A roulette game enables single-spin formation of meaningful character strings, which character strings may be coupled to tones for enhancing the gaming experience. The meaningful character strings may be defined by solfege-enabling letter groups, which letter groups may prompt underlying tones in solmization. The syllabic roulette game comprises a roulette wheel, a wager-enabling layout, and a plurality of balls. The wheel comprises alphabetic characters against a rainbow colored backdrop for enabling various payout schemes. A color-coordinated wager support surface is preferably disposed adjacent the roulette wheel for facilitating wager placement.

A device for conducting a roulette game includes a rotatable wheel with a plurality of pockets each associated with a game indicium and a selector having at least one face with a payout indicator thereon. Wagers are received from players on the outcome of a spin. The selector is propelled into a rotating wheel and the game indicium associated with the pocket in which the pocket comes to rest is used to resolve the wagers. The payout indicator on a designated face of the selector determines, at least in part, the payout for certain of the winning wagers.

A modified roulette game comprising a roulette wheel apparatus having red, black, yellow and blue number pockets, a roulette wagering board and a plurality of wagering options. Each number pocket enabling a plurality of payout schemes. The numbers on the roulette board are arranged in four columns of nine, each column having even or odd numbers associated with the four colors. The wagering board providing a unique first wager group and second wager group allowing wagering on at least a single color, wagering on a single number where the number is associated with a single color, and active wager on the quadruple color scheme. The unique wagering options allowing for increased payout.

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.

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.

Provided is a game system comprising an element selection device which selects some selective elements from a plurality of selective elements and controls a value for each of game elements displayed in a game screen based on the selection by the element selection device, wherein: a growth attribute and a modification attribute are set as factors which determine the value of the game element; and a change condition is set for each attribute in order to make a state of each attribute change in relation to the selection by the element selection device, and the value of the game element is controlled by changing the state of each attribute based on the selection by the element selection device and the change condition set for each attribute.

A game system includes a lottery mechanism that selects some numbers out of a plurality of numbers, and controls values in each of a plurality of cells M11 through M44 displayed upon a game screen in a plurality of stages, on the basis of selections by the lottery mechanism, wherein: correlation between the selections by the lottery mechanism and the control of the values of the cells M are set so as to be mutually different between at least two of the stages; the values of the cells are controlled for each stage on the basis of the selection by the lottery mechanism and the correlation of the stage; and when change to a different stage is performed, the values of the cells after the change are set on the basis of the value of the cells before the change.

A modified roulette game and apparatus comprising a roulette wheel apparatus having red, black, yellow and blue number pockets, a roulette wagering board and a plurality of wagering options. Each number pocket enabling a plurality of payout schemes. The numbers on the roulette board are arranged in four columns of nine, each column having even or odd numbers associated with the four colors. The wagering board providing a unique first wager group and second wager group allowing wagering on at least a single color, wagering on a single number where the number is associated with a single color, and active wager on a three-spin flush of the quadruple color scheme. The unique wagering options allowing for increased payout.

A lottery device includes: a lottery table including a rotary disk on which a ball is placed, wherein a lottery hole, into which the ball can drop, is formed in a center of the rotary disk; a rotational driver that drives the rotary disk in a first rotation direction such that the ball placed on the rotary disk rotates in the first rotation direction; and a rotation imparting elastomer that applies an external force on the ball to rotate in a second rotation direction while maintaining rotation of the ball in the first rotation direction. In the first rotation direction, the ball rotates around a rotation axis of the rotary disk, and in the second rotation direction, the ball rotates around a center axis passing through a center of the ball.

A lottery device includes: a lottery table including a rotary disk on which a ball is placed, wherein a lottery hole, into which the ball can drop, is formed in a center of the rotary disk; a rotational driver that drives the rotary disk in a first rotation direction such that the ball placed on the rotary disk rotates in the first rotation direction; and a rotation imparting elastomer that applies an external force on the ball to rotate in a second rotation direction while maintaining rotation of the ball in the first rotation direction. In the first rotation direction, the ball rotates around a rotation axis of the rotary disk, and in the second rotation direction, the ball rotates around a center axis passing through a center of the ball.