A New Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1596-Accepted. 24th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD WALMSLEY, of 8, Hyde Road, Waterloo,. near
Liverpool, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as
follows:-
:-
A spinner or revolving disc is pivotted within a flat casing, its spindle projecting
through the cover thereof to enable it to be spun. The underside of the disc is
provided with a toothed wheel containing (say) 48 teeth, and a detent formed on
a lever projecting through the side of the case serves to arrest the disc by engaging,
with such teeth.
The disc is divided circumferentially into (say) 48 spaces or divisions, and these
divisions are again divided or allotted into segments of the disc, which segments I
term chances, and which are distinctively coloured.
These chance segments are marked to represent chances or probabilities
of 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 23 to 1. For instance the 23 to 1 chance segment has two
of the 48 divisions allotted to it, therefore the probability of this particular
segment being arrested under a pointer suitably disposed on the cover of the
casing, is as 46 to 2, or 23 to 1. Again the 2 to 1 chance segment has 16 of the
48 divisions allotted to it, therefore the probability of this segment stopping under
the pointer is as 32 to 16, or 2 to 1. The 3, 5, 7 and 11 chance segments have
each a proportional number of the 48 divisions allotted to them.
In addition to the above apparatus I provide each player with what I term stake
cards, each of which is formed with recesses or pockets corresponding in number
and numbered and coloured to correspond with the chance segments of the spinner.
The stake which may be placed in each pocket of the card is limited to a figure
marked thereon, which limit is preferably so arranged that should a player stake
the limit on each segment, the stake which he gains will be balanced by the stakes
which he has lost.
The stakes may consist or be represented by small discs printed on each side with
a number representing the amount of the stake, and are of sufficient quantity to
enable each player to stake on all the chance segments of the spinner at once if he
so desires.
In playing the game each player stakes a number or numbers on one or more of
the chance segments of the disc by placing discs marked with said numbers in the
corresponding pockets of the stake card before him. The player or banker who
controls the spinner then spins the segmented disc, and stops it by means of the
lever before mentioned. He then pays to those players who have staked upon the
segment which has been stopped under the pointer counters or their equivalent
equal to their stake multiplied by the number borne by such chance segment, and
receives from the players who have staked upon the other segments counters or
their equivalent equal to their stake.
Dated this fith dor of December 1905

page_text: A New Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
1, WILLIAM EDWARD WALMSLEY, of 8, Hyde Road, Waterloo, near
Liverpool, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
The game according to this invention consists in speculating upon the probability
of individual segments of a spinner whose surface is unequally and segmentally
allotted being arrested under a suitably disposed pointer, and the invention further
relates to the construction of such spinner and to accessories in connection
therewith.
In the drawings hereto annexed
Figure 1 is an outside plan of the spinner, Figure 2 a plan of same with the
cover removed, and Figure 3 a plan shewing the arresting device.
Figure 4 is cross section of the spinner and box, and Figure 5 is an underside
plan of the spinner.
The spinner or revolving disc a is pivotted within a box b, its spindle c projecting
through the cover thereof to enable it to be spun. The underside of the disc a is
provided with a toothed wheel d containing 48 teeth, and a detent e formed on a
lever projecting through the side of the box b serves to arrest the disc a by
engaging with such teeth.
The disc a is divided circumferentially into 48 spaces or divisions, and these
divisions are again divided or allotted into segments of the disc, which segments
are of unequal size and which I term chances, the different segments being
distinctively coloured.
These chance segments are marked to represent chances or probabilities
of 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 23 to 1. For instance the 23 to 1 chance segment has two of
the 48 divisions allotted to it, therefore the probability of this particular segment
being arrested under the pointer g on the cover of the box b, is as 46 is to 2,
or 23 to 1. Again, the 2 to 1 chance segment has 16 of the 48 divisions allotted
to it, therefore the probability of this segment being arrested under the pointer g
is as 32 to 16, or 2 to 1. The 3, 5, 7, and 11 to 1 chance segments have each a
proportional number of the 48 divisions allotted to them in like manner.
In addition to the above apparatus I provide each player with what I term a
stake card, illustrated in Figure 6 (plan) and Figure 7 (side view) and consisting
of a disc h, an upper disc h¹ with apertures in its periphery and numbered and
coloured to correspond with the chance segments of the spinner a, and a star
shaped distance piece ² cemented between such discs, forming recesses or pockets i.
The stake which may be placed in each pocket i of the card is limited to an
amount marked therein, namely, no more than 8 can be risked on the 2 to 1 chance,
6 on the 3 to 1 chance, 4 on the 5 to 1 chance, 3 on the 7 to 1, 2 on the 11 to 1,
and 1 on the 23 to 1 chance, which limits are so arranged that should a player stake
the limit on each segment, the stake which he gains will be balanced by the stakes
which he has lost.
The stakes may consist of or be represented by small discs (Figure 8) printed
on each side with a number representing the amount of the stake, and are of
sufficient quantity to enable each player to stake on all the chance segments
simultaneously.
In playing the game a company bank is formed by each player subscribing to it
an equal quantity of peas, nuts, or counters, and one of the players, or an outsider,
is deputed to actuate the spinner and be banker. Each player receives one of the
four stake cards (which are lettered A to D) and they stake their cards by inserting
in any one or more of the six pockets i of their card any stake disc k they choose

page_text: to risk. The banker then spins the disc a and stops it suddenly by means of the
leverf, and the segment of the spinner which is arrested under the pointer g is the
winning segment. The banker then proceeds to clear the stake cards h by paying
and receiving the gains and losses of the players, those who have staked on the
winning chance segment receiving as many times the value of their stake as the
number borne by such segment, and those who have staked on the other or losing
chance segments forfeit their stakes.
As the periphery of the disc a is divided into as many spaces as there are teeth
in the wheel d, the detente is so disposed that one of the segment dividing lines
cannot fall under the pointer g, so that there can be no doubt as to which is the
winning segment.
By staking the limit on a combination of the chance segments, other chances than
those indicated on the spinner may be obtained. Thus for even chances the limit
must be staked on either of the following combinations of chance segments:-
The 2 and 5; 3, 5 and 11; 2, 7, and 23; 3, 7, 11 and 23. Other combinations of
chance segments, on which the limit is staked, will yield other chances of different
values.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. For the purpose of the game herein described or any substantially similar
game, unequally and segmentally allotting the surface of a spinner proportionately
with the teeth of a wheel by which its motion is arrested, whereby the chance or
probability of an individual segment being arrested under a pointer in connection
with such spinner is as the number of teeth appropriated to such segment is to the
remainder of the teeth of such wheel, substantially as described.
2. In combination, a spinner whose surface is unequally and segmentally divided
proportionately with the number of teeth of a toothed wheel fixed beneath it, a
detent adapted to engage with said teeth and arrest the motion of such spinner
when actuated by a lever projecting through the side of a box containing the
whole, and a pointer in the lid of said box, arranged and adapted to operate.
substantially as herein described for the purpose of the game herein described or
any substantially similar game.
3. The use in combination with a spinner whose surface is unequally and
segmentally allotted proportionately with the teeth of a wheel by which its.
motion is arrested, of a receptacle or stake indicator formed and allotted to
correspond with such spinner, each allotment being provided with a pocket in
which may be placed a disc or the like indicating the stake which is risked upon
the chance of the corresponding allotment or segment of the spinner being arrested
under a pointer in connection with such spinner, substantially as described, for the
purpose of the game herein described or any substantially similar game.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1896.
.
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Registered Patent Agent (Qual. by Exam.),
10 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant..