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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Bryan M. Kelly, Dublin, CA (US);
Norman B. Petermeier, Saratoga, CA (US);
Matthew F. Kelly, Dublin, CA (US);
J. Richard Oltmann, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Bryan M. Kelly, Dublin, CA (US);
Norman B. Petermeier, Saratoga, CA (US);
Matthew F. Kelly, Dublin, CA (US);
J. Richard Oltmann, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A game including wheel means capable of rotating in both a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction and wheel control means operative to selectively control the rotational position of the wheel means in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. A method for controlling an indicator wheel including rotating a wheel having a plurality of segments in a first direction until a predetermined segment is aligned with a pointer and then rotating the wheel in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In certain embodiments, the wheel can be rotated again in the first direction after it has been rotated in the second direction.