Patent Grant
10789809
The present invention relates to a game system, and more particularly to a game system for automatically judging whether a player makes an additional bet.
A croupier is not needed for a game console, there is no room for artificial cheating, manufacturing and management costs are low, the game console can be applied to multiple games such as a slot machine, poker card games, dices, runners and roulettes, the playing cost of a player is quite low, and therefore the game console is generally popular with players and dealers. In order to avoid no interest of a player in games within a short time caused by playing methods of sameness, multiple manners have existed currently to attract the player.
The design of a payoff pool is the commonest manner. When betting on a game designed with the payoff pool each time, a player will allocate a fixed proportion of a bet amount to be accumulated into the payoff pool. When the payoff pool or a game result satisfies a specified condition, the player can obtain payoffs in the payoff pool, and the player will be attracted by increasing payoffs in the payoff pool to continue playing the game.
Another manner is to provide a payoff game. The payoff game is providing an additional bonus in addition to a payment obtained by playing a basic game. This manner is characterized in that when the result of the basic game satisfies a specified condition, the payoff game will be played, and the game can be freely played without a continuous bet to obtain a certain quantity of payoffs. The player may have a feeling of earning, and therefore the payoff game can assist the game console in attracting the player to play the game.
However, on the premise of retaining earnings of the dealer, if the game console is intended to provide the payoff pool or the payoff game, it must moderately reduce the odds of the basic game. If the player does not obtain payoffs in the payoff pool or the bonus of the payoff game due to the odds after playing for a long time, the player may think it is not worth, and the player will lose interest in playing the console after so long. In addition, players in different regions present different levels of acceptance for the payoff pool and the payoff game. After pushing a new game out, a dealer needs to perform modification and update for the players in different regions, and the push-out date of the game will be delayed. Meanwhile, troubles in management and maintenance of the console are caused, thus resulting in increase of the operating cost.
A main objective of the present invention is to disclose a game system for automatically judging whether a player makes an additional bet. When the player chooses to make the additional bet, the game system can automatically judge so as to choose to perform an additional raising game flow or a basic game flow.
For the foregoing objective, the present invention provides a game system for judging whether a player makes an additional bet. The game system cooperates with a game host to allow a player to play a game. The game host generates at least one of a plurality of game results, and these game results mark a payment odd separately. The game system includes an operating interface, a payoff pool unit and a control unit, wherein the operating interface includes a basic bet component and an additional bet component, the basic bet component allows the player to make a basic bet on these game results of the game host to hereby generate a basic bet signal including an amount of the basic bet, and the additional bet component allows the player to choose whether to make an additional bet to hereby generate an additional bet signal including an amount of the additional bet. The payoff pool unit comprises a database, the database stores a payoff value, the payoff value comprises a payoff trigger condition, and after the payoff trigger condition is triggered, a payoff winning payment value is generated according to an amount of the payoff value.
The control unit is connected to the game host, the operating interface and the payoff pool unit. When the player plays the game, the control unit executes the following steps:
after the player plays the game, allocating, according to the basic bet signal and the additional bet signal, a fixed proportion of the amount of the basic bet and the amount of the additional bet to serve as an allocating value, and allowing the database to accumulate the allocating value to increase the payoff value;
choosing to perform an additional raising game flow or a basic game flow according to the presence or absence of the additional bet signal;
in the absence of the additional bet signal and in case of conformation of a game result generated by the game host to a game result about the bet of the player, performing, by the control unit, the basic game flow to calculate a basic bet payment value according to the corresponding payment odd and the basic bet signal, and taking, by the control unit, the basic bet payment value as a basic payment value;
in the presence of the additional bet signal and in case of conformation of the game result generated by the game host to the game result about the bet of the player, performing, by the control unit, the additional raising game flow to generate an additional bet payment value in addition to calculating the basic bet payment value, judging, by the control unit, whether the payoff trigger condition is satisfied, generating, if yes, the payoff winning payment value, notifying the database to deduct the payoff winning payment value from the payoff value, and accumulating, by the control unit, the basic bet payment value, the additional bet payment value and the payoff winning payment value to serve as an additional raising payment value; and
giving the basic payment value and the additional raising payment value generated by the basic game flow and the additional raising game flow respectively to the player.
According to another implementation manner, the database can store a plurality of payoff values independent of one another, the database takes an amount allocated according to the fixed proportion as an allocating value, the database accumulates the allocating value to increase the payoff values, these payoff values comprise a payoff trigger condition separately, and after the payoff trigger conditions are triggered, a payoff winning payment value is generated according to amounts of the payoff values respectively. The control unit decides, according to the amount of the additional bet, to judge whether the payoff trigger conditions corresponding to these payoff values are satisfied or not respectively, the payoff winning payment value is generated when at least one condition is satisfied, the payoff winning payment value is a multi-layer payoff value, the use quantity may be determined according to the amount of the additional bet, and therefore the aim of encouraging the player to make the additional bet is achieved, thus increasing the turnover.
Therefore, the present invention automatically judges whether a player makes an additional bet, and allows the player to be able to freely choose whether to generate the additional bet, so the player has a feeling of superiority in an independent choice for a playing method, desires to additionally obtain an additional payment in case of winning, and becomes interested in continuously playing the game. Moreover, when the player chooses to generate the additional bet, payoff values of the payoff pool unit will be accumulated, and an additional payment for additional raising can be obtained. Thus, when choosing to generate the additional bet, the player may have a feeling of multiple preferential gains to increase an interest of playing, and then the turnover can be increased.
In addition, further, through a bonus system of the present invention, a dealer can easily cater to habits of players in different regions by changing the value of the fixed proportion. For example, when a player in a region prefers a playing method namely a payoff pool unit, the present invention can increase the value of the fixed proportion to quickly accumulate payoff values, so as to increase a frequency of obtaining the payoff values of the payoff pool unit. Otherwise, the value of the fixed proportion can be reduced, a probability of making a game result generated by the game host conform to a game result about the bet of the player can be increased, the player can enjoy a feeling of easily winning each game, and the demands of the player are met. In other words, the game system of the present solution can meet demands of players in different regions simultaneously without modification and update, comprises multi-purpose functions, can shorten the push-out date of a game, can improve convenience in management and maintenance of a game host, and effectively reduces the operating cost.
The contents of the present invention will be explained and described in detail hereinbelow with reference to embodiments and drawings. The embodiments of the present invention are not intended to limit the present invention from being implemented in any of the following specific environments, applications or special manners. Thus, the following description is only intended to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention. In the following embodiments and drawings, all components not directly associated with the present invention are omitted and not drawn, and the dimension and content of each component in the drawings are described only for the purpose of easy understanding, and are not practically implemented to limit the present invention.
A first embodiment of the present invention is a game system for judging whether a player makes an additional bet. A main block diagram of the system is as shown in
The game host 10 comprises a plurality of game results, these game results marking a payment odd separately, and the plurality of game results being differently defined according to types of games. For dices, the plurality of game results may be ‘big’, ‘small’, ‘three of a kind’, ‘odd’, ‘even’ and the like, which are artificially defined. Every time a player plays a game, at least one of these game results will be generated. In other words, multiple game results may be generated simultaneously.
The operating interface 20 includes a basic bet component 21 and an additional bet component 22. Referring to the diagram illustrating application to a game console according to the present invention in
The payoff pool unit 30 comprises a database 31, and the database 31 stores a payoff value 33. As shown in
After the payoff trigger condition is triggered, the payoff pool unit 30 generates a payoff winning payment value according to an amount of the payoff value 33. Generally speaking, the amount of the payoff value 33 is the given payoff winning payment value. However, in other implementation patterns, a certain proportion (e.g., 200%) of the payoff value 33 may be specified according to the magnitude of the amount of the additional bet, or an additional bonus is added to serve as the payoff winning payment value. That is, the magnitude of the payoff winning payment value is positively correlated to the magnitude of the amount of the additional bet. Thus, the player is encouraged to make the additional bet with a higher bet amount, so as to obtain a higher payoff winning payment value.
The control unit 40 is connected to the game host 10, the operating interface 20 and the payoff pool unit 30. When the player plays the game, the control unit 40 executes the following steps.
Please see a flowchart showing a game as shown in
After the player plays the game, the steps S1: basic betting and S2: additional betting will be executed. The basic betting is a necessary step for the player, and the additional betting is a step freely alternative to the player. When the player plays the game and chooses to perform the basic betting and the additional betting, the basic bet component 21 will generate the basic bet signal in the step S1, and the additional bet component 22 will generate the additional bet signal in the step S2. Then, the control unit 40 automatically executes the step S3: allocating, where the control unit 40 allocates, according to the basic bet signal and the additional bet signal, a fixed proportion of the amount of the basic bet and the amount of the additional bet to serve as an allocating value, and the database 31 accumulates the allocating value to increase the payoff value 33. The allocated fixed proportion for the amount of the basic bet and the allocated fixed proportion for the amount of the additional bet may be identical or different.
Then, the step S4: determining a game flow is executed. The control unit 40 chooses to perform an additional raising game flow or a basic game flow according to the presence or absence of the additional bet signal.
In the absence of the additional bet signal, that is, when the player chooses not to make the additional bet, the step S5: performing a basic game flow is executed. In the absence of the additional bet signal and in case of conformation of the game result generated by the game host 10 to the game result about the bet of the player, the control unit 40 performs the basic game flow to calculate a basic bet payment value according to the corresponding payment odd and the basic bet signal. Then, the step S51: calculating a basic payment value is executed, where the control unit 40 takes the basic bet payment value as a basic payment value.
In the presence of the additional bet signal, that is, when the player chooses to make the additional bet, the step S6: performing an additional raising game flow is executed. In the presence of the additional bet signal and in case of conformation of the game result generated by the game host 10 to the game result about the bet of the player, the control unit 40 performs the additional raising game flow, and the game host 10 generates an additional bet payment value in addition to calculating the basic bet payment value. Then, the step S7: triggering the payoff value 33 is executed, where the control unit 40 judges whether the payoff trigger condition is satisfied. If yes, the step S71: calculating the payoff value 33 is executed, where the payoff pool unit 30 generates the payoff winning payment value, and transmits the payoff winning payment value to notify the control unit 40, and the control unit 40 notifies the database 31 of the payoff pool unit 30 to deduct the payoff winning payment value from the payoff value 33. Then, the step S61: calculating an additional raising payment value is executed, where the control unit 40 accumulates the basic bet payment value, the additional bet payment value and the payoff winning payment value to serve as an additional raising payment value.
Finally, the step S8: payment is executed. If the player chooses to execute the step S5: performing the basic game flow instead of the step of additional betting, the control unit 40 gives the basic payment value, generated by performing the basic game flow, to the player in the step S8. However, if the player chooses to perform additional betting and to execute the step S6: performing the additional raising game flow, the control unit 40 gives the additional raising payment value, generated by performing the additional raising game flow, to the player in the step S8.
In other words, the basic bet payment value is a basic payment generated for the plurality of game results of the game host 10 according to a basic rule of the played game, and an additional bet payment will not change the basic payment and the basic rule, but enhances feedback of an additional bet amount of the player to the player according to an additional payment rule in a manner of additionally generating an additional bet payment value.
To make the player understand the amount of the additional bet and reduce the complexity of payment calculation, the amount of the additional bet is a fixed proportion of the amount of the basic bet. For example, the fixed portion may be any one selected from 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%, which makes it convenient for the player to quickly choose to make the additional bet.
There may be multiple manners of generating the additional bet payment value. For example, the additional bet payment value may be a product obtained by multiplying the basic bet payment value by a proportion value. The proportion value may be set by a dealer or randomly generated. Or, the proportion value is positively correlated to a quantity value of the amount of the additional bet to encourage the player to increase the additional bet. For example, when the additional bet is 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%, the proportion value may be 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% correspondingly. Or, in order to increase the value of the fixed proportion, namely to increase the speed of accumulating into the payoff value, the proportion value may be reduced to 15%, 35%, 55%, 75% and 95% properly, and the reduced part is transferred to the fixed proportion. Or, the proportion value may be random and is selected from any one of a string of numbers. If the additional bet is 50%, the proportion value may be any one randomly selected from 50%, 100%, 150%, 200% and 250%, and the excitement of the game can be improved.
For convenience of understanding of an operating mechanism of the additional bet payment value, the scenario that the additional bet payment value is a product obtained by multiplying the basic bet payment value by a proportion value will be taken as an example for illustration hereinbelow.
In this implementation pattern, the specified condition may be random trigger after a total bet value of the player satisfies a threshold value. Also, after the threshold value is satisfied, an additional payoff game, an additional payoff or an additional multiplying bonus can be randomly triggered. Further, when the player continues playing and the payoff value 33 is accumulated to exceed the threshold value, at least one trigger round can be randomly generated during continuous playing.
During practical implementation, the total bet value may be a sum of the amount of the basic bet and the amount of the additional bet, or may be merely a total value of the amount of the additional bet. Thus, as long as the player plays the game for a certain round, the additional payoff game can be generated definitely, the quantity of game rounds of the additional payoff game depends on a quantity value of the additional bet, the quantity of the game rounds will be larger as the quantity value is larger, and the total bet value may be fixed or may be increased or decreased according to the nationality or region corresponding to a game player, thus catering to hobbies of players in different places.
For convenience of statistics on the total bet value of the player, the game host 10 in this pattern is connected to the casino management system 60, so as to synchronously store relevant bet data into member data of the casino management system 60.
For example, the control unit 40 may additionally increase the quantity of the plurality of game rounds according to the additional bet, so the player plays the payoff game, gains the additional bonus, and adds the additional bonus to the additional bet payment value. For example, when the player merely makes the basic bet and enters the payoff game after the game result satisfies the payoff game trigger condition, the quantity of obtained game rounds of the payoff game is, e.g., 10. However, when the player also chooses to make the additional bet and also enters the payoff game, the quantity of obtained game rounds of the payoff game will be additionally increased by the control unit 40 to, e.g., 12 according to the additional bet. Furthermore, when an additional payoff game is re-triggered in this payoff game process, additional payoff game rounds that can be obtained in an additional raising game flow will be more than additional payoff game rounds that can be obtained in a basic game flow.
For another example, when the player chooses to make the additional bet and the payoff game is generated, in this payoff game process, if the game result generated by the game host conforms to the game result about the bet of the player, the control unit 40 may additionally increase the corresponding payment odd according to the additional bet, e.g., may multiply the payment odd that can be obtained by the basic bet by a number greater than 100%.
Through a bonus that can be obtained by additionally increasing the payoff game, the player can be encouraged to increase the additional bet, so as to have a feeling of hitting the jackpot in addition to those having been won. It is important to note that this additional bonus can be presented on the payoff game in various manners, and is not limited in the above two examples.
The control unit 40 allocates, according to the basic bet signal and the additional bet signal, a fixed proportion of the amount of the basic bet and the amount of the additional bet to serve as an allocating value, and allows the database 31 to distribute the allocating value to increase these payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d respectively. The fixed proportion allocated for the amount of the basic bet and the amount of the additional bet may be averagely distributed and added to these payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d, or may be distributed and added in different proportions. Then, the control unit 40 decides to judge whether the payoff trigger conditions corresponding to these payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d are satisfied respectively according to the amount of the additional bet, and generates, when at least one payoff trigger condition is satisfied, the payoff winning payment value.
The use quantity of the payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d can be determined according to the amount of the additional bet. That is, the use quantity of these payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d is larger as the amount of the additional bet is larger. For example, if there are four layers of these payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d, namely four layers of payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d (a grand bonus, a big bonus, a medium bonus and a small bonus, respectively) in the present embodiment as shown in
When the amount of the additional bet is higher, the use quantity of the payoff trigger conditions for these payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d will be higher. For example, the additional bet is 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%. When the additional bet is 20% and 40%, the small-bonus payoff trigger condition may be adopted. When the additional bet is 40% and 60%, the small-bonus and medium-bonus payoff trigger conditions may be adopted. When the additional bet is 60% and 80%, the small-bonus, medium-bonus and big-bonus payoff trigger conditions may be adopted. When the additional bet is 80% and 100%, the small-bonus, medium-bonus, big-bonus and grand-bonus payoff trigger conditions may be adopted. The magnitude of the additional bet affects the use quantity of the payoff trigger conditions for these payoff values 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d, and furthermore, the control unit 40 may change the magnitude of the payoff winning payment in a positive correlation manner according to the magnitude of the additional bet. For example, when the additional bet is 20% and 40%, although the small-bonus payoff trigger condition is adopted likewise, compared with the situation that the additional bet is 20%, the situation that the additional bet is 40% is characterized in that the payoff winning payment value is larger, so the aim of encouraging the player to make the additional bet can be achieved, thus increasing the turnover.
In the second embodiment, various implementation patterns of the first embodiment can be applied. For example, the additional bonus unit 50 and the casino management system 60 are cooperatively used, or only the additional bonus unit 50 is used. The whole game flow is the same as that in the first embodiment, and will not be repeated herein.
In each of the foregoing embodiments and implementation patterns, the game system is applied to a game console. However, the present invention can also be applied to an online game environment. As shown in a third embodiment of the present invention as shown in
As above, the present invention at least comprises the following advantages:
1. The present invention automatically judges whether a player makes an additional bet, and allows the player to be able to freely choose whether to generate the additional bet, so the player has a feeling of superiority in an independent choice for a playing method, desires to additionally obtain an additional payment in case of winning, and becomes interested in continuously playing the game. Moreover, when the player chooses to generate the additional bet, payoff values of the payoff pool unit will be accumulated, and an additional payment for additional raising can be obtained. Thus, when choosing to generate the additional bet, the player may have a feeling of multiple preferential gains to increase an interest of playing, and then the turnover can be increased.
2. A dealer can easily cater to habits of players in different regions by changing the value of the fixed proportion without modification and update, and comprises multi-purpose functions. When a player in a region prefers a playing method namely a payoff pool unit, the present invention can increase the value of the fixed proportion to quickly accumulate payoff values, so as to increase a frequency of obtaining the payoff values of the payoff pool unit. Otherwise, the value of the fixed proportion can be reduced, the rate of return of the game can be increased, the player can enjoy a feeling of easily winning each game, and the demands of the player are met.
3. The push-out period of a game can be shortened, convenience in management and maintenance of a console can be improved, and the operating cost is effectively reduced.
4. The payoff pool unit comprises multiple payoff values, so the player can adopt the payoff values one by one by increasing the amount of the additional bet, and the player can be attracted to increase the additional bet, thus increasing the turnover of the game console.
5. An additional raising amount is generated according to a quantity value of the additional bet, and meanwhile, an additional payment is additionally obtained by the player according to the additional raising amount. Therefore, the player can obtain a larger additional payment by choosing a larger additional bet, thus meeting the demand for increasing the turnover of the game console.
Therefore, the document of the present invention that is extremely progressive and conforms to the conditions about applying for patent for the invention is filed according to laws. It will be appreciated that the patent office may grant the patent as soon as possible.
The present invention has been described in detail as above. The above is only a preferable embodiment of the present invention, and cannot limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. All equivalent changes and modifications made within the scope of application of the present invention shall fall within the patent scope of the present invention.
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