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Roulette for gaming

  • US 4,732,385 A
  • Filed: 09/03/1986
  • Issued: 03/22/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for playing roulette comprising:

  • (a) a roulette wheel provided with slots capable of accommodating a ball,(b) motor means for providing the roulette wheel with a spinning speed whose magnitude and/or direction are capable of being altered in such a manner that the ball is ejected from its slot and enters another one at random,(c) game selectors to select a slot upon which a player stakes,(d) a joker character display for each selector, with means to make the joker character appear or disappear at random on the joker character displays,(e) means to enable the joker shown in the display to be held at will,(f) a first plate which is attached to the roulette wheel so as to spin integrally therewith, said first plate having an indicator to show when said roulette wheel passes by zero,(g) a first signal transmitter/detector which is associated with said first plate and which is capable of detecting said indicator and transmitting a signal concerning detection of said indicator,(h) a second plate which is attached to the roulette wheel so as to spin integrally therewith, said second plate capable of providing a signal for each said slot around the roulette wheel,(i) a second signal transmitter/detector which is associated with said second plate and which is capable of detecting said signals from said second plate and transmitting a signal concerning said signal from said second plate,(j) a third transmitter/detector to detect the presence of the ball in a slot,(k) a processor equipped with means to receive the signal from the first transmitter/detector to denote passage by zero, and also to receive the signals from the second tranmitter/detector and identify them with the relevant slot, and moreover to receive data from the third transmitter/detector to detect presence of the ball, and to award a prize if the position of the ball coincides with the slot upon which the player'"'"'s stake has been placed by means of preselection on the game selector.

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