Roulette-like gaming apparatus and method for playing same

A method for one or more players to progressively wager on a game based upon a revised roulette wheel, the steps of playing the progressive game comprising:

• a. each player placing a wager on a table top betting distribution area to participate in the game;
• b. spinning a revised roulette wheel located on the table top, the wheel having a plurality of slots on its periphery, each slot labeled in a preselected pattern with a predetermined pattern of numbers and symbols;
• c. injecting three balls into the wheel in a direction opposite the rotation of the wheel;
• d. allowing each of the three balls to fall into three slots;
• e. determining the slot locations of each fallen ball;
• f. controlling a plurality of display units by a means for light control and a microcomputer to display the slot locations;
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• g. allowing one or more players to win based upon their wager and predefined rules.

A gaming apparatus comprising:

• a. a table having a top and a plurality of support legs;
• b. a wheel integrally mounted on the table top, the wheel having a plurality of slots on its periphery, each slot labeled with one "0";
• four each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9;
• "7 and 11";
• "BAR";
• "Cherries";
• and "21";
• d. a microcomputer proximately located adjacent to the roulette wheel;
• c. a betting distribution area inlaid on the table top adjacent to the roulette wheel, the betting distribution area having a plurality of labeled spaces substantially corresponding to the labels in the wheel's plurality of slots, the betting distribution area being in electrical communication with the microcomputer through an electrical circuit;
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• e. a display panel unit attached to one end of the table, the display panel unit being in electrical communication with the microcomputer through the electrical circuit and adapted to display the plurality of labeled spaces.