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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Haven A. Mercer, Excelsior, MN (US);
Troy D. Nelson, Big Lake, MN (US);
James P. Helgesen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jamal Hani Kotifani, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Georg Fekete, Korneuburg, AT;
James B. Stasson, Chaska, MN (US);
Ronald R. Swanson, Otsego, MN (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A ball-launching system mounts to a top rim of a roulette wheel and positions a ball launcher configured to launch a roulette ball into the roulette wheel. The ball-launching system includes an outer jaw and an inner jaw, which clamp to the top rim. At least a part of a ball launcher extends into a concave bowl of the roulette wheel and facilitates launching the roulette ball directly into a ball track underneath the top rim within the concave bowl.