Patent ID: 7926810

Claim:
A roulette apparatus, the roulette apparatus for enabling and enhancing roulette gaming, the roulette apparatus comprising: a roulette wheel assembly, the roulette wheel assembly comprising a roulette wheel, the roulette wheel comprising a ball-receiving upper wheel surface; a ball-delivery tower, the ball delivery tower comprising a tower support portion, the tower support portion having a vertical tower dimension; and ball-delivery means, the ball-delivery means for delivering a roulette ball to the upper wheel surface, the ball-delivery means comprising a ball inlet, a ball outlet, and ball-conducting conduit intermediate the ball inlet and ball outlet, the ball-conducting conduit comprising a peak portion, the vertical tower dimension supporting the peak portion, the ball outlet being positioned for outletting the roulette ball upon the upper wheel surface, the peak portion for imparting maximum ball potential energy, the maximized ball potential energy being convertible to ball kinetic energy for imparting final ball kinetic energy to a conduit-conducted roulette ball, the roulette apparatus thus for enabling and enhancing roulette gaming; wherein the ball-conducting conduit comprises cooperable ball-sensing and conduit-illumination means, the ball-sensing means for sensing the motion of a conduit-conducting roulette ball and actuating the conduit-illumination means, the conduit-illumination means for illuminating the ball-conducting conduit as the conduit-conducting roulette ball passes therethrough.