Amusement device for a game of chance involving one or more rolling indicators on a rotating element with position indicators

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11918921-B2
Application number	US-202017078754-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2020
Priority date	Jul 9, 2009
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to control:
receiving an indication of a first bet on a first set of numbers;
facilitating 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;
determining a first number resulting from the spinning of the first wheel, in which the first number corresponds to a position of a ball on the first wheel, in which 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, facilitating 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 a second number resulting from a spinning of the second wheel, in which the second number corresponds to a position of the ball on the second wheel, in which the ball is transported from the first wheel to the second wheel; and
determining an outcome of the first bet based at least in part on the first number and the second number.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , in which the first wheel is transposed on a first reel and the second wheel is transposed on a second reel.

3. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to control:
receiving an indication of a first bet on a first set of numbers;
determining 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;
determining that the first number corresponds to a first number in the first set of numbers, in which the first number corresponds to a position of a ball on the first wheel;
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, in which the second number corresponds to a position of the ball on the second wheel, in which the ball is transported from the first wheel to the second wheel; and
determining an outcome of the first bet based at least in part on the first number and the second number.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , in which the first wheel is transposed on a first reel and the second wheel is transposed on a second reel.

5. 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
at least one processor configured to control:
determining a first outcome corresponding to a first ball stopping at one of the first positions of the first wheel,
determining 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.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , 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.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , in which launching the second ball includes launching the second ball on the first wheel.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , in which determining that the first outcome has at least one desired characteristic comprises:
determining that the first outcome comprises a number that is included in a set of numbers on which a player has placed a bet.

9. The apparatus of claim 5 , 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.

Assignees

• Cfph Llc

Inventors

• Miller Mark A
• Alderucci Dean P

Classifications

• A63F5/00 Primary

  Roulette games · CPC title

• G07F17/3202

  Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof · CPC title

• G07F17/34

  depending on the stopping of moving members {in a mechanical slot machine}, e.g. "fruit" machines · CPC title

• A63F5/0088

  with a plurality of balls used during one game · CPC title

• A63F5/0094

  with a plurality of roulette wheels (A63F5/043 takes precedence) · CPC title