Amusement game

An amusement game comprising a coin acceptor for the reception and analysis of coin from a player and for directing genuine coins to a coin track, said coin track inclined on an angle and allowing said genuine coin to roll down said coin track to a coin chute, said coin chute for directing a genuine coin from said coin track to a rotating play field, said coin chute oriented to allow said coin to slide on a lateral side, motor means to constantly rotate said play field around a central axis, said play field being horizontally-oriented, a coin guide positioned above said play field and extending from said central axis toward a peripheral edge of said play field, said coin guide adapted to engage the circumferential endwall of said coin that has been introduced to said play field and direct said coin towards said periphery of said play field, a plurality of payoff positions located on said play field and means to determine if said coin intersects with one of said payoff positions.

A method of playing an amusement game comprising timing the insertion of a coin into the game to cause it to come to rest on a rotating wheel, said rotating wheel having a stationary coin guide that moves said coins toward payoff positions located on the periphery of said wheel.

A coin operated amusement device comprising means defining a coin track to guide a coin in a predetermined path and introduce said coin on its side to a horizontally-oriented rotating play field, a stationary coin guide for the engagement of a circumferential endwall of said coin and direct said coin from a center region of the wheel to the edge of said wheel, at least one payoff position at an angular position on said wheel, and a coin detector to detect the presence of a coin and a wheel position detector to determine the location of the wheel and a controller to correlate the position of the coin with the position of payoff positions on said wheel.