Roulette gaming system
AssigneeNovomatic AG
InventorsJürgen Burgstaller, Miha Stegel, Silvester Zupancic, Sini{hacek over (s)}a Jojic
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
Claims14
A ball launcher for launching a ball into a playing area, the ball launcher comprising:
- at least one airflow generator;
- a first launch tube connected to the airflow generator;
- a second launch tube connected to the airflow generator, wherein the second launch tube defines a different launch direction into the playing area than the first launch tube;
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- a ball gate for gating the ball into the first or second launch tube and the airflow flowing therethrough,
- wherein the airflow generated by said airflow generator is controlled by an airflow controller, and
- wherein the airflow controller is adapted to, when a detected ball speed is higher than a desired ball speed and/or the ball speed is to be decreased:
- (i) reverse airflow direction, and/or
- (ii) cause airflow in a direction opposite to the ball moving direction.
A roulette gaming system comprising:
- a playing area comprising a roulette wheel, wherein at least a portion of the roulette wheel is moveable to form a ball discharge opening;
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- a ball launcher comprising:
- an airflow generator;
- a first launch tube connected to the airflow generator;
- a second launch tube connected to the airflow generator, wherein the second launch tube defines a different launch direction into the playing area than the first launch tube;
- and
- a ball gate for gating the ball into the launch tube and the airflow flowing therethrough,
- wherein the airflow generated by said airflow generator is controlled by an airflow controller, and
- wherein the airflow controller is adapted to, when a detected ball speed is higher than a desired ball speed and/or the ball speed is to be decreased:
- (i) reverse airflow direction, and/or
- (ii) cause airflow in a direction opposite to the ball moving direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.