A multi-sport challenge system may include a multi-sport facility, a sport challenge menu including a plurality of selectable sport challenges, and a fee/prize subsystem. The multi-sport facility may include a plurality of sport grounds, wherein each of the sport grounds includes a full, partial, or simulated sport grounds. The sport challenge menu may include an entry fee and financial prize corresponding to each selectable sport challenge of the menu, wherein the entry fee is to be paid by a participant that selects the corresponding sport challenge for an opportunity to attempt the sport challenge. The financial prize may be awarded to the participant if the attempt successfully completes the sport challenge. The fee/prize subsystem may be configured to receive sport challenge selections made by participants and to collect the corresponding entry fees from the participants and output corresponding financial prizes upon successful completion of the selected sport challenges.

A roulette wheel device, and related devices, systems, and methods, includes a base coupled to a table, the base having a circular ball track within a circular rim. The roulette wheel device further includes a circular wheelhead rotatably coupled to the base within the ball track. The wheelhead includes a circular ring having a plurality of pockets, wherein the circular ball track is sloped downwardly toward the circular ring to direct a roulette ball into one of the plurality of pockets. The wheelhead further includes a circular display subassembly including a display device to selectively display graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of pockets. The circular ball track, the circular ring, and the circular display subassembly are substantially concentric.

An electronic gaming machine constructed to receive credits from a plurality of users uses an interactive controller to generate an interactive application of an entertainment game using a ball and a paddle on a fixed arc, detect a user interaction with the user interface and communicate a user interaction data to a process controller, receive from the process controller a random outcome, display the random outcome; and a process controller operatively connecting the interactive controller to a chance-based controller, wherein the process controller is constructed to receive a plurality of random outcomes, create a distribution of the plurality of random outcomes, associate each of the plurality of random outcomes with a user interaction, determine if the random outcome should be revealed using the user interaction data, communicate to the interactive controller, the random outcome, and update the distribution of the plurality of random outcomes.

An electronic gaming machine constructed to receive credits from a plurality of users uses an interactive controller to generate an interactive application of an entertainment game using a ball and a paddle on a fixed arc, detect a user interaction with the user interface and communicate a user interaction data to a process controller, receive from the process controller a random outcome, display the random outcome; and a process controller operatively connecting the interactive controller to a chance-based controller, wherein the process controller is constructed to receive a plurality of random outcomes, create a distribution of the plurality of random outcomes, associate each of the plurality of random outcomes with a user interaction, determine if the random outcome should be revealed using the user interaction data, communicate to the interactive controller, the random outcome, and update the distribution of the plurality of random outcomes.

The present disclosure provides for a recycled golf ball vending machine having a housing with a bottom retrieval chamber and a plurality of shelves disposed above the retrieval chamber. Each shelf includes at least a single coiled wire and at least two opposing coiled wires. The recycled golf ball vending machine includes at least a first transparent cylindrical container having a plurality of recycled golf balls positioned upright within the single coiled wire. The recycled golf ball vending machine further includes a first transparent clamshell container having a first predetermined number of recycled golf balls positioned between the two opposing coiled wires. A payment mechanism activates an instruction mechanism upon a receipt of a payment by a user, which in turn rotates the single coiled wire or the at least two coiled wires. The rotation of the single coiled wire or the two coiled wires respectively conveys the first transparent cylindrical container or the first transparent clamshell container horizontally along the shelf until it slides over a front edge of the shelf and drops into the retrieval chamber.

The present disclosure provides for a recycled golf ball vending machine having a housing with a bottom retrieval chamber and a plurality of shelves disposed above the retrieval chamber. Each shelf includes at least a single coiled wire and at least two opposing coiled wires. The recycled golf ball vending machine includes at least a first transparent cylindrical container having a plurality of recycled golf balls positioned upright within the single coiled wire. The recycled golf ball vending machine further includes a first transparent clamshell container having a first predetermined number of recycled golf balls positioned between the two opposing coiled wires. A payment mechanism activates an instruction mechanism upon a receipt of a payment by a user, which in turn rotates the single coiled wire or the at least two coiled wires. The rotation of the single coiled wire or the two coiled wires respectively conveys the first transparent cylindrical container or the first transparent clamshell container horizontally along the shelf until it slides over a front edge of the shelf and drops into the retrieval chamber.

A golf ball verification system and method is described. The illustrative golf ball verification system includes balls, bays and at least one target. Each of the balls includes a unique ID indicator. Additionally, each of the bays includes a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, a first diverter, and a first reject ball chute. The first ball ID reader identifies any of the balls having unreadable ID indicators. The first diverter selects any of the balls having unreadable ID indicators for collection by the first reject ball chute. Furthermore, each target includes a ball detector, a second ball ID reader, a second diverter, and a second reject ball chute. The second ball ID reader identifies any of the balls having unreadable ID indicators. The second diverter selects the balls having unreadable ID indicators for collection by the second reject ball chute.

A golf ball verification system and method is described. The illustrative golf ball verification system includes balls, bays and at least one target. Each of the balls includes a unique ID indicator. Additionally, each of the bays includes a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, a first diverter, and a first reject ball chute. The first ball ID reader identifies any of the balls having unreadable ID indicators. The first diverter selects any of the balls having unreadable ID indicators for collection by the first reject ball chute. Furthermore, each target includes a ball detector, a second ball ID reader, a second diverter, and a second reject ball chute. The second ball ID reader identifies any of the balls having unreadable ID indicators. The second diverter selects the balls having unreadable ID indicators for collection by the second reject ball chute.

A bingo-like game system and method utilizing bingo-like game cards depicting a grid formed of a plurality of spaces identifying outcomes associated with a live event such as a football game. A game system comprises a series of unique game cards with each game card depicting a grid formed of a plurality of spaces wherein the spaces identify outcomes associated with a live sporting event. Real time outcomes associated with the live sporting event dictate which matching spaces on the unique game cards are marked automatically or manually. Pre-established patterns of marked spaces determine winners of the game. The system further generates game cards having similar odds of winning based on the arrangement of possible outcomes associated with the live event.

A bingo-like game system and method utilizing bingo-like game cards depicting a grid formed of a plurality of spaces identifying outcomes associated with a live event such as a football game. A game system comprises a series of unique game cards with each game card depicting a grid formed of a plurality of spaces wherein the spaces identify outcomes associated with a live sporting event. Real time outcomes associated with the live sporting event dictate which matching spaces on the unique game cards are marked automatically or manually. Pre-established patterns of marked spaces determine winners of the game. The system further generates game cards having similar odds of winning based on the arrangement of possible outcomes associated with the live event.