Roulette game random ball release
OwnerLarry Rhoteninventor
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Abstract
An improved roulette type game in which an electronic Start signal triggers a Launch signal, but only after an electronically generated random time delay.
Claims15
In a roulette game wherein a ball is launched about the periphery of a rotating wheel having circumferentially arranged pockets, and wherein the final stopping of the ball in a particular pocket determines a win or loss result, the method of launching the ball in such a way that the dealer in charge of the game has no direct physical contact with the ball during either its launch or its subsequent travel, and no control over where the ball might stop, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a mechanical launch mechanism capable of launching the ball along a desired path about the wheel periphery;
- selecting an electronic random time delay device that is capable of energizing the launch mechanism at a random time delay after it has itself been energized;
- selecting an isolated manually actuable activation means which, when actuated by a person's hand, is capable of then energizing the electronic random time delay device;
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- then, when it is desired to launch the ball, energizing the isolated manually actuable activation means, so that the person who actuates the isolated activation means is unable to predict either the exact time the ball will be launched or its ultimate stopping place.
In a roulette game with a rotating wheel and a plurality of circumferentially arranged pockets thereon, and a ball whose final stopping in a particular pocket is intended to determine a win or loss result, the improvement comprising:
- a mechanical launch mechanism capable of launching the ball along a desired path about the wheel periphery;
- an electronic random time delay device that is capable of energizing the launch mechanism at a random time delay after it has itself been energized, the random time delay having an output operatively coupled to the launch mechanism;
- an isolated activation means adapted to be manually actuated by a person's hand for producing a launch signal;
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- means for communicating a Start Game signal from the isolated activation means to the random time delay device to energize the random time delay device;
- so that any person who actuates the isolated activation means is unable to predict either the exact time the ball will be launched or its stopping place, and a dealer in charge of the game has no power to select the pocket in which the ball will stop.
In a roulette game having a wooden frame with a plurality of circumferentially arranged pockets thereon, a rotating wheel supported within the frame, and a ball whose final stopping in a particular pocket is intended to determine a win or loss result, the improvement comprising:
- a mechanical launch mechanism mounted in an opening in the wooden frame and capable of launching the ball along a desired path about the wheel periphery;
- an electronic random time delay device that is capable of energizing the launch mechanism at a random time delay after it has itself been energized, the random time delay having an output operatively coupled to the launch mechanism;
- an isolated activation means adapted to be manually actuated by a person's hand for producing a launch signal;
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- means for communicating a Start Game signal from the isolated activation means to the random time delay device to energize the random time delay device;
- so that any person who actuates the isolated activation means is unable to predict either the exact time the ball will be launched or its stopping place, and a dealer in charge of the game has no power to select the pocket in which the ball will stop.
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