Patent ID: 6105962
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
Gaming apparatus having a plurality of rotatable disks which are centered on a common axis of rotation, each of said rotatable disks being separately rotatable about said axis of rotation, each of said rotatable disks having an annular band of indicia thereon which encircles said axis of rotation and wherein a player's score is determined by arrival of particular indicia at particular locations following a period of rotation of said rotatable disks, said annular band of indicia of each of said rotatable disks being on a face of the rotatable disk which extends inward towards said axis of rotation, wherein the improvement comprises:each of said rotatable disks having a peripheral region which is of greater diameter than the band of indicia thereon and each of said rotatable disks having an annular band of gear teeth at said peripheral region thereof which band of gear teeth is centered on said axis of rotation, further including a plurality of drive gears each being engaged with said band of gear teeth of a separate one of said rotatable disks, and a plurality of drive motors each being coupled to a separate one of said drive gears to turn the drive gear.