US 11,335,158 B2 · Rotating wheel system

Abstract

A rotating wheel system includes face segments separated by posts positioned around a perimeter and a flexible pointer that interacts with the pegs as the wheel rotates. The system controls rotation of the wheel, randomly selects a segment at which to stop prior to the wheel being rotated based on a randomly selected friction deceleration and a randomly selected damping time constant, and controls rotation of the wheel to make it appear as though the wheel randomly stopped at the preselected segment. The system includes one or more player stations that are notified of the selected segment after the wheel is stopped. The system includes a second bonus wheel that is triggered when the selected segment is a trigger segment. The bonus wheel can be a physical wheel that is part of the wheel, a display that is part of the wheel, or displayed on a player station.

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Dependent claims

A rotating wheel system, comprising:

a rotating wheel including a face separated into a plurality of segments and a plurality of pegs positioned around the face, wherein each peg denotes a physical separation between segments;
a main control module including a drive system configured to control rotation of the rotating wheel including rotation above, at or below a predetermined velocity;
and
a pointer configured to allow a peg to pass by the pointer when the rotating wheel is at or above the predetermined velocity and to not pass the pointer when the rotating wheel is below the predetermined velocity, wherein the pointer is configured to stop at a randomly predetermined segment when the main control module determines the rotating wheel should stop rotating based on one or more rotating wheel stopping parameters including a randomly selected friction deceleration and a randomly selected damping time constant.

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Rotating wheel system

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Abstract

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