Roulette wheel display device and related devices, systems, and methods

1. A roulette wheel device comprising:

a base coupled to a table, the base comprising a circular ball track within a circular rim; and

a circular wheelhead rotatably coupled to the base within the ball track, the wheelhead comprising:

a circular ring comprising a plurality of pockets, wherein the circular ball track is sloped downwardly toward the circular ring to direct a roulette ball into one of the plurality of pockets; and

a circular display subassembly comprising a display device to selectively display graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of pockets,

wherein the circular ball track, the circular ring, and the circular display subassembly are substantially concentric.

2. The roulette wheel device of claim 1 , wherein the circular display subassembly is sloped downwardly toward the circular ring to direct the roulette ball into one of the plurality of pockets.

3. The roulette wheel device of claim 1 , wherein the circular display subassembly comprises an inner portion and an intermediate portion disposed between the inner portion and the plurality of pockets,

wherein the inner portion of the circular display subassembly is sloped downwardly at an angle that is greater than 45 degrees.

4. The roulette wheel device of claim 3 , wherein the intermediate portion of the circular display subassembly is sloped downwardly at an angle that is greater than 0 degrees and that is less than 30 degrees.

5. The roulette wheel device of claim 1 , wherein the display device comprises a plurality of arcuate display devices arranged in a circular array on the wheelhead, wherein each arcuate display device is associated with a subset of the plurality of pockets.

6. The roulette wheel device of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of image capture devices to capture images of the roulette ball and the plurality of pockets.

7. The roulette wheel device of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of image capture devices are coupled to the circular wheelhead facing radially outwardly toward the circular ring.

8. The roulette wheel device of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of image capture devices are coupled to the base facing radially inwardly toward the circular ring.

9. The roulette wheel device of claim 1 , wherein the table is a roulette table, and

wherein the roulette table further comprises a betting area comprising:

a plurality of bet positions, and

a betting area display device to selectively display graphical elements associated with the plurality of bet positions.

10. A roulette wheel device comprising:

a base coupled to a table, the base comprising:

a circular rim;

a circular display device; and

a circular ball track disposed between the circular rim and the circular display device; and

a circular wheelhead rotatably coupled to the base over the circular display device within the ball track, the wheelhead comprising:

a circular ring comprising a plurality of pockets, wherein the circular ball track is sloped downwardly toward the circular ring to direct a roulette ball into one of the plurality of pockets; and

a circular display window, wherein a portion of the circular display device is visible to a user of the roulette wheel device through the circular display window,

wherein the circular rim, the display device, the circular ball track, the circular ring, and the circular display window are substantially concentric.

11. The roulette wheel device of claim 10 , further comprising a roulette table, wherein the base is coupled to the roulette table, and

wherein roulette table further comprises a betting area comprising:

a plurality of bet positions, and

a betting area display device to selectively display graphical elements associated with the plurality of bet positions.

12. The roulette wheel device of claim 10 , wherein the circular display window is sloped downwardly toward the circular ring to direct the roulette ball into one of the plurality of pockets.

13. The roulette wheel device of claim 10 , wherein the circular wheelhead further comprises an inner portion, wherein the circular display window is disposed between the inner portion and the plurality of pockets,

wherein the inner portion of the circular wheelhead is sloped downwardly at an angle that is greater than 45 degrees.

14. The roulette wheel device of claim 13 , wherein the circular display window is sloped downwardly at an angle that is greater than 0 degrees and that is less than 30 degrees.

15. The roulette wheel device of claim 10 , wherein the display device comprises a plurality of arcuate display devices arranged in a circular array on the base.

16. The roulette wheel device of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of image capture devices to capture images of the roulette ball and the plurality of pockets.

17. The roulette wheel device of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of image capture devices are coupled to the circular wheelhead facing radially outwardly toward the circular ring.

18. The roulette wheel device of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of image capture devices are coupled to the base facing radially inwardly toward the circular ring.

19. A method comprising:

detecting rotation of a circular wheelhead of a roulette wheel device with respect to a base of the roulette wheel device; and

selectively displaying, by a circular display subassembly of the circular wheelhead based on detecting the rotation of the circular wheelhead, graphical elements corresponding to a plurality of pockets disposed around a circular ring of the wheelhead.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein detecting the rotation of the circular wheelhead further comprises detecting a first rotational speed of the circular wheelhead,

wherein the plurality of pockets corresponds to a first sequence of ball position values, and

wherein the graphical elements comprise an animation of a second sequence of ball position values rotating at a second rotational speed different from the first rotational speed.