Patent ID: 7901280

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a housing defining a cavity; a plurality of electromechanical roulette reels supported by the housing, the roulette reels being rotatable about a common axis, each one of the roulette reels having a side wall, each one of the side walls displaying a plurality of different numerals which are spaced apart along the side wall, the numerals being associated with a roulette betting layout, the roulette betting layout indicating a plurality of roulette betting options, the roulette betting options including at least one option to bet on one of the numerals and at least one option to bet on a group of the numerals; at least one input device; at least one processor which is operatively coupled to the roulette reels and the at least one input device; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the roulette reels and the at least one input device to: (a) receive an input associated with at least one of the roulette betting options; (b) rotate a plurality of the roulette reels simultaneously; (c) stop the rotation, resulting in an indication of at least one of the numerals of each one of the rotated roulette reels; and (d) provide an award based, at least in part, on the numerals indicated by the rotated roulette reels.