Team Progressive Award Distribution in Gaming Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional gaming systems discourage players due to 'jackpot fatigue' as only one player typically wins the progressive award, leading to a decrease in player engagement and interest as the award resets and takes time to climb back to a high value.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system that allows players to form and join teams, where each player accumulates equity based on their wagering activity, and a portion of the team progressive award is distributed among eligible team members, encouraging collaboration and shared rewards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a single progressive award is provided to one player, then the award amount can be large, but player engagement decreases due to jackpot fatigue
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single progressive award into multiple team-based awards. Instead of one player winning the entire progressive amount, players are organized into teams that compete for team progressive awards. This segmentation allows multiple players to share in the excitement and potential rewards, reducing jackpot fatigue while maintaining large award amounts.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of team collaboration and competition alongside the traditional individual progressive award structure. Players can accumulate equity in multiple teams and switch between them, adding a strategic layer that keeps engagement high while the progressive award continues to grow to substantial amounts.
2Productivity
If players can accumulate equity in multiple teams and switch between them, then player engagement increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a multi-functional equity accumulation system where a single player account can participate in multiple teams simultaneously. The equity accumulation mechanism serves universal purposes: it tracks player contributions, determines award eligibility, and manages team compositions across multiple teams. This universal approach increases engagement without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically manages team equity accumulation and award distribution without requiring manual intervention. Players self-select teams and the system automatically tracks equity, handles switches between teams, and distributes awards based on accumulated equity. This self-service approach allows complex multi-team participation while keeping operational complexity manageable.
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AI summary
A gaming system and method which forms, tracks and maintains one or more groups or teams. The gaming system and method also maintains at least one team progressive award. At any designated point in time, each group or team includes one or more players, wherein as a player plays one or more games at one or more gaming devices, the player accumulates or builds up equity in their current team or group. Upon a determination to provide a team progressive award to a player of a designated team, each eligible player actively associated with the designated team (i.e., each player actively belonging to the team) is provided a portion of the team progressive award. Each player's provided portion of the team progressive award is based on that player's relative accumulated equity in the designated team compared to each other eligible player's accumulated equity in the designated team.