Comparison Analysis Of Class II Bingo Game Configuration Options.pdf

Key Findings:

- Fast Start Option: Experiments show that enabling a "fast start" for games with six or more players significantly increases game play rates, boosting performance by up to 20.46%.

- Player Variability: Games with a variable number of players (2-12) demonstrate higher play rates compared to games with two or six fixed players, primarily due to reduced waiting times for game commencement.

- Comparison Between Templates:

- Compliant Games (current classification standards) outperform Consensus Games (previous NIGC classifications) by 9.46% in terms of games played.
- Compliant Games also show a slightly higher play rate (5.53 games/minute) compared to One Touch Games (5.23 games/minute), though the difference is smaller at 5.82%.

- Out-of-Hours Performance: A simulation mimicking reduced player activity outside peak hours revealed similar performance trends across all configuration types, emphasizing the importance of fast start and player variability in maintaining steady game play rates during quieter periods.

Methodology:

The study utilized a Bingo simulator with customizable parameters:

- Time between games (1000 milliseconds)
- Wait times for players, ball releases, final claim, and fast start
- Number of players per game (2, 6, or random between 2-12)
- Simulation duration (720 minutes)

Four experiments were conducted to compare:

1. Fast Start effect on Compliant Games
2. Performance of Compliant vs Consensus Games
3. Performance of Compliant vs One Touch Games
4. Out-of-hours performance of different configuration types