Secondary Display for Pay Line Indication in Wagering Games
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Solution Overview
Problem
In slot machine games, both mechanical and video, players face difficulty in recognizing winning outcomes due to the high variability of pay lines, making it challenging to identify which pay lines contribute to the win.
Innovation Solution
A system that displays a representation of the winning pay line on a secondary display in addition to the primary display, allowing players to easily recognize winning outcomes by highlighting the pay line and displaying the arrangement of symbols, thereby facilitating the identification of the winning pattern.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pay lines are implemented in a slot machine game, then the quantity of winning patterns increases, but the difficulty of recognizing which pay line contributed to the winning outcome increases
Solution Approach 1:
A secondary display is introduced as an intermediary device between the primary game display and the player. This secondary display specifically shows representations of winning pay lines, acting as a mediator that translates the complex information from multiple pay lines into easily recognizable visual feedback, thereby resolving the contradiction between having multiple winning patterns and making them easily detectable
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified copy or representation of the winning pay line information on a secondary display. Instead of requiring players to interpret the primary display directly, a copied visual representation of the winning outcome is presented in a more accessible format, making it easier to detect and understand which pay lines contributed to the win
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AI summary
A system and method are provided for facilitating play of a wagering game by a player. The system may include a primary display configured to display an arrangement of a set of symbols indicating an outcome and a winning pay line in the wagering game to the player. The system may include a secondary display, separate from the primary display, the secondary display configured to display a representation of the winning pay line. The system may include a processor in communication with the primary display and the secondary display. The processor may be configured to determine the arrangement of the set of symbols indicating the outcome, determine the winning pay line in the arrangement of the set of symbols, causing the primary display to display the arrangement of the set of symbols and the winning pay line, and causing the secondary display to display the representation of the winning pay line.