Virtual Dealer Game Server for Wagering Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming systems face challenges in creating engaging wagering opportunities that comply with regulatory restrictions, particularly in jurisdictions where certain types of wagering games are prohibited, and in facilitating secondary contests that require a critical mass of players or specific player numbers, often relying on manual calculations and physical chips which are costly and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a game server to manage a card game, incorporating a virtual dealer to finalize wagers, deal cards, and determine outcomes, with player devices allowing players to enter wagers and view results, and a dealer device that calculates fractional payouts and manages player accounts, enabling complex game variants and pari-mutuel style prize pools without the need for excessive electronic infrastructure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual calculations and physical chips are used for secondary contests, then player engagement and wagering opportunities are enhanced, but operational complexity and error susceptibility increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual calculations and physical chip handling with electronic computation and digital tracking systems. The gaming controller automatically calculates wager outcomes, prize pool distributions, and player balances, eliminating the need for manual arithmetic and physical chip manipulation while maintaining the essence of secondary contests.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital representations of physical chips and wagering states. Virtual chip balances and electronic wager records serve as copies of the traditional physical system, enabling the same gaming functionality to be executed electronically with greater precision and automation.
2Measurement precision
If electronic systems are implemented to manage wagers and outcomes, then calculation accuracy and operational efficiency improve, but system complexity and infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming controller is designed to perform multiple functions: managing primary wagering games, handling secondary contest wagers, calculating outcomes, tracking player balances, and distributing prizes. This multi-functional approach consolidates what could be separate complex systems into a single integrated controller, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high calculation accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a centralized gaming controller as an intermediary between players, primary games, and secondary contests. This intermediary manages all computational tasks, coordinates between different game types, and handles financial transactions, simplifying the interaction between various system components and reducing the need for multiple specialized systems.
3Adaptability or versatility
If fractional payouts are enabled, then player engagement and game variant complexity increase, but payout calculation complexity and regulatory compliance challenges arise
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of payout granularity from whole-unit only to fractional units. The gaming controller is configured to calculate and distribute prizes in fractional amounts based on the formula (wager amount × prize pool / total wagers), enabling precise proportional payouts that accommodate various game variants and betting scenarios while maintaining regulatory compliance through automated calculation.
4Reliability
If secondary contests are implemented with critical mass requirements, then wagering legitimacy and player engagement improve, but system coordination complexity and timing synchronization challenges increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and validating all secondary contest wagers before determining outcomes. The gaming controller accumulates wagers during a designated period, verifies the critical mass threshold is met, and then processes all payouts in a coordinated manner. This preliminary collection and validation phase ensures legitimacy while simplifying the subsequent payout coordination.
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AI summary
A system and method includes a game server configured to provide a game to a plurality of players, at least one target device in communication with the game server, the at least one target device including a software controller to provide a virtual dealer, the software controller executing a program to allow the virtual dealer to finalize wagers made on an instance of the game after one or more players have entered a wager, deal cards for the card game, and determine an outcome based on the cards dealt, and at least one player device in communication with the game server to allow access to the at least one target device, each player device programmed to allow each respective player to enter a wager on the instance of the game; and display the outcome of the instance of the game to the player.