Sporting Event-Driven Progressive Award Increments for Player Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines often fail to engage players who are not actively wagering on progressive awards due to their perceived undesirable values, leading to stagnant growth and reduced player interaction.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system that modifies progressive awards based on events occurring in sporting events, independent of player wagers, to increase engagement and value, potentially attracting more players by linking sporting event outcomes to award increments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If progressive awards are increased through player wagers, then award value grows, but player engagement remains low when perceived value is undesirable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces sporting event outcomes as an intermediary mechanism to drive progressive award increments. Instead of relying solely on player wagers, the system uses external sporting events (via API integrations or video analysis) to trigger award modifications, thereby engaging players who are not actively wagering while still growing the progressive value pool.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes the parameters controlling progressive award growth by switching from a wager-dependent model to a sporting event-driven model. This allows the award value to fluctuate based on external events (game outcomes, player performances, time-based triggers), creating unpredictable value changes that attract player engagement without requiring continuous wagering.
2Productivity
If progressive awards grow slowly through traditional wagering, then player interaction decreases, but rapid growth requires more wagering activity
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring multiple triggers and modifiers that can rapidly increment progressive awards. These include pre-set sporting event outcomes, time-based triggers (quarter endings, game conclusions), and performance thresholds that, when activated, cause immediate award jumps without requiring gradual wagering accumulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic action through time-based triggers associated with sporting events (quarter endings, halftime, game conclusions). These periodic events create regular opportunities for progressive award increments, accelerating growth rates while maintaining player engagement through predictable timing patterns.
3Ease of operation
If the system waits for player wagers to increase award value, then engagement is maintained among active players, but bystanders remain unengaged
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by creating a dual-path engagement model: active players can still wager and influence outcomes, while bystanders can engage by watching sporting events and benefiting from automatic triggers. The same sporting event infrastructure serves both wagering players and non-wagering spectators, making the system adaptable to different participation levels.
Data Source
AI summary
Gaming systems and methods which utilize the results of a sporting event to determine a modification of an award, such as an increment of a progressive award.