Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Patent
1997-04-17
1999-08-10
O'Neill, Michael
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
273142E, A63F 502, A63F 924
Patent
active
059349999
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a progressive gaming device conceptually similar to a conventional roulette game. The present invention comprises a modified roulette wheel on a gaming table, a lighted display panel adjacent to the roulette wheel and built into the gaming table, a display unit at the head of the gaming table, a microcomputer and a key pad. When played, the present invention allows up to seven players to play. Play is effectuated under special rules, where a modified roulette wheel is spun by the croupier and three ivory balls are spun in a direction opposite the wheel's direction. When all balls fall into slots on the wheel, this information is sent to a nearby microcomputer for display on several display units, thereby allowing a croupier to determine payout and/or the progressive jackpot. The jackpot is progressive in that a percentage of every wager bet is placed back into the jackpot for availability during the next game.
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O'Neill Michael
Wildenstein, Esq. Kevin Lynn
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