Method of simulating a traditional roulette game experience
A method of simulating a traditional casino roulette game experience using a specially designed deck of thirty eight (38) playing cards to determine a winning number rather than via a spin of the roulette wheel. The deck includes one card for each single unique number from the roulette wheel, i.e. 00, 0, and numbers 1-36. The deck is shuffled so that the cards are drawn at random to simulate a spin of the roulette wheel. The dealer activates the shuffler to draw a card from the shuffled deck. A bar code on the drawn card is read into a computer via a scanner. Scanning the card activates the computer to provide a visual representation of a spin of the roulette wheel on a monitor located near the roulette table. The visualization shows the ball landing on the unique number of the roulette wheel dictated by the drawn card.
1. A method of simulating a traditional roulette game experience using a specially designed deck of playing cards to determine play rather than spinning a roulette wheel comprising the following steps:
a. drawing a card from a special deck of thirty eight cards wherein each of the cards in the deck contains a unique number and associated color combination of possible numbered pockets that appear on a traditional roulette wheel,
b. using a computer to scan the number and color combination appearing on the randomly drawn card by scanning a bar code appearing on the drawn card into a computer wherein said bar code contains non transitory computer readable information corresponding to the number and color combination contained on the drawn card, and having the computer use the scanned information to substitute for a spin of a roulette wheel in a traditional roulette game by using the computer to display on at least one monitor a visual representation of the number and color combination contained on the drawn card.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the visual representation of the number and color combination contained on the drawn card that appears on said at least one monitor is an animated three dimensional image of a roulette table and a ball landing in a pocket with the number and color combination contained on the drawn card.
3. A method according to claim 1 further comprising:
c. using said at least one monitor to display directions to players prior to step a.
4. A method according to claim 3 wherein the directions displayed on said at least one monitor are to “Place Your Bets”.
5. A method according to claim 4 further comprising:
d. using said at least one monitor to display directions to players after step b.
6. A method according to claim 5 wherein the directions displayed on said at least one monitor are “No More Bets”.
7. A method according to claim 6 further comprising the following step that occurs after step d:
e. using said at least one monitor to display a message to players.
8. A method according to claim 7 wherein the message displayed on said at least one monitor is “Game Over”.
9. A method according to claim 6 further comprising the following step that occurs after step d:
f. replacing the drawn card in the deck of cards.
10. A method according to claim 3 further comprising the following step that occurs after step c:
g. displaying winning number history on said at least one monitor.
11. A method according to claim 10 further comprising the following step that occurs after step b:
h. updating winning number history in computer.
12. A method of simulating a traditional roulette game experience using a specially designed deck of playing cards to determine play rather than spinning a roulette wheel comprising the following steps:
a. pushing a key on a keyboard attached to a computer to cause the computer to display directions on at least one monitor to “Place Your Bets”,
b. randomly shuffling a special deck of thirty eight cards wherein each of the cards in the deck contains a unique number and color combination of possible pocket numbers and colors appearing on a traditional roulette wheel,
c. drawing a card from the previously randomly shuffled special deck of thirty eight cards,
d. using the number and color combination appearing on the randomly drawn card to substitute for a spin of a roulette wheel in a traditional roulette game by scanning a bar code appearing on the drawn card into a computer wherein said bar code contains non transitory computer readable information corresponding to the number and color combination contained on the drawn card,
e. using said at least one monitor to display directions to players of “No More Bets”,
f. using said computer to display a visual representation on said at least one monitor of the number and color combination contained on the drawn card in the form of an animated three dimensional image of a roulette wheel and a ball landing in a pocket of the roulette wheel as dictated by the number and color combination contained on the drawn card, and
g. replacing the drawn card in the deck of cards.
13. A method according to claim 12 further comprising:
repeating steps a-g to play a roulette game where steps a-g substitute for a spin of a roulette wheel in a traditional roulette game.
14. A method of simulating a traditional roulette game experience using a specially designed deck of playing cards to determine play rather than spinning a roulette wheel comprising the following steps:
a. displaying directions to roulette players to “Place Your Bets” on at least one monitor that is visible from a roulette table,
b. displaying winning number history on said at least one monitor while players place their bets on the roulette table
c. shuffling to randomly order a special deck of thirty eight cards where each card bears a unique number and color corresponding to a pocket on a traditional roulette wheel and also contains a bar code containing non transitory computer readable information corresponding to the pocket number and color combination contained on the drawn card,
d. drawing a card from the deck,
e. scanning the bar code on the drawn card to a computer that is connected to and controls displays on said at least one monitor,
f. updating the winning number history and game play meters in the computer,
g. displaying directions to players of “No More Bets” on said at least one monitor,
h. displaying a visual representation of the number and color combination contained on the drawn card on said at least one monitor to substitute for a spin of a roulette wheel in a traditional roulette game,
i. displaying “Game Over” message on said at least one monitor while the dealer collects lost bets and pays winning players,
j. placing the drawn card back into the deck of cards.
15. A method according to claim 14 wherein the visual representation that appears on said at least one monitor in step h is an animated three dimensional image of a spinning roulette wheel and a spinning ball landing in a pocket having the number and color combination dictated by the drawn card.
16. A method according to claim 14 further comprising:
k. pushing a key on a keyboard attached to the computer to start a new game of roulette by repeating steps a-j.