Patent ID: 7946912

Claim:
A system that controls a roulette gaming table comprising a roulette wheel including: (a) numbered and colored areas to receive a ball, (b) said table surface having a delineated area to place bets on the outcome of a each spin of the wheel, (c) a sensor to detect the speed of the wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball, (d) a computer configured to receive signals from the sensor; and (e) a laser unit disposed above the table to produce a visible laser output upon the surface of the table, so as to perform the function of establishing a predetermined speed of the wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball, such that when the speed of the wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball falls below said predetermined speed said system determines the space on which the ball will permanently come to rest at the conclusion of that spin cycle, and to utilize said sensor to signal the computer when said wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball reaches said predetermined speed to, in turn, cause said computer to signal said laser control unit which, in turn, produces a visible beam upon the surface of said table to indicate an action that may be taken, at least one of said actions to be: i) wherein the visible laser beam outlines the perimeter of the delineated area to place bets; ii) wherein said table includes one side where a croupier is positioned and an opposite side where players are positioned and wherein the said visible laser beam circumambulates at least that portion of the perimeter of the delineated area to place bets that is adjacent said opposite tableside where players are positioned; iii) wherein the said laser beam displays a message on the table surface that “No More Bets” may be placed; iv) wherein the said computer signals the laser control unit via a wireless signal; v) wherein the computer signal the laser control unit via an infrared signal; vi) wherein said sensor additionally determines when the ball permanently rests upon a space on the wheel and then signals the computer with such information and the computer then signals the laser control unit which, in turn, generates a visible laser display on the table announcing the winning number and combinations; and vii) wherein said table further includes an area separate from said delineated betting area upon which informational and advertising visible laser displays may be directed and directing such displays only when the wheel is either idle or when the wheel, or ball, or wheel and ball is moving at less than said predetermined speed.