Patent ID: 7946912
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A system that controls a roulette gaming table comprising a roulette wheel including: (a) numbered and colored areas to receive a ball, (b) said table surface having a delineated area to place bets on the outcome of a each spin of the wheel, (c) a sensor to detect the speed of the wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball, (d) a computer configured to receive signals from the sensor; and (e) a laser unit disposed above the table to produce a visible laser output upon the surface of the table, so as to perform the function of establishing a predetermined speed of the wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball, such that when the speed of the wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball falls below said predetermined speed said system determines the space on which the ball will permanently come to rest at the conclusion of that spin cycle, and to utilize said sensor to signal the computer when said wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball reaches said predetermined speed to, in turn, cause said computer to signal said laser control unit which, in turn, produces a visible beam upon the surface of said table to indicate an action that may be taken, at least one of said actions to be: