, maintaining overall profitability while players experience improved engagement through better odds and reward structures.
3Ease of operation
If progressive wagers are encouraged with higher payouts, then player engagement increases, but complexity of payout calculation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the payout calculation into distinct components: base odds payouts (e.g., 29:1 for single numbers), progressive wager bonuses (e.g., 2:1 for consecutive wins), and house profit retention (e.g., 5% of progressive wagers). This segmentation simplifies the overall system by breaking down complex payout structures into manageable, independently calculable parts that can be applied systematically.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses fixed parameter values for progressive wagering (e.g., 2:1 bonus for consecutive wins, 5% house retention) rather than complex variable calculations. These standardized parameters make the payout structure predictable and easier to calculate, while still providing engaging incentives for progressive betting. The parameters are applied uniformly across different wager types, reducing computational complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The roulette game is based upon a wheel having multiple series of consecutive numbers thereon. Each number is distinguished by a color, with a different quantity of colors repeating to provide a unique color and number combination for each position on the wheel. The colors may be selected to represent the colors of a national flag, e.g., red, white, and blue for the U.S., red, white, and green for Mexico, etc. House profit is provided by the retention of a percentage of winning wagers, rather than by payment of lower than actual odds or by designating one or more wheel positions as winning positions for the house. This system facilitates a progressive wagering system wherein retention of the house profit is waived for players who choose to place progressive wagers on consecutive plays of the wheel.