Patent ID: 7946914
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a casino game of chance, the casino game of chance having a mechanical housing, said mechanical housing divided into a plurality of segments, the method comprising: spinning the mechanical housing under control of a processor; freely moving an internal indicator confined within the mechanical housing in response to spinning; randomly selecting in the casino game of chance one set of possible outcome segments from a plurality of sets of possible outcome segments located in the mechanical housing, each of the plurality of sets having a number of possible outcome segments less than the plurality of segments; stopping spin of the mechanical housing, under control of the processor, at said randomly selected one set of possible outcome segments at a predetermined location of the mechanical housing; randomly landing the freely moving internal indicator in one possible outcome segment in the randomly selected one set of possible outcome segments as the mechanical housing stops at the predetermined location, the possible outcome segments in the randomly selected one set of possible outcome segments uniformly disposed in the stopped mechanical housing; sensing the one possible outcome segment the internal indicator landed in; awarding a payout, under control of the processor, based on an award value associated with the one sensed possible outcome segment the internal indicator landed in; the associated award values of each set of the plurality of sets of possible outcome segments having a range of player executed values, the casino game of chance having an overall range of player expected values for all play of the casino game of chance.