Patent ID: 7413511

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: (A) at least one game apparatus configured to allow a player to play a game; (B) at least one moveable object; (C) at least one container configured to hold the moveable object; (D) at least one game elements coupled to the container and capable of receiving the moveable object; (E) at least one actuator associated with the game element and configured to cause the moveable object to engage the game element; and (F) at least one controller in communication with the actuator and the game apparatus, configured to predetermined a random game outcome and, after the game controller randomly predetermines the game outcome, the game controller then activates the actuator to cause the moveable object to engage the game element, thereby conveying the random game outcome to the player, wherein the same controller is not necessarily in communication with both the actuator and the game apparatus when there is more than one controller.