Patent ID: 9418517
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of wagering on a rolling ball-race game comprising the steps of: a) providing a rolling ball-race game betting apparatus comprising: wherein the first decline plane lower end is offset from said elevated starting end of the second decline plane by a vertical offset distance of about 5 inches or more; wherein the rolling ball-race game apparatus is configured to determine an order of balls finishing a race, wherein a plurality of balls are configured to roll from the starting end to the lower end of the first decline plane, and then drop down, to the starting end of the second decline plane and roll to the lower finish end of the second decline plane, and subsequently into the finish collector; b) placing a wager on a wager-race-result of the plurality of balls; c) starting the plurality of balls at the starting end of the first decline plane; d) allowing at, least some of the plurality of balls to roll down along the first decline plane, e) allowing at least some of the plurality of balls to enter into the shortcut conduit; f) allowing at least some of the plurality of balls to roll onto the starting end of the second decline plane; g) allowing at least some of the plurality of balls to be caught in the plurality of ball-stops; h) allowing at least some of the plurality of balls to enter into the finish collector; wherein a ball that enters the finish collector first, is a first place finisher ball; wherein a ball to enter the finish collector second, is a second place finisher ball; wherein a ball to enter the finish collector third, is a third place finisher ball; wherein a ball to enter the finish collector fourth, is a fourth place finisher ball; i) determining a final finish order of the plurality of balls in the finish collector; j) determining which of said plurality of balls did not finish; and k) receiving a winning that is more than said wager in the event that said wager-race-result matches a final-race-result.