Granted Patent B2

US 9,135,775 · App. 12/752,790 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Inventor: Joze Pececnik (Trzin, SI)

Assignee: INTERBLOCK D.D.

G07F17/322A63F13/12G07F17/3223G07F17/3241G07F17/3288

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. An electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine system comprising:

a video camera;

an electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine adapted to:

mechanically generate an analog result of game play in an automatic manner without any player control and electronically convert the analog result into a digital result; and

transmit a live video feed of the game play recorded by the video camera to a plurality of remote clients operated by a plurality of players to allow the plurality of remote clients to place wagers on a future result of the game play.

2. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine includes a roulette wheel and a roulette style ball, and is adapted to:

rotate the roulette wheel at a randomly determined rotational speed; and

mechanically propel the roulette style ball onto the rotating wheel at a randomly determined velocity and a randomly determined spin.

3. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine includes a roulette wheel and a roulette style ball, and is adapted to mechanically propel the roulette style ball onto the rotating wheel at a randomly determined velocity.

4. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine includes a roulette wheel and a roulette style ball, and is adapted to mechanically propel the roulette style ball onto the rotating wheel at a randomly determined spin.

5. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein:

the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine includes a platform for supporting a die having a plurality of surfaces each bearing indicida unique to that on the other surfaces; and

the electro-mechanical gaming machine is adapted to move the platform at a randomly determined direction and speed.

6. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine is adapted to be activated and interactively played upon demand by bi-directional network communication with a remote client.

7. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine is adapted to transmit the live video feed to the plurality of emote clients through one or more of the following networks: satellite, cable television, the Internet, the World Wide Web, a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Local Area Network (LAN), a wireless network and a hard wired network.

8. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine includes one of the following games or a combination thereof: a roulette, a dice game, a big six wheel game, a wheel of fortune game and a board games of chance.

9. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine is adapted to receive a communication from the remote client for a selection to initiate a game.

10. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine is adapted to be:

activated by receipt of a command from the remote client; and

interactively played by commands received from the remote client.

11. The electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the electro-mechanical automatic gaming machine is adapted to:

receive funding for the wager;

deduct the wager from the funding for a loss of the wager; and

transmit data regarding an amount of funds for the winning of the wager.

12. A roulette table game system comprising:

A roulette wheel for play a roulette-style game with a roulette style ball;

wherein the roulette table game system is adapted to, in an unattended manner:

rotate the roulette wheel at a randomly determined rotational speed;

mechanically propel a roulette style ball onto the roulette wheel at a randomly determined velocity;

receive a communication from one of a plurality of remote clients operated by players to initiate the play of the roulette-style game;

transmit a video feed of live game play by a communication network for receipt by the plurality of remote clients;

produce an analog result of play of the roulette-style game without any player control;

convert the analog result into a digital result;

transmit the digital result over the network to the plurality of remote clients.

13. The roulette table game system of claim 12 , wherein the roulette table game system is adapted to be played interactively by commands received from the remote client through a communication network.

14. A dice game table for playing a dice-style game, the dice table comprising:

a platform for supporting a die having a plurality of surfaces each bearing indicia unique to that on the other surfaces;

wherein the dice game table is adapted to, in an unattended manner:

randomly change the movement and speed of the platform relative to the die;

receive a communication from one of a plurality of remote clients;

transmit a video feed of live game play at the dice game table through a communication network for receipt by the plurality of remote clients;

produce an analog result of the play of the dice-style game at the dice game table without any player control;

convert the analog result into a digital result; and

transmit the digital result for transmission over the network to the plurality of remote clients.

15. The dice game table as defined in claim 12 , wherein the dice game table is adapted to be interactively played by commands received from the remote client by a communication network.

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