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US 7,976,022 B1Granted
Video wheel indicator
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsBryan M. Kelly, Norman B. Petermeier, Matthew F. Kelly, J. Richard Oltmann
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Abstract
A game system, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a progressive bonus apparatus connected to a plurality of individual game units. The progressive bonus apparatus receives score contributions from each game unit to, for example, increase a progressive score. Each game unit connected to the progressive bonus apparatus may take the form of an game with a video rotating wheel. The position of the video wheel when it stops rotating indicates a predetermined result.
Claims19
A video wheel indicator comprising:
- a video display;
- and
- means for displaying a single wheel and a pointer on said video display, said wheel being provided with a plurality of radial segments, wherein said pointer is aligned with said wheel to point to one of said segments, and wherein said wheel may be caused to repeatedly spin and stop, such that when said wheel is at a stop said pointer is aligned with a predetermined segment known before said wheel came to said stop, wherein at least one of said segments includes a radially aligned quantitative indicia including at least one of a number and a multiplier.
A method for providing a video indicator wheel comprising:
- displaying on a video screen a single wheel having a plurality of segments, at least one of which comprises a quantitative value including at least one of a number and a multiplier, and a pointer associated with said wheel;
- causing said wheel to rotate while maintaining said pointer in a fixed position;
- and
- causing said wheel to stop rotating such that said pointer is pointing to a predetermined one of said segments.
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