IP Library Granted Patent US 9,295,905
Granted Patent B2
US 9,295,905 · App. 13/468,433 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Lot-to-lot roulette combination

Inventors: Gregory P. Manning (New York, NY); Geoffrey M. Gelman (Brooklyn, NY); Mark A. Miller (Boston, MA)
Assignee: CFPH, LLC
A63F5/0094G06Q20/3224G07F17/32
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,295,905
App. No.
13/468,433
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In various embodiments a single reel on a gaming device contains multiple symbols.

Claims (25)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a plurality of roulette wheels arranged to be spun to provide roulette outcomes, the roulette outcomes to be used together to determine the outcome of a wager, each of the roulette outcomes having a color and a number; and

a wager input interface designed to receive a wager on the roulette outcomes from a bettor and to communicate the wager to an operator of the plurality of roulette wheels, a win or a loss of the wager to be determined under betting rules of the operator, the betting rules defining wining combinations comprising:

every combination in which all of the roulette outcomes comprise the same color; and

every combination in which a plurality of roulette outcomes comprise consecutive numbers.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of roulette wheels are mechanical roulette wheels, each having physical pockets to receive a physical ball.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a touch screen interface to receive the wagers.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of roulette wheels are computer simulated roulette wheels.

5. A method comprising the steps of:

receiving a wager on roulette outcomes of a plurality of roulette wheels from a bettor;

causing the plurality of roulette wheels to generate the roulette outcomes, each of the roulette outcomes having a color and a number; and

paying to the a bettor a payout for a winning wager that covers the generated roulette outcomes according to betting rules of an operator of the plurality of roulette wheels, the betting rules defining wining combinations comprising:

every combination in which all of the roulette outcomes comprise the same color; and

every combination in which a plurality of roulette outcomes comprise consecutive numbers.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of roulette wheels are mechanical roulette wheels, each having physical pockets to receive a physical ball, and the plurality of roulette wheels are spun to generate the roulette outcomes.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the wagers are received at a touch screen interface.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of roulette wheels are computer simulated roulette wheels.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein betting rules provide that roulette outcomes of the plurality of wheels may be interpreted as playing card values for determining whether a wager is a winning wager.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein the betting rules provide for a winning wager with a payout if the roulette outcomes of all roulette wheels come up to the roulette outcome covered by the wager.

11. The method of claim 5 , wherein the betting rules define at least one wager as a winning wager if a roulette outcome covered by the wager comes up on any one of the plurality of roulette wheels.

12. The method of claim 5 , wherein the betting rules permit a bettor to designate a range of roulette outcomes to be bet on, and define the wager as a winning wager if a roulette outcome in the range comes up on at least one of the plurality of roulette wheels, with the payout for the winning wager increasing as the number of winning wheels increases.

13. The method of claim 5 , wherein the betting rules permit a bettor to designate a number of wheels and to wager on a range of roulette outcomes, and define the wager as a winning wager if a roulette outcome in the range comes up on a designated number of the plurality of roulette wheels.

14. The method of claim 5 , wherein the betting rules permit a bettor to wager on a range of roulette outcomes, and define the wager as a winning wager if all roulette outcomes of the range come up on a the plurality of roulette wheels.

15. The method of claim 5 , wherein the betting rules permit a bettor to wager on a color, and define the wager as a winning wager if the color comes up on a plurality of the roulette wheels, a number of the plurality of the roulette wheels on which the color comes up being a defined property of the wager.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the betting rules provide that a payout of the wager increases as the number of roulette wheels on which the color comes up increases.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2012
From: MANNING, GREGORY P.; GELMAN, GEOFFREY M.; MILLER, MARK A.
To: CFPH, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 11871270 · Oct 12, 2007
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