US 7,204,488 B2 · Alphabetic roulette game

Abstract

The alphabetic roulette game includes a roulette wheel having twenty-five positions thereon, comprising the twenty-six letters of the Roman alphabet and a double letter position. A wagering surface or table provides for the placement of wagers upon the chance of any of the single letters (or the double letters) or a letter of any of several groups of letters turning up on a spin of the wheel. The game also provides for wagers on the chance of a given letter turning up on two or more consecutive turns of the wheel. A further wagering opportunity is provided for wagering upon the chance of a letter within a given word or words (e.g., “LITTLE WHEEL”) coming up on a turn of the wheel. The alphabetic positions on the wheel, and corresponding positions on the table, may be colored to allow players to place wagers on a color or colors, as desired.

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An alphabetic roulette game, comprising:

a roulette wheel having a plurality of evenly spaced alphabetic positions disposed on the wheel, the positions having a one-to-one correspondence to the letters of an alphabet;
and
a wagering surface having a plurality of alphabetic positions disposed upon the surface corresponding to the alphabetic positions of the roulette wheel, wherein each of said plurality of alphabetic positions includes first and second wagering placement regions bearing same letter of the alphabet thereby permitting viewing of one of the placement regions when the other one of the wagering placement regions is covered during wagering thereon.

A method of playing an alphabetic roulette game, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a roulette wheel having a plurality of evenly spaced alphabetic positions disposed upon the roulette wheel having a one-to-one correspondence to the letters of an alphabet;
(b) providing a wagering surface having at least a plurality of alphabetic positions disposed upon the surface corresponding to the alphabetic positions of the roulette wheel, wherein each of said plurality of alphabetic positions includes first and second wagering placement regions bearing same letter of the alphabet;
(c) placing and covering one of the first and second wagering placement regions during wagering placement, and permitting viewing of the other wagering placement region;
(d) spinning the roulette wheel;
(e) determining the randomly selected winning alphabetic position after spinning the roulette wheel;
and
(f) collecting any losing wagers and paying out any winning wagers in accordance with the winning alphabetic position of the roulette wheel and the at least one wager placed upon the wagering surface.

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