Patent ID: 7559552

Claim:
A coin roulette amusement game comprising: a rotating playing field disposed in a housing, and including a plurality of targets spaced about a concentric circle, said targets having a value associated therewith; a coin track extending at a first end from said housing above said playing field to a second end at the playing field, said coin track sized to carry a coin rolling under the influence of gravity from said first end to said second end to deliver said coin to said playing field; an optical sensor disposed at said second end of said coin track to detect the passage of a rolling coin onto the playing field from said coin track, and signaling means for communicating a signal from the optical sensor that said rolling coin has entered the playing field from the coin track; a microprocessor coupled to said signaling means for receiving said signal that a rolling coin has entered the playing field from the coin track, and further having means for determining a most proximal target to be intercepted by a path of said rolling coin entering said playing field, and further determining if said most proximal target passes by said rolling coin within a predetermined passage of time, whereby a winning attempt occurs when said most proximal target passes by said rolling coin within said predetermined passage of time.