A wheel game apparatus comprising an inner ring mounted for rotational motion about a central shaft having a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots, a central cone mounted for rotational motion about the shaft in an axial adjacent position to the upper side of the inner ring and including a plurality of markers thereon, and aligning and engagement features whereby the cone can be rotated relative to the inner ring such that each of the markers will align with a slot and the cone will remain engaged while the inner ring is rotated.

The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device which is used to perform a variety of operations, a camera device which is used to take dynamic images for the operation area of the operation device, and a control device determining whether there is an abnormal state in the operation area according to the dynamic images taken by the camera device, and if it is determined that there is an abnormal state, performing a control to cause the operation device to perform an operation corresponding to the abnormal state.

A game apparatus is configured to acquire a movement image of an operation result generation device that generates a physical operation result of selecting one or more physical regions from among a plurality of physical regions; display a moving image based on the acquired movement image; receive an operation input, from a player, of assigning one or more symbols on one or more physical regions among the plurality of physical regions; set a symbol in accordance with the operation input by the player, in one or more of the physical regions that are displayed in the acquired movement image; acquire information indicative of the operation result of selecting the physical region; and generate a game result for the player based on the acquired information and setting content.

A table game system for a game of chance includes a card shuffling machine for randomly selecting a single card from among a defined set of cards, the single card having indicia relevant to an outcome for the game of chance. The card shuffling machine is rotatable about an axis of rotation and includes a plurality of trays uniformly spaced about an outer periphery thereof. Each of the defined set of cards is located in a respective one of the plurality of trays. A card retrieval device is disposed adjacent the card shuffling machine and configured to at least partially remove the single card from its tray. A controller is in communication with the card retrieval device to effectuate engagement of the card retrieval device with the single card.

A ball launch system and roulette gaming methods are disclosed herein. A launch system may include an electromagnetic coil including a plurality of windings around a ball path, a magnetic piston configured to travel along the ball path, and a control system. The control system may receive a launch signal from a roulette gaming device and sequentially activate a first winding and a second winding of the electromagnetic coil to accelerate the magnetic piston from a start position. The magnetic piston may launch a roulette ball positioned within the ball path through an exit point of the ball path at a timing and a speed associated with the launch signal.

A rotating apparatus for a game system, comprising: an annular rail; a rotating member that rotates on the annular rail; and a drive source that causes the rotating member to rotate, wherein the rotating member comprises: plural moving objects that move along the annular rail; and a connecting body that is disposed between neighboring moving objects and that is rotatably connected to the moving objects.

The present invention provides a gaming machine which comprises a roulette wheel causing a roulette ball to contact a guiding wall and perform a circling motion under an action of a centrifugal force, and then the roulette ball drops toward the central part when the centrifugal force weakens and is stopped at a certain pocket, a delivering device which delivers the roulette ball and causes the roulette ball to perform a circling motion in the roulette wheel, and a roulette ball holding device including a holding component which is used to hold the roulette ball removably at a delivering position, and the delivering position is a position where the roulette ball is delivered by the delivering device.

The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device performing a variety of operations, an obstacle checking device checking the obstacle in the monitoring area which includes the motion range of the operation device, and a control device simulating the operation path of the operation device in advance before the operation device performs an action and during the process of performing the action, and if there is an obstacle in the simulated operation path, a control is performed to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the abnormal state.

The present invention provides an operation device, which comprises a face-formed-body which forms a shape of face by the translucent resin, a light emitting device which is configured inside of the face-formed-body and is able to project the light with a variety of color switchably to any area of the face-formed-body, and a light emitting control device which controls the light emitting device and causes it to select the color of the light and the irradiation area of the face-formed-body according to the different situation and project the light of the selected color into the selected irradiation area.

The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device which is used to perform a variety of operations, a camera device which is used to take dynamic images for the peripheral area of the operation device, and a control device analyzing the action of the personage presented in the peripheral area according to the dynamic images of the peripheral area taken by the camera device and performing a control to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the analysis result.