US-20260124523-A1 - AMUSEMENT DEVICE FOR A GAME OF CHANCE INVOLVING ONE OR MORE ROLLING INDICATORS ON A ROTATING ELEMENT WITH POSITION INDICATORS

Abstract

Embodiments of various games are described. One example embodiment includes a plurality of wheels on which players may place a bet. A different number of wheels may be used from game to game.

Inventors

• Mark A. Miller
• Dean P. Alderucci

Assignees

• CFPH, LLC

Dates

Publication Date

20260507

Application Date

20260106

Claims (1)

1. 1 . An apparatus comprising: a first wheel, in which the first wheel comprises a plurality of first positions, in which each first position comprises at least one respective first number, and in which at least one of the plurality of first positions is configured such that a ball may drop through the first wheel at that first position; and a second wheel, in which the second wheel comprises a plurality of second positions, and in which each second position comprising at least one respective second number; in which the first wheel and the second wheel are arranged so that when the ball drops through the first wheel, the ball may be transported from the first wheel to the second wheel.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/426,546 filed Jan. 30, 2024, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/078,754 filed Oct. 23, 2020 (now U.S. Pat. No. 11,918,921 issued Mar. 5, 2024), which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/876,306 filed Jan. 22, 2018 (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,814,215 issued Oct. 27, 2020), which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/499,925 filed Jul. 9, 2009 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,873,035 issued Jan. 23, 2018), each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of components for a hand-reading system, according to some embodiments. FIG. 2 shows an apparatus for playing a game, according to some embodiments. FIG. 3 shows an arrangement of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 4 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 5 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 6 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 7 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 8 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 9 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 10 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 11 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 12 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 13 shows a roulette wheel according to some embodiments. FIG. 14 shows a reel according to some embodiments. FIG. 15 shows arrangements of symbols according to some embodiments. FIG. 16 shows an arrangement of wheels according to some embodiments. FIG. 17 shows an example position on a wheel according to some embodiments. FIG. 18 shows an example guiding system according to some embodiments. FIG. 19 shows an example arrangement of wheels in some embodiments. The following sections I-X provide a guide to interpreting the present application. I. TERMS The term “product” means any machine, manufacture and/or composition of matter, unless expressly specified otherwise. The term “process” means any process, algorithm, method, or the like, unless expressly specified otherwise. Each process (whether called a method, algorithm or otherwise) inherently includes one or more steps, and therefore all references to a “step” or “steps” of a process have an inherent antecedent basis in the mere recitation of the term ‘process’ or a like term. Accordingly, any reference in a claim to a ‘step’ or ‘steps’ of a process has sufficient antecedent basis. The term “invention” and the like mean “the one or more inventions disclosed in this application”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The terms “an embodiment”, “embodiment”, “embodiments”, “the embodiment”, “the embodiments”, “one or more embodiments”, “some embodiments”, “certain embodiments”, “one embodiment”, “another embodiment” and the like mean “one or more (but not all) embodiments of the disclosed invention(s)”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The term “variation” of an invention means an embodiment of the invention, unless expressly specified otherwise. A reference to “another embodiment” in describing an embodiment does not imply that the referenced embodiment is mutually exclusive with another embodiment (e.g., an embodiment described before the referenced embodiment), unless expressly specified otherwise. The terms “including”, “comprising” and variations thereof mean “including but not limited to”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The terms “a”, “an” and “the” mean “one or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The term “plurality” means “two or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The term “herein” means “in the present application, including anything which may be incorporated by reference”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The phrase “at least one of”, when such phrase modifies a plurality of things (such as an enumerated list of things) means any combination of one or more of those things, unless expressly specified otherwise. For example, the phrase “at least one of a widget, a car and a wheel” means either (i) a widget, (ii) a car, (iii) a wheel, (iv) a widget and a car, (v) a widget and a wheel, (vi) a car and a wheel, or (vii) a widget, a car, and a wheel. The phrase “at least one of”, when such phrase modifies a plurality of things does not mean “one of each of” the plurality of things. Numerical terms such as “one”, “two”, etc. when used as cardinal numbers to indicate quantity of something (e.g., one widget, two widgets), mean the quantity indicated by that numerical term, but do not mean at least the quantity indicated by that numerical term. For example, the phrase “one widget” does not mean “at least one widget”, and therefore the phrase “one widget” does not cover, e.g., two widgets. The phrase “based on” do