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US 2019/0096156 A1Published application
Gaming system and method for providing a roulette game with visual effects
AssigneeAruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorsYoichi KATO, Katsuhiro KIDO
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Abstract
In one aspect, an improved roulette gaming system is disclosed herein, which provides visual effects for a roulette wheel, a roulette ball, or both.
Claims20
A roulette gaming system comprising:
- a plurality of player stations, each configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary wager;
- a roulette wheel assemblage comprising a roulette wheel;
- a game controller;
- at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the game controller, cause the game controller to:
- a) receive a communication from at least one of the plurality of player stations indicating a wager has been accepted for a play of a roulette game;
- b) cause the roulette wheel to spin;
- c) cause a roulette ball to be launched;
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- d) cause a graphical processing unit to:
- i. determine a first future location and a different second future location of the launched ball;
- ii. cause a first visual effect to be displayed at a first position on the roulette wheel assemblage, the first position being based on the determined first future location of the launched ball;
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- iii. cause the first visual effect to be displayed at a different second position on the roulette wheel assemblage, the second position being based on the determined second future location of the launched ball;
- e) determine a game outcome from the play of the roulette game;
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- f) communicate the game outcome to the at least one player station.
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A roulette gaming system comprising:
- a plurality of player stations, each configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary wager;
- a roulette wheel assemblage comprising a roulette wheel;
- a game controller;
- at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the game controller, cause the game controller to:
- a) receive a communication from at least one of the plurality of player stations indicating a wager has been accepted for a play of a roulette game;
- b) cause the roulette wheel to spin;
- c) cause a roulette ball to be launched;
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- d) cause a graphical processing unit to:
- i. determine a first future angle and a different second future angle of the spinning roulette wheel;
- ii. cause a wheel visual effect to be displayed at a first orientation of the spinning roulette wheel, the first orientation being based on the determined first future angle;
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- iii. cause the wheel visual effect to be displayed on the roulette wheel assemblage at a different second orientation of the spinning roulette wheel, the second orientation being based on the determined second future angle;
- e) determine a game outcome from the play of the roulette game;
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- f) communicate the game outcome to the at least one player station.
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A method of controlling a roulette gaming system, the method comprising:
- receiving a communication from at least one of a plurality of player stations indicating a wager has been accepted for a play of a roulette game;
- causing a roulette wheel housed within a roulette wheel assemblage to spin;
- causing a roulette ball to be launched;
- determining a first future position of a component of the roulette game;
- determining a different second future position of the component of the roulette game;
- causing a visual effect to be displayed at a first position on the roulette wheel assemblage, the first position based on the determined first future location;
- causing the visual effect to be displayed at a different second position on the roulette wheel assemblage, the second position based on the determined second future location;
- determining a game outcome for the play of the roulette game;
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- communicating the game outcome to the at least one player station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.