Symbol-Driven Must-Hit-By Progressives for Fair Game Excitement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mystery progressive wagering systems lack integration with game presentation, leading to reduced player excitement and require regulatory compliance, limiting the use of modern technologies.
Innovation Solution
Implement a 'must-hit-by' progressive system where the gaming device determines the winner, incorporating dynamic paytable adjustments and centralized or distributed mystery controllers to ensure fairness and excitement, while eliminating the need for additional regulatory components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mystery progressive system uses a centralized system to determine winners, then fairness is maintained, but player excitement and engagement are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the winner determination function between the gaming device (which selects from winning combinations) and the progressive system (which determines the actual winner based on must-hit-by criteria). This segmentation allows each component to operate independently with appropriate control, maintaining fairness while enabling dynamic game presentations that excite players.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-determines a must-hit-by value and communicates it to gaming devices before the progressive award is triggered. This preliminary action allows the gaming device to dynamically adjust game presentations and symbol combinations to build player excitement while ensuring the progressive will hit at the predetermined fair value.
2Ease of manufacture
If the system uses dynamic paytable adjustments to increase player engagement, then player excitement improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The paytable and symbol combination probabilities are made dynamic, automatically adjusting based on the difference between the current progressive value and the must-hit-by value. As the progressive approaches the must-hit-by value, the system dynamically increases the frequency of winning combinations, creating player excitement without requiring complex manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the progressive value and automatically adjusts game parameters based on feedback from the difference between current value and must-hit-by value. This closed-loop feedback mechanism manages complexity by automating the adjustment process rather than requiring manual configuration of dynamic parameters.
3Ease of manufacture
If the gaming device determines the winner locally, then player excitement increases, but regulatory compliance becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming device performs local determination of winning combinations and dynamic presentation adjustments, while the actual winner determination and must-hit-by value management remain with the centralized progressive system. This local quality approach allows the gaming device to provide exciting dynamic presentations while the centralized system ensures regulatory compliance through controlled winner determination.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a gaming system includes a progressive award. Typically, a progressive award includes an initial amount and an additional amount funded through a portion of each wager placed to initiate a play of a primary game. When one or more triggering events occurs, the gaming system provides at least a portion of the progressive award. After the gaming system provides the progressive award, an amount of the progressive award is reset to the initial amount and a portion of each subsequent wager is allocated to the next progressive award.