Gaming Device And Method Of Use With Balls Of Differing Diameters
AssigneeElektroncek D.D.
InventorJoze Pececnik
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Abstract
A gaming device with orbs for the generation of a greater number of results is disclosed. The device draws out numbers in a single playing cycle in various games where a greater number of orbs are used and the result depends on the numbers that are marked in the openings by randomly laying orbs. The balls are, as a rule, of two dimensions—wherein the balls with the smaller dimensions are in the game for reasons of better scattering and greater attractiveness, while the balls with the greater diameter that represent the result or the drawn numbers are retained in random holes on the plate of the cylinder with the help of the offset plate of the cylinder.
Claims20
A gaming device comprising a ball ejection passage extending concentrically through top and bottom plates each having a plurality of circular holes there through, the top and bottom plates being rotatable between:
- a non-offset position thereof in which:
- both smaller and larger diameter substantially spherical balls above the top plate fall by gravity through the circular holes in the top and bottom plates;
- and
- larger diameter balls above the top plate are retained respective said holes in the top plate;
- an offset position thereof in which:
- smaller diameter balls above the top plate fall by gravity through one said hole in the top plate and through one said hole in the bottom plate;
- and
- larger diameter balls above the top plate are retained respective said holes in the top plate.
A gaming device comprising a ball ejection passage extending concentrically through top and bottom plates each having a plurality of circular holes there through, the top and bottom plates being rotatable between:
- a non-offset position thereof in which:
- both smaller and larger diameter substantially spherical balls above the top plate fall by gravity through the circular holes in the top and bottom plates;
- and
- larger diameter balls above the top plate are retained respective said holes in the top plate, and wherein the plurality of holes in the top plate are respectively associated with marking indicia;
- an offset position thereof in which:
- smaller diameter balls above the top plate fall by gravity through one said hole in the top plate and through one said hole in the bottom plate;
- and
- larger diameter balls above the top plate are retained respective said holes in the top plate;
- means for rotating the top plate relative to the bottom plate between the offset and non-offset positions thereof, and
- means for ejecting balls from below the bottom plate to above the top plate through the concentric ball ejection passage.
A method for selecting a random set of balls in a game, the method comprising:
- ejecting a plurality of differing diameter substantially spherical balls through a ball ejection passage extending concentrically through top and bottom plates, wherein each said plate has a plurality of circular holes there through;
- rotating the top and bottom plates into an offset position thereof in which:
- smaller diameter balls above the top plate fall by gravity through one said hole in the top plate and through one said hole in the bottom plate;
- and
- larger diameter balls above the top plate are retained respective said holes in the top plate;
- identifying the larger diameter balls above the top plate that are retained respective said holes in the top plate to arrive at the randomly selected set of balls;
- and
- rotating the top and bottom plates into a non-offset position thereof in which:
- both smaller and larger diameter substantially spherical balls above the top plate fall by gravity through the circular holes in the top and bottom plates;
- and
- larger diameter balls above the top plate are retained respective said holes in the top plate.
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