Roulette style gaming system

Abstract

A gaming system, includes: a plurality of player stations, where each comprises a graphical user interface allowing players to interact with the gaming system; a first motorized lottery wheel, including a first plurality of gaming ball pockets distributed in a concentric ring thereabout and a first LED display ring radially adjacent to the first plurality of gaming ball pockets, each of the first plurality of gaming ball pockets having a ball-sensor for sensing the presence of a gaming ball in the pocket; a second motorized lottery wheel, concentrically positioned within the first lottery wheel, including a second plurality of gaming ball pockets distributed in a concentric ring thereabout, each of the second plurality of gaming ball pockets having a ball-sensor for sensing the presence of a gaming ball in the pocket; a gaming ball launcher including a first shoot for launching one or more gaming balls to the first lottery wheel and a second shoot for launching one or more gaming balls to the second lottery wheel; a return mechanism for returning gaming balls from the respective gaming ball pockets to the gaming ball launcher; and a controller including one or more processors operatively communicating with and/or controlling the operation of the plurality of player stations, the first motorized lottery wheel, the first LED display ring, second motorized lottery wheel, the ball-sensors, the gaming ball launcher and the return mechanism to facilitate gameplay of the gaming system.

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