Slot Machine Speed Spin Discount Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current slot machines lack an engaging feature that incentivizes players to spin quickly within a certain timeframe, leading to reduced player interaction and potential revenue loss for operators.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a speed spin discount mechanism where a timer and spin counter are initiated after the first reel spin, incrementing with subsequent spins until a maximum number is reached, allowing a processor to determine and apply a discount to the next spin based on the timer's value, thereby encouraging faster spinning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a speed spin discount mechanism is implemented, then player engagement and playtime are enhanced, but device complexity increases due to timer and spin counter management
Solution Approach 1:
The controller integrates multiple functions including timer management, spin counter tracking, discount calculation, and reel spin initiation into a single device. This multi-functional approach enhances player engagement through the speed spin discount feature while avoiding the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thus limiting the increase in device complexity.
2Productivity
If multiple reel spins are monitored within a timeframe, then discount opportunities increase, but loss of time increases due to timer management overhead
Solution Approach 1:
The timer operates continuously from the first reel spin until the maximum number of spins is reached or the timer expires. This continuous operation ensures that discount opportunities are tracked without interruption, maximizing the number of potential discounts while the timer efficiently manages the timeframe without significant overhead.
3Adaptability or versatility
If spin discount is applied based on timer value, then player incentive increases, but measurement precision requirements increase for accurate discount calculation
Solution Approach 1:
The discount amount is determined by changing parameters based on the timer's remaining time value. As the timer value changes (decreases), the discount amount adjusts accordingly. This parameter-based approach provides flexible player incentives while using standard timer measurement capabilities, avoiding the need for excessively high measurement precision.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates generally to computational devices and, in particular, toward a computational device, system, and method of operating a computational device. The method may include determining that a spin discount is available when a speed spin feature is activated and then applying the spin discount on a next reel spin.