Roulette table having progressive jackpots
AssigneeLas Vegas Gaming, Inc.
InventorsSteven L. Busch, Charles S. Zussman, Thomas R. Wein, Stefan Giselbrecht, Peter Hodl, Franz Lechner
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Abstract
Method of playing roulette with a system including a roulette wheel, a conventional betting layout and a progressive jackpot layout. Players make wages on the conventional layout and/or the progressive layout to participate in a progressive jackpot game wherein the jackpot is accumulated from losing wagers on the progressive jackpot layout. The system includes sensors for detecting chips placed on the progressive layout. The jackpot is won by a wagered winning number being selected by the roulette wheel in a predetermined number of successive spins.
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A method of playing roulette with a system including (i) a single means for selecting a number from a predetermined group of numbers, (ii) a first betting layout for playing a conventional game of roulette, said first betting layout having thereon a plurality of numbers corresponding to said predetermined group of numbers, and (iii) a second betting layout for playing a progressive jackpot game, said second layout having thereon the same plurality of numbers as are on said first betting layout;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) players making wagers on any number on at least one of (i) said first betting layout to participate in a conventional game of roulette, (ii) on said second betting layout to participate in a progressive jackpot game and (iii) on said first betting layout and said second betting layout said progressive jackpot game being won by a same wagered number being selected by said number selection means for a predetermined number of successive operations of said number selecting means;
- (b) operating said number selecting means to select a winning number;
- (c) marking the winning number on said second betting layout for preventing the marked winning number from being further wagered until the occurrence of one of (i) a different winning number is selected in step (b) to break the order of successive same number winnings, and (ii) the jackpot is won by the same number winning for said predetermined number of successive operations of number selecting means;
- and any unmarked number on said progressive jackpot betting layout being bettable before each operation of said number selecting means;
- (d) paying any winning wagers on said first betting layout;
- (e) accumulating a jackpot fund from a portion of said wagers;
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- (f) repeating steps (a) to (e) until said same wagered number in said progressive jackpot game is selected by said number selecting means for said predetermined number of successive operations.
A method of playing roulette on a roulette table which comprises a top surface configuration including (i) a roulette wheel and ball, (ii) a conventional betting layout with a plurality of numbers thereon corresponding to the numbers on the roulette wheel, and (iii) a progressive jackpot betting layout having thereon the same plurality or numbers as are on the conventional betting layout, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) players making wagers on the conventional betting layout to play a conventional game of roulette;
- (b) players making wagers on the progressive jackpot betting layout to participate in a separate progressive jackpot game wherein the jackepot is won by a same wagered winning number coming up for a predetermined number of successive spins of the wheel;
- (c) a dealer spinning the wheel, shooting the ball and identifying the location of the ball on the wheel at the end of the spin to determine a winning number;
- (d) the dealer marking the marking the winning number on the progressive jackpot betting layout with a marker;
- (e) accumulating a jackpot fund from the amount wagered;
- (f) the dealer clearing all losing wagers from the conventional betting layout, and leaving only winning wager(s) on the conventional betting layout;
- (g) the dealer clearing all losing wagers from the progressive jackpot betting layout, and leaving only winning progressive wager(s) on the progressive jackpot betting layout;
- (h) the dealer paying any winning wagers on the conventional betting layout;
- (i) the dealer removing the marker from the progressive jackpot betting layout if there is no winning wager on the progressive jackpot layout in step (c);
- (j) if there is a winning wager on the progressive jackpot betting layout in step (c), the dealer leaving the marker on the marked number an the progressive jackpot betting layout to prevent the marked number on the progressive jackpot betting layout from being further wagered for the next spin, the marked number on the progressive jackpot betting layout not being further wagered until the occurrence of one of (i) a different number wins in step (c) to break the order of successive same number winnings and (ii) until the jackpot is won by the same number winning for said predetermined number of successive spins of the wheel;
- (k) repeating steps (a) to (j);
- (l) if the spin of repeated step (c) produces the same winning number in succession, the dealer leaves the marker on the winning number on the progressive jackpot betting layout or substitutes another distinctive marker to indicate that the winning number has now been rolled in succession;
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- (m) if necessary, repeating steps (a) to (l) until the same wagered winning number in said progressive jackpot game comes up for said predetermined number of successive spins of the wheel, whereupon the jackpot fund is paid out.
A system for playing roulette comprising:
- a roulette table including (i) a single means for selecting a number from a predetermined group of numbers, (ii) a conventional betting layout with a plurality of numbers thereon corresponding to the numbers on the number selecting means, and (iii) a progressive jackpot betting layout having thereon the same plurality of numbers as are on the conventional betting layout;
- said number selecting means being operated to play a conventional game of roulette on said conventional betting layout, and to play a separate progressive jackpot game on the progressive jackpot betting layout wherein a jackpot is won by a wagered number winning on the progressive jackpot betting layout for a predetermined consecutive number of operations by said number selection means;
- means for generating signals representative of numbers bet on the progressive jackpot betting layout;
- means responsive to said generating means for indicating bet progressive jackpot numbers;
- means used by the dealer for marking a winning bet number on the progressive jackpot betting layout to prevent the marked number on the progressive jackpot betting layout from being further wagered until the occurrence of one of (i) a different number wins to break the order of successive same number winnings and (ii) until the jackpot in won by the some bet number winning for said predetermined number of operations of said number selecting means;
- any number on said conventional betting layout being bettable before each operation of said number selecting means, and any unmarked number on said progressive jackpot betting layout being bettable before each operation of said number selecting means;
- means for sensing the winning number on operations of said number selecting means;
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- means including a computer responsive to said generating means, and said sensing means for accumulating a jackpot fund from a portion of the wagers, and for determining when the same bet number wins for said predetermined number of successive operations by said number selecting means.
A method of playing roulette with a system including (i) a roulette wheel and ball for selecting a number from a predetermined group of numbers, (ii) a first betting layout for playing a conventional game of roulette, and (iii) a second betting layout for playing a jackpot game;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) players making wagers on any number on said first betting layout to participate in a conventional game of roulette and on said second betting layout to participate in a jackpot game, said jackpot game being won by a same wagered number being selected by said roulette wheel and ball for a predetermined number of successive operations of said roulette wheel and ball;
- (b) operating said roulette wheel and ball to select a winning number;
- (c) marking the winning number on the second betting layout for preventing the marked number from being further wagered until the occurrence of one of (i) a different winning number is selected in step (b) to break the order of successive same number winnings, and (ii) until the jackpot is won by the same number winning for said predetermined number of successive operations of said roulette wheel and ball;
- and any unmarked number on said second betting layout being bettable before each operation of said number selecting means;
- (d) paying any winning wagers on said first betting layout;
- (e) repeating steps (a) and (b) until said same wagered number is selected by said roulette wheel and ball for said predetermined number of successive operations;
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- (f) providing a fixed value payout after one or more successive wins by the same wagered number on said second betting layout.
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