Secondary Player Wagering Input Control for Gaming Tables
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming systems face challenges in allowing secondary players to place wagers on individual player positions without disrupting the primary player's experience, leading to potential interpersonal conflicts and distractions at gaming tables.
Innovation Solution
A processor-based wagering system that enables secondary players to place wagers on any wagering game played on a gaming apparatus through a separate input control, which is physically secured to the gaming table but not directly to the primary player's seat, allowing for wagering on game outcomes without influencing the primary player's strategy or altering the odds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If secondary players are allowed to place wagers on individual player positions, then wagering opportunities are increased, but interpersonal conflicts and distractions at gaming tables increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the wagering function into separate input controls: primary player input controls at the player position and secondary player input controls at positions more distal from the gaming apparatus. This segmentation allows secondary players to place wagers without physically interfering with the primary player's game play, thereby increasing wagering opportunities while reducing interpersonal conflicts and distractions at the table.
2Ease of operation
If secondary player input controls are placed at the player position, then wagering access is improved, but physical interference with primary player's game play occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system positions secondary player input controls at locations more distal from the gaming apparatus than the primary player seat, effectively moving the secondary wagering interface to a different spatial dimension. This allows secondary players to access wagering functionality without physically interfering with the primary player's game play, as the distal positioning separates the two functions in space.
3Adaptability or versatility
If secondary players can observe and wager on primary player's position, then system versatility is improved, but primary player's strategy may be influenced or altered
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the secondary wagering function from the primary player's immediate gaming environment by providing distal input controls. This separation allows secondary players to observe and wager on game outcomes without their presence or actions directly influencing the primary player's strategic decisions, as the primary player interacts only with controls at their own position while secondary players use separate distal controls.
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AI summary
A wagering game apparatus in which a processor identifies wagers, reports wagering game results, and resolves wagers. The game apparatus includes a first player position. A first player seat and first player input controls are located at the first player position. The first player input controls are in communication with the processor, and may enable entry of wagers, game selection, strategy execution, and accounting functions including ticket-in, ticket-out functionality. The apparatus may also include a second player position. The second player position includes a second player input control that is in communication with the processor and enables wagering on any wagering game played on the apparatus.