Wild Extra Spot Indicator for Keno Card Linking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming systems do not provide an effective way to enhance player engagement and award potential in keno games, particularly through innovative features that link separate keno cards and introduce a wild extra spot indicator.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a gaming system that includes a processor and memory device storing instructions to display keno cards with player-selected spots, randomly drawn spot indicators, and an extra spot indicator feature. This feature, triggered by specific events, allows the extra spot indicator to move across keno cards, marking additional spots as hits regardless of player selection, thereby increasing potential awards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional keno games are played without additional features, then the game structure remains simple, but player engagement and award potential are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple keno cards into a single game play, where the wild extra spot indicator feature can move across different cards. This merging of cards increases award potential by allowing the wild feature to impact multiple cards simultaneously, while the cards themselves remain standard keno card structures, thus improving versatility without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The wild extra spot indicator is designed as a dynamic element that can move between different keno cards based on triggering events. This dynamic behavior adds excitement and increases award potential by creating unpredictable bonus opportunities, while the underlying game structure remains relatively stable.
2Productivity
If the wild extra spot indicator feature is added to increase volatility and awards, then player engagement increases, but the game complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wild extra spot indicator feature operates autonomously based on triggering events occurring during the keno game. Once activated, the indicator automatically moves across cards and marks spots without requiring additional player input or complex manual control, thus increasing engagement while minimizing added complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The feature changes the outcome parameters of the keno game by introducing additional winning spots that are independent of player selections. This parameter change increases volatility and award potential by adding random bonus hits, while the implementation uses straightforward triggering mechanisms rather than complex systems.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple keno cards are linked with the wild extra spot indicator, then award potential increases, but the difficulty of tracking and managing the game increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual indicators on the keno cards to show the state of spots, including the wild extra spots. By using distinct visual markers (such as different colors or symbols) to indicate wild spots versus regular winning spots, the system makes tracking and measuring easier despite having multiple cards and additional features.
Data Source
AI summary
Gaming systems and methods that, upon an occurrence of a designated triggering event, associated with a keno game, provide wild ball feature for one or more keno cards of the keno game.