Wagering Game Symbol Relocation for Extended Play
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming machines often end quickly after a winning outcome, leading to player disappointment and a need for extended gameplay opportunities.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system and method that allows for multiple spins or wins on a single wager by rearranging or adding symbols in a display array, creating modified arrays that indicate additional winning outcomes, either by scrambling, adding, or shifting symbols, thereby extending gameplay.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If the game ends immediately after a winning outcome, then the game structure is simple and quick, but player engagement and entertainment value decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The game dynamically transitions from a static array to a modified array by moving symbols based on game outcomes. When a winning outcome occurs, symbols are relocated to create new potential winning combinations, making the game structure adaptive and extending gameplay without requiring complete restructuring
Solution Approach 2:
The game array is segmented into movable symbols that can be independently relocated. This allows the game to create multiple winning opportunities from a single wager by separating symbols from their initial positions and reconfiguring them, extending gameplay duration without proportionally increasing overall system complexity
2Productivity
If multiple spins or wins are allowed on a single wager, then player engagement and entertainment value increase, but the game complexity and number of operations increase
Solution Approach 1:
Symbols are pre-positioned in the array in a way that allows for multiple potential winning combinations. When a win occurs, the relocation of symbols is based on pre-defined rules that automatically create subsequent winning opportunities, allowing multiple wins per wager without requiring complex real-time decision-making
Solution Approach 2:
The symbol relocation mechanism serves multiple functions: it confirms the current winning outcome, sets up potential future winning combinations, and maintains game continuity. This multi-functionality allows the game to achieve multiple wins per wager while using a relatively simple and unified operational framework
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game. The gaming system further includes a primary display (14) for displaying a first array of symbols (173) that indicates a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game. The gaming system further includes a secondary display (16) for displaying a secondary array of symbols (181) that indicates a secondary outcome of the wagering game. In response to a predetermined criterion, at least one winning symbol (175a, 175c) is moved from a first position in the first array to a second position in the secondary array to create a modified secondary array that indicates a winning outcome.