Patent ID: 11948432
Assignee: LNW GAMING, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a wheel, the wheel including a plurality of game wedges, the plurality of game wedges including a first variable wedge and at least one moveable wedge, each game wedge of the plurality of game wedges being associated with a respective award and a respective probability of selection, wherein the at least one moveable wedge are physical objects overlapping at least a portion of the wheel, the method comprising:
generating, using a random-number generator, a random number representing a selected game wedge of the plurality of game wedges; and
in response to a trigger game wedge of the plurality of game wedges being the selected game wedge, shifting the at least one moveable wedge around the wheel to decrease a visible size of the first variable wedge and the respective probability of selection of the first variable wedge proportional to the change in visible size, the first variable wedge remaining visible in response to the shift of the at least one moveable wedge, wherein the at least one moveable wedge are physical objects overlapping at least a portion of the wheel.