AMUSEMENT DEVICE FOR A GAME OF CHANCE INVOLVING ONE OR MORE ROLLING INDICATORS ON A ROTATING ELEMENT WITH POSITION INDICATORS

• US 20110006477A1
• Filed: 07/09/2009
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Miller, Mark A, Alderucci, Dean P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,873,035 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/142.R
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 5/00 Roulette games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 5/0088 with a plurality of balls used during one game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 5/0094 with a plurality of roulette wheels A63F5/043 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

Embodiments of various games are described. One example embodiment includes a plurality of wheels on which players may place a bet. A different number of wheels may be used from game to game.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first wheel, in which the first wheel comprises a plurality of first positions, in which each first position comprises at least one respective first number, and in which at least one of the plurality of first positions is configured such that a ball may drop through the first wheel at that first position; and

a second wheel, in which the second wheel comprises a plurality of second positions, and in which each second position comprising at least one respective second number;

in which the first wheel and the second wheel are arranged so that when the ball drops through the first wheel, the ball may be transported from the first wheel to the second wheel.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the first wheel and the second wheel are configured so that the ball may drop through the first wheel to the second wheel.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the first wheel is disposed above the second wheel.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the apparatus includes a table, in which the table includes an area through which a player may place a bet on where the ball lands on the second wheel.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, in which the bet on where the ball lands on the second wheel includes a bet that the ball will be transported from the first wheel to the second wheel.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the at least one of the plurality of first positions includes a position that is static from spin to spin of the first wheel.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the at least one of the plurality of first positions includes a position that is adjusted based on bets placed by players from spin to spin of the first wheel, such that for each bet on an outcome of the first wheel, a corresponding position on the first wheel is configured such that the ball may drop through the first wheel at that position.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, in which first wheel is configured so that the ball may only drop through the first wheel when the ball is over the second wheel.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a third wheel, in which the third wheel comprises a plurality of third positions, and in which each third position comprising at least one respective third number,

in which the first wheel and the second wheel are arranged so that when the ball drops through the first wheel, the ball may be transported from the first wheel to the third wheel.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the first, second, and third wheels are configured so that the ball is transported to the second wheel if the ball drops through a first set of first positions and the ball is transported to the third wheel if the ball drops through a second set of first positions.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the first, second, and third wheels are configured so that the ball is transported to the second wheel if the ball drops through the first wheel when the first wheel is in a first orientation and the ball is transported to the third wheel if the ball drops through the first wheel when the first wheel is in a second orientation.

12. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

receive an indication of a first bet on a first set of numbers;

facilitate a spinning of a first wheel, in which the first wheel comprises a plurality of first positions, with each first position comprising at least one first respective number;

determine a first number resulting from the spinning of the first wheel,

determine that the first number corresponds to a first number in the first set of numbers;

in response to determining that the first number corresponds to the first number in the first set of numbers, facilitate a spinning of a second wheel, in which the second wheel comprises a plurality of second positions, with each second position comprising at least one second respective number;

determine a second number resulting from a spinning of a second wheel; and

determine an outcome of the first bet based at least in part on the first number and the second number.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, in which the first wheel is transposed on a first reel and the second wheel is transposed on a second reel.

14. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

receive an indication of a first bet on a first set of numbers;

determine a first number resulting from a spinning of a first wheel, in which the first wheel comprises a plurality of first positions, with each first position comprising at least one first respective number;

determine that the first number corresponds to a first number in the first set of numbers;

in response to determining that the first number corresponds to the first number in the first set of numbers, determining a second number resulting from a spinning of a second wheel, in which the second wheel comprises a plurality of second positions, with each second position comprising at least one second respective number,

determining an outcome of the first bet based at least in part on the first number and the second number.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the first wheel is transposed on a first reel and the second wheel is transposed on a second reel.

16. An apparatus comprising:

a first wheel, in which the first wheel comprises a plurality of first positions, in which each first position comprises at least one respective first number; and

a computing device configured to;

determine a first outcome corresponding to a first ball stopping at one of the first positions of the first wheel,

determine that the first outcome has at least one desired characteristic, and

in response to determining that the first outcome has the at least one desired characteristic, facilitating a launching of a second ball.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the apparatus further comprises a second wheel, and in which facilitating the launching of the second ball includes facilitating the launching of the second ball on the second wheel.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, in which launching the second ball includes launching the second ball on the first wheel.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, in which determining that the first outcome has at least one desired characteristic comprises determining that the at the first outcome comprises a number that is included in a set of numbers on which a player has placed a bet.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, in which determining that the first outcome has at least one desired characteristic comprises determining that the first outcome comprises a number that is designated as a bonus number.