Patent ID: 8727862

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system including: (a) a housing defining a cavity, and (b) 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 which indicates a plurality of 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, said method comprising: causing at least one processor to operate with the plurality of electromechanical roulette reels and 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, and (c) stop the rotation, resulting in an indication of at least one of the numerals of each one of the rotated roulette reels; and causing the at least one processor provide an award based, at least in part, on the numerals indicated by the rotated roulette reels.