Methods for using a multi-ball pocket roulette system

A method for using a roulette mechanism, comprising:

• launching a roulette ball onto an annular stationary rim mounted on a base, the stationary rim having a central opening and an upwardly curved face around which one or more roulette balls travel until falling on a rotating roulette wheel positioned in the central opening of the stationary rim and supported by the base, the roulette wheel including a movable central cone and a number of pockets distributed around a perimeter of the movable central cone, the pockets configured to at least initially hold one or more roulette balls among the one or more roulette balls traveling from the curved face onto the roulette wheel and into one or more of the pockets, each of the pockets corresponding to unique identifiers on the roulette wheel, the movable central cone including an edge, a number of sub-pockets under at least a portion of the edge and a motor, the edge being configured to stop a roulette ball that has entered a pocket, the motor being configured to raise the edge so that the roulette ball moves from the pocket to the sub-pocket and to lower the edge once the roulette ball is in the sub-pocket, and a roulette ball launching system configured to launch the one or more roulette balls spinning around the stationary rim;
• moving the roulette ball into a sub-pocket corresponding to the pocket by raising and lowering the edge;
• indicating an outcome corresponding to the roulette ball based on one or more of the pocket and the subpocket;
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• launching one or more roulette balls onto the stationary rim while the roulette ball is in the sub-pocket.