Patent ID: 9174117
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A system for delaying an outcome of a roulette game, the system comprising: a roulette wheel comprising a plurality of pockets, each pocket for stationary confinement of a ball; a glass cover attached to the roulette wheel, the glass cover configured to switch between a transparent state and an opaque state in response to electrical signals; and game circuitry operably connected to the glass cover, the game circuitry configured to switch the glass cover from the transparent state to the opaque state and back to the transparent state at one or more predetermined events or predetermined periods during play of the roulette game, and to send a first electrical signal to the glass cover while a ball is in motion around an inner circumference of the roulette wheel to change the glass cover from the transparent state to the opaque state so that the ball cannot be viewed from outside the glass cover.