Gaming tables and methods for administering roulette bonus wagers using a roulette ball launching system

US10546457B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bally Gaming, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Roger M. Snow · Las Vegas, US
• Haven A. Mercer · Excelsior, US
• Troy D. Nelson · Big Lake, US
• James P. Helgesen · Eden Prairie, US
• Paul K. Scheper · Bloomington, US
• Jamal Hani Kotifani · Eden Prairie, US
• Georg Fekete · Stockerau, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/34
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods of administering games of roulette may involve accepting a wager may from a player and using a ball launching system to launch at least one roulette ball into a track of a roulette wheel. A number and associated color may be randomly generated from within a range of numbers and associated colors. The triggering event may be identified by determining whether the randomly generated number is identical to a randomly generated number from an immediately preceding round. Upon identifying a triggering event, one or more additional special games of roulette may be played and a payout may be paid to the player according to a paytable associated with the outcome of the special game play. The amount of the wager may be collected for the house when the triggering event is not identified.