LASER LOT GENERATOR

• US 20090104963A1
• Filed: 10/22/2007
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Miller, Mark A., Gelman, Geoffrey M., Alderucci, Dean P., Burman, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US11/876,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20090104963A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/18
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3279 wherein the competition is one-to-one, e.g. match
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3286 Type of games

Abstract

In various embodiments multiple numbers may be selected from a spinning roulette wheel.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a rotatable wheel with a plurality of delineations along its periphery, each delineation corresponding to a number; and

a computing device operable to;

determine when the wheel is spinning;

select a first number from the wheel while it is spinning;

select a second number from the wheel before it has stopped spinning; and

provide an indication of the first and second numbers.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the computing device is further operable to:

select a third number from the wheel while it is still spinning;

select a fourth number from the wheel while it is still spinning; and

select a fifth number from the wheel while it is still spinning, in which to provide includes to provide an indication of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth numbers.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 in which the computing device is further operable to determine a bet made by a player.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 in which the computing device is further operable to determine a payout for the player based on the bet and based on the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth numbers.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 in which to determine a payout for the player includes to determine a positive payout if any three of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth numbers are the same.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a laser.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising three lasers.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 in which for the computing device to select the first number includes for the computing device to cause the laser to fire and illuminate a first delineation along the periphery of the wheel.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 in which for the computing device to select the second number includes for the computing device to cause the laser to fire and illuminate a second delineation along the periphery of the wheel.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising a button, in which for the computing device to select a first number includes for the computing device to:

determine when the button has been pressed; and

cause the laser to fire and illuminate a first delineation along the periphery of the wheel.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a first imaging device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 in which for the computing device to select a first number includes for the computing device to cause the first imaging device to capture an image of a delineation along the periphery of the wheel.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising a second imaging device, in which for the computing device to select a first number includes for the computing device to:

select one of the first and the second imaging devices at random; and

cause the selected imaging device to capture an image of a delineation along the periphery of the wheel.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 in which for the computing device to select a first number includes for the computing device to:

determine a random length of time; and

cause the first imaging device to capture, after the random length of time, an image of a delineation along the periphery of the wheel.

15. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

display, at a first location, a reel while it spins, the reel including a plurality of symbols located along its periphery;

display, at the first location, the reel while it is at rest, with a first symbol visible from among the plurality of symbols;

display, at a second location, the reel while it spins; and

display, at the second location, the reel while it is at rest, with a second symbol visible from among the plurality of symbols.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the computing device is further operable to:

determine a bet made by a player;

determine an outcome of a game based on the first symbol and based on the second symbol; and

determine a payout for the player based on the bet and the outcome.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the computing device is further operable to:

store an image of the reel while the reel is displayed at the first location; and

display, at the first location, the image while the reel is displayed at the second location.

18. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

determine, using radar, a first direction of a first object; and

determine, based on the first direction, a first symbol in a game of roulette.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 in which to determine a first direction of an object includes to determine, using radar, a direction of an aircraft with respect to a reference direction.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the computing device is further operable to:

determine, using radar, a first distance of the first object;

determine, using radar, a second direction of a second object;

determine, using radar, a second distance of the second object; and

determine, based on the second direction, a second symbol in the game of roulette.