Syllabic roulette game with solmization, and method

• US 8,267,403 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Issued: 09/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CG Technology L.P. (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: Cantor G&W Nevada LP (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Fisher, Donald, Langtim, Melissa S., Garmann, Darlene Marie, Foote, Stephen, Krich, Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US11/711,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20080128991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,030 Days
• Field of Search: 273/142.E, 273/142.R, 273/142.B, 273/142.C, 273/142.F, 273/142.G, 273/142.H, 273/142.HA, 273/142.J, 273/274, 463/17
• US Class Current: 273/142.B
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/00132 specially adapted for teaching music
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/247 audible, e.g. using a loudspeaker
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 5/0088 with a plurality of balls used during one game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 5/02 Roulette-like ball games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0098 Word or number games A63F3/0415, A63F3/0421, A63F3/0423 take precedence

Abstract

A roulette game enables single-spin formation of meaningful character strings, which character strings may be coupled to tones for enhancing the gaming experience. The meaningful character strings may be defined by solfege-enabling letter groups, which letter groups may prompt underlying tones in solmization. The syllabic roulette game comprises a roulette wheel, a wager-enabling layout, and a plurality of balls. The wheel comprises alphabetic characters against a rainbow colored backdrop for enabling various payout schemes. A color-coordinated wager support surface is preferably disposed adjacent the roulette wheel for facilitating wager placement.

Claims

1. A syllabic roulette game, the syllabic roulette game for visually and aurally stimulating a game user, the syllabic roulette game comprising:

a roulette wheel, the roulette wheel comprising a plurality of evenly spaced radially inward sphere-receiving sectors, a plurality of radially-outward sphere-launching rings, and a speaker, the speaker for providing auditory tones, each sphere-receiving sector comprising a superior sector surface, the superior sector surfaces each bearing a select alphabetic wheel character, a plurality of select sphere receiving sectors being cooperably keyed to the speaker for providing a select auditory tone;

a wagering surface that includes a plurality of wager-receiving sections, each wager-receiving section comprising a superior section surface, the superior section surfaces each bearing a select alphabetic wager character, the wheel and wager characters having paired character correspondence; and

a plurality of sector-stimulating spheres, the sector-stimulating spheres each being launchable from the sphere-launching rings and receivable in one of the sphere-receiving sectors, the select sphere receiving sectors cooperably providing the select auditory tone when the sector-stimulating spheres are received therein, the paired character correspondence and the select auditory tone for visually and aurally stimulating a user;

wherein the wagering surface includes a jackpot betting option, and wherein a player that selects the jackpot betting option is awarded based at least in part on when the select auditory tone occurs.

2. The syllabic roulette game of claim 1 wherein the superior sector surfaces and superior section surfaces bear select colorization, the select colorization being selected from the color group consisting of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

3. The syllabic roulette game of claim 1 wherein the superior sector surfaces and superior section surfaces bear Roman alphabetic characters.

4. The syllabic roulette game of claim 1 wherein a further plurality of select sphere receiving sectors are cooperably keyed to the speaker for providing select auditory tones, and wherein the select auditory tones are diatonically scaled.

5. The syllabic roulette game of claim 4 wherein the select auditory tones are keyed to a syllabic letter couplet grouping in solmization, the syllabic letter couplet grouping consisting of “

DO,”

“

RE”

, “

MI”

, “

FA”

, “

SO”

, “

LA”

, and “

TI”

.

6. A syllabic roulette game, the syllabic roulette game for stimulating a game user, the syllabic roulette game comprising:

a roulette medium, the roulette medium comprising a plurality of ball-receiving sectors, and a plurality of balls, each ball-receiving sector comprising a superior sector surface, the superior sector surfaces each bearing a select alphabetic wheel character, the balls each being receivable in one of the ball-receiving sectors, select ball-receiving sectors cooperably enabling word formation when the balls are received therein, the word formation for visually stimulating a user; and

a wagering surface that includes a plurality of wager receiving sections, each wager-receiving section comprising a superior section surface, the superior section surfaces each bearing a select alphabetic wager character, the wheel and wager characters having paired character correspondence;

wherein the roulette medium comprises a speaker, the speaker for providing auditory tones, a plurality of select ball-receiving sectors being cooperably keyed to the speaker for providing a select auditory tone, the select ball-receiving sectors cooperably providing the select auditory tone when the balls are received therein, the paired character correspondence and the select auditory tone for visually and aurally stimulating a user;

wherein the wagering surface includes a jackpot betting option, and wherein a player that selects the jackpot betting option is awarded based at least in part on when the select auditory tone occurs.

7. The syllabic roulette game of claim 6 wherein the superior sector surfaces bear select colorization, the select colorization being selected from the color group consisting of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, the select coloration for enabling varied payout structures.

8. The syllabic roulette game of claim 6 wherein the select ball-receiving sectors bear solfege-enabling characters.

9. The syllabic roulette game of claim 6 wherein the superior sector surfaces and superior section surfaces bear Roman alphabetic characters.

10. The syllabic roulette game of claim 9

wherein a further plurality of select sphere receiving sectors are cooperably keyed to the speaker for providing select auditory tones;

and

wherein the select auditory tones are keyed to a syllabic letter couplet grouping in solmization, the syllabic letter couplet grouping consisting of “

DO,”

“

RE”

, “

MI”

, “

FA”

, “

SO”

, “

LA”

, and “

TI”

.

11. A roulette gaming method, the roulette gaming method for enhancing a roulette gaming experience, the roulette gaming method comprising the steps of:

arranging, by a processor of a computing device, visually perceptive alphabetic characters in radial adjacency to a central axis;

providing, by the processor, a wagering surface that includes a plurality of wager receiving sections, each wager-receiving section comprising a superior section surface, the superior section surfaces each bearing a select alphabetic wager character, the visually perceptive alphabetic characters and wager characters having paired character correspondence;

randomly depositing, by the processor, character identifiers in radial adjacency to the central axis;

identifying, by the processor, a plurality of alphabetic characters via the deposited character identifiers;

forming, by the processor, at least one meaningful character string via the identified alphabetic characters;

comparing, by the processor, the formed at least one meaningful character string with at least one prescribed meaningful character string; and

sounding, by the processor, a select tone based on the at least one meaningful character string formed, wherein the wagering surface includes a jackpot betting option, and wherein a player that selects the jackpot betting option is awarded based at least in part on when the select tone is sounded.

12. The roulette gaming method of claim 11 wherein the central axis is an axis of rotation, the alphabetic character arrangement being rotatable about the axis of rotation to facilitate random character identifier deposition.

13. The roulette gaming method of claim 12 comprising the step of receiving, by the processor, a prediction of a meaningful character string formation before randomly depositing character identifiers in radial adjacency to the axis of rotation.

14. The roulette gaming method of claim 13 comprising the step of receiving, by the processor, wagered property in connection with receiving the prediction.

15. The roulette gaming method of claim 12 comprising the step of arranging, by the processor, rainbow colors in radial adjacency to the axis of rotation before randomly depositing the character identifiers in radial adjacency to the axis of rotation.

16. The roulette gaming method of claim 12 wherein the at least one formed meaningful character string corresponds to the select tone in solmization.

17. The roulette gaming method of claim 11 comprising the step of awarding, by the processor, property after comparing the formed at least one meaningful character string with the at least one prescribed meaningful character string.