Patent ID: 9582958
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06T,G07F

Claim:
1. A method for providing animation for an online roulette game during game play, comprising: providing data for enabling an interface on a device used for playing the online roulette game, the interface rendering an image of a grid of bet entries and a roulette wheel on which a ball is provided for spinning, during the game play, to arrive at an outcome on the online roulette game, the roulette wheel having a plurality of slots with each of the plurality of slots corresponding to a number defined in the grid; identifying the number on the grid on which a bet has been placed during the game play; generating a number using a random number generator during the game play, the generated number used to define the outcome for the online roulette game, the generated number corresponds to a specific one of the plurality of slots in the roulette wheel in which the ball is to land; and providing graphical animation at the roulette wheel, wherein the graphical animation includes an animation of the ball spinning around the roulette wheel and a visual indication of the outcome rendered beside the specific slot in which the ball is to land as the ball approaches the specific one of the plurality of slots in the roulette wheel, the visual indication corresponds to a payout computed for the generated number, wherein operations of the method are performed by a processor.