Patent ID: 8113516

Claim:
A method for playing a game of chance using wagering rules similar to the traditional game of roulette, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least one defined set of balls, the defined set consisting of thirty-seven or thirty-eight individual and substantially identical balls, each ball in the defined set representing a different chance outcome in the game of chance having wagering rules similar to the traditional game of roulette; marking each ball in the defined set with a distinctive indicium, thirty-six of the balls being marked with indicium selected from the group consisting of the whole numbers 1 to 36, and the remaining one or two balls in the defined set being marked with other distinctive indicium, whereby every ball in the defined set is uniquely marked; providing a wagering area having a layout region corresponding to the distinctive indicium marked on the balls and representing wagering options similar to the traditional game of roulette; placing the at least one defined set of balls in a generally transparent mixing chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet; providing a generally cylindrical calling unit in communication with the air outlet of the mixing chamber, the calling unit having a generally transparent sidewall with an open lower end and a stopped upper end disposed outside of the mixing chamber; supporting the calling unit so that its cylindrical sidewall is maintained in a generally vertical orientation; wagering upon the game outcome by positioning an acceptable instrument within the layout region on the wagering area; agitating the balls within the mixing chamber with an air current flowing toward the air outlet; selectively admitting an exclusive one ball into the calling unit through the open lower end and then maintaining the one ball inside the calling unit adjacent the stopped upper end while all of the other balls remain in the mixing chamber and are positively excluded from entry into the calling unit; resolving all of the wagers based on the distinct indicia marked on the exclusive one ball, whereby the game decision is based on said step of admitting the exclusive one ball and the probability that any one distinct ball will be admitted into the calling unit is equivalent to 1 divided by the total number of balls in the defined set consistent with the conventional game of roulette; returning the exclusive one ball to the mixing chamber; and then repeating said steps of wagering, agitating, selectively admitting, maintaining, resolving and returning; wherein said step of selectively admitting an exclusive one ball through the open lower end of the calling unit includes displacing a gate; and wherein said step of displacing a gate includes axially moving a push rod operatively connected to the gate.