U.S. patent application number 11/483297 was filed with the patent office on 2007-12-20 for digital roulette game provision system.
This patent application is currently assigned to ACE A & G CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Jin Tae Kim.
Application Number | 20070293295 11/483297 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37307275 |
Filed Date | 2007-12-20 |
United States Patent
Application |
20070293295 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Kim; Jin Tae |
December 20, 2007 |
Digital roulette game provision system
Abstract
A digital roulette game provision system that has different
betting methods is provided, with the system comprising a plurality
of terminals, with each terminal being designed to provide a
digitally processed digital roulette game that has different
betting methods, to receive the bills and coins entered by a user
who selectively uses a digital roulette game that has different
betting methods, to display the bills and coins in a form of
betting money and chips, to receive statistic information such as
betting information, roulette information, probability information,
etc. previously stored in a statistic server, to display the above
information on a screen, to transmit statistic information such as
betting information, roulette information, probability information,
etc. to a statistic server through a network based on the operation
of a user who selectively uses a digital roulette game that has
different betting methods, to select a winning number using a
digitally processed digital wheel and an electronic ball, to
display a winning state, a payoff rate, dividends and a process
result on a screen in accordance with the bet placed by each user
with respect to a digital roulette game that has different betting
methods, to sum betting money and dividends and provide the same to
the user who won a certain amount of dividends as a result of the
digital roulette game, and to change the summed money into cash
based on a user's selection.
Inventors: |
Kim; Jin Tae; (Seoul,
KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
LADAS & PARRY
26 WEST 61ST STREET
NEW YORK
NY
10023
US
|
Assignee: |
ACE A & G CO., LTD.
|
Family ID: |
37307275 |
Appl. No.: |
11/483297 |
Filed: |
July 7, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
463/17 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63F 5/0082 20130101;
A63F 5/00 20130101; G07F 17/32 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
463/17 |
International
Class: |
A63F 9/24 20060101
A63F009/24 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jun 14, 2006 |
KR |
10-2006-53481 |
Claims
1. In a roulette game provision system, a digital roulette game
provision system that has different betting methods, comprising: a
plurality of terminals, with each terminal being designed to
provide a digitally processed digital roulette game that has
different betting methods, to receive the bills and coins entered
by a user who selectively uses a digital roulette game having
different betting methods, to display the bills and coins in a form
of betting money and chips, to receive statistic information such
as betting information, roulette information, probability
information, etc. previously stored in a statistic server, to
display the above information on a screen, to transmit statistic
information such as betting information, roulette information,
probability information, etc. to a statistic server through a
network based on the operation of a user who selectively uses a
digital roulette game that has different betting methods, to select
a winning number using a digitally processed digital wheel and an
electronic ball, to display a winning state, a payoff rate,
dividends and a process result on a screen in accordance with the
bet placed by each user with respect to a digital roulette game
that has different betting methods, to sum betting money and
dividends and provide the same to the user who won a certain amount
of dividends as a result of the digital roulette game, and to
change the summed money into cash based on a user's selection; and
a statistic server which provides a plurality of said terminals
with statistic information such as betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. accumulated to users who
play a digital roulette game that has different betting methods,
receives statistic information such as betting information,
roulette information, probability information, etc. of users who
play a digital roulette game that has different betting methods
received from the terminals and constructs a database using the
above information.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein said terminals each comprise: a
display means which is preferably made of a touch type 26 inch LCD
screen and is designed to display a digitally processed digital
roulette game that has different betting methods on a LCD screen,
to receive digital roulette game menu information selected by a
user on the LCD screen, to transmit the received information to a
control means, to display the bills and coins entered by the users
into betting money and chips in accordance with a process result of
the digital roulette game menu information received from the
control means, to display statistic information such as previously
stored betting information, roulette information, probability
information, etc. on the screen, to select a winning number using a
digitally processed digital wheel and an electronic ball, and to
display a winning state, a payoff rate, a dividend and a process
result on the screen based on a betting of each user with respect
to the digital roulette game that has different betting methods;
and a control means that is designed to store and execute a program
used for driving a digital roulette game that has different betting
methods, to transmit to the display means, to change the bills or
coins entered by the users into betting money and chips in
accordance with digital roulette game menu information entered from
the display means, to provide statistic information such as
previously stored roulette information, probability information,
betting information, etc. to control betting information, a winning
state, a payoff rate, dividends, etc. based on the operations by
the users, and to process a result of the digital roulette game
that has different betting methods.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein said display means comprises: a
power unit that supplies power to the touch type LCD screen; a
monitor control unit that transmits roulette game menu information
entered on the touch type LCD screen to the control means, receives
statistic information such as betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. processed by the control
unit, displays on the LCD screen, and outputs a 2D or 3D digital
wheel, an electronic ball and a betting screen from the control
means to the LCD screen; a monitor connection unit that is
connected with a graphic control unit of the control means and
outputs a 2D or 3D digital wheel, an electronic ball and a betting
screen from the graphic control unit of the control means to the
LCD screen; and a touch control unit that is connected with the
graphic control unit of the control means and converts digital
roulette game menu information selected by the users on the touch
type LCD screen into position information and transmits to the
graphic control unit of the control means.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein said control means comprises: a
main control unit that processes digital roulette game menu
information received from the display means, converts the bills or
coins entered by the users into betting money and chips, creates
statistic information using betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. entered through the
display means, controls betting information, a winning state, a
payoff rate, dividends, etc. based on the operations of the users,
and processes and controls a result of the digital roulette game
that has different betting methods; a memory that stores a program
concerning the digital roulette game that has different betting
methods, executes the digital roulette game that has different
betting methods in accordance with control from the main control
unit, and stores statistic information created using the betting
information, roulette information, probability information, etc; a
graphic control unit that transmits digital roulette game menu
information from the display means to the main control unit and
transmits a graphic screen to the display means in accordance with
control from the main control unit, with the graphic screen being
formed of a betting screen, a 2D or 3D digital wheel and an
electronic ball, etc. which are needed for the digital roulette
game that has different betting methods; and an audio input and
output unit that outputs various audio signals such as a background
music, voice, etc. to the outside in accordance with the digital
roulette game that has different betting methods.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein said control means comprises: a
control module that drives a common roulette game implemented in a
digital method in accordance with a user's selection, a hyper
roulette game in which a betting is performed by randomly selecting
a number from 0 through 36 and a region, and a double roulette game
in which a betting is performed by selecting double numbers from 0
through 14 and double regions, with the control module processing
and controlling betting information, a winning state, a payoff
rate, dividends, etc. in accordance with the operations of the
users, and with the control module processing and controlling a
result of the digital roulette game that has different betting
methods; a game selection module that displays a digitally
processed common roulette game, hyper roulette game, and double
roulette game on a screen so that the user can select a certain
game and executes the corresponding digital roulette game based on
the user's selection; a time check module that checks a determined
betting time based on a digital roulette game selected by the user;
a wheel driving module in which a winning number is determined by
rotating one digital wheel and an electronic ball in a common
roulette game and a hyper roulette game, with the common roulette
game being designed to create a 2D or 3D graphic betting screen,
digital wheel and electronic ball in accordance with the game
selection module, and with the hyper roulette game designed to bet
by selecting a number from 0 through 36 and a region, and in which
a winning number is determined by rotating two digital wheels and
two electronic balls in the double roulette game that selects
double numbers from 0 through 14 and double regions; a betting
module in which a winning number is compared using at least one
betting number in a common roulette game and a hyper roulette game,
with the common roulette game being selected by a user on a 2D or
3D graphic betting screen in accordance with the game selection
module, and with the hyper roulette game being played by betting on
a number from 0 through 36 and a region, and in which a winning
number is compared using betting numbers in double regions formed
of two numbers in a double roulette game in which users place bets
by selecting double numbers from 0 through 14 and double regions,
and thereby computing the corresponding payoff rate and the
dividends based on the above winning; and a money exchange module
which changes the bills and coins entered by the users into betting
money (credit), sums the dividends paid in accordance with the
computation of the betting module with the betting money, and
changes the sum into cash.
6. In a roulette game provision system, a digital roulette game
provision system that has different betting methods, comprising: a
terminal that is designed to provide a digitally processed digital
roulette game that has different betting methods, to receive the
bills and coins entered by a user who selectively uses the digital
roulette game that has different betting methods, to display the
bills and coins in a form of betting money and chips, to display
statistic information such as previously stored betting
information, roulette information, probability information, etc. on
a screen, to store statistic information such as betting
information, roulette information, probability information, etc.
based on the operations by users who selectively use the digital
roulette game that has different betting methods, to select a
winning number using a digitally processed digital wheel and an
electronic ball, to display a winning state, a payoff rate,
dividends and a process result on a screen in accordance with the
bet placed by each user with respect to a digital roulette game
that has different betting methods, to sum a betting money and
dividends and provide this information to the user who obtains a
certain amount of dividends in accordance with a result of the
digital roulette game, and to change the sum into cash based on a
user's selection.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein said terminals each comprise: a
display means which is preferably made of a touch type 26 inch LCD
screen and is designed to display a digitally processed digital
roulette game that has different betting methods on a LCD screen,
to receive digital roulette game menu information selected by a
user on the LCD screen, to transmit the received information to a
control means, to display the bills and coins entered by the users
into betting money and chips in accordance with a process result of
the digital roulette game menu information received from the
control means, to display statistic information such as previously
stored betting information, roulette information, probability
information, etc. on the screen, to select a winning number using a
digitally processed digital wheel and an electronic ball, and to
display a winning state, a payoff rate, a dividend and a process
result on the screen based on a betting of each user with respect
to the digital roulette game that has different betting methods;
and a control means that is designed to store and execute a program
used for driving a digital roulette game that has different betting
methods, to transmit to the display means, to change the bills or
coins entered by the users into betting money and chips in
accordance with digital roulette game menu information entered from
the display means, to provide statistic information such as
previously stored roulette information, probability information,
betting information, etc. to control betting information, a winning
state, a payoff rate, dividends, etc. based on the operations by
the users, and to process a result of the digital roulette game
that has different betting methods.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein said display means comprises: a
power unit that supplies power to the touch type LCD screen; a
monitor control unit that transmits roulette game menu information
entered on the touch type LCD screen to the control means, receives
statistic information such as betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. processed by the control
unit, displays on the LCD screen, and outputs a 2D or 3D digital
wheel, an electronic ball and a betting screen from the control
means to the LCD screen; a monitor connection unit that is
connected with a graphic control unit of the control means and
outputs a 2D or 3D digital wheel, an electronic ball and a betting
screen from the graphic control unit of the control means to the
LCD screen; and a touch control unit that is connected with the
graphic control unit of the control means and converts digital
roulette game menu information selected by the users on the touch
type LCD screen into position information and transmits to the
graphic control unit of the control means.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein said control means comprises: a
main control unit that processes digital roulette game menu
information received from the display means, converts the bills or
coins entered by the users into betting money and chips, creates
statistic information using betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. entered through the
display means, controls betting information, a winning state, a
payoff rate, dividends, etc. based on the operations of the users,
and processes and controls a result of the digital roulette game
that has different betting methods; a memory that stores a program
concerning the digital roulette game that has different betting
methods, executes the digital roulette game that has different
betting methods in accordance with control from the main control
unit, and stores statistic information created using the betting
information, roulette information, probability information, etc; a
graphic control unit that transmits digital roulette game menu
information from the display means to the main control unit and
transmits a graphic screen to the display means in accordance with
control from the main control unit, with the graphic screen being
formed of a betting screen, a 2D or 3D digital wheel and an
electronic ball, etc. which are needed for the digital roulette
game that has different betting methods; and an audio input and
output unit that outputs various audio signals such as a background
music, voice, etc. to the outside in accordance with the digital
roulette game that has different betting methods.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein said control means comprises: a
control module that drives a common roulette game implemented in a
digital method in accordance with a user's selection, a hyper
roulette game in which a betting is performed by randomly selecting
a number from 0 through 36 and a region, and a double roulette game
in which a betting is performed by selecting double numbers from 0
through 14 and double regions, with the control module processing
and controlling betting information, a winning state, a payoff
rate, dividends, etc. in accordance with the operations of the
users, and with the control module processing and controlling a
result of the digital roulette game that has different betting
methods; a game selection module that displays a digitally
processed common roulette game, hyper roulette game, and double
roulette game on a screen so that the user can select a certain
game and executes the corresponding digital roulette game based on
the user's selection; a time check module that checks a determined
betting time based on a digital roulette game selected by the user;
a wheel driving module in which a winning number is determined by
rotating one digital wheel and an electronic ball in a common
roulette game and a hyper roulette game, with the common roulette
game being designed to create a 2D or 3D graphic betting screen,
digital wheel and electronic ball in accordance with the game
selection module, and with the hyper roulette game designed to bet
by selecting a number from 0 through 36 and a region, and in which
a winning number is determined by rotating two digital wheels and
two electronic balls in the double roulette game that selects
double numbers from 0 through 14 and double regions; a betting
module in which a winning number is compared using at least one
betting number in a common roulette game and a hyper roulette game,
with the common roulette game being selected by a user on a 2D or
3D graphic betting screen in accordance with the game selection
module, and with the hyper roulette game being played by betting on
a number from 0 through 36 and a region, and in which a winning
number is compared using betting numbers in double regions formed
of two numbers in a double roulette game in which users place bets
by selecting double numbers from 0 through 14 and double regions,
and thereby computing the corresponding payoff rate and the
dividends based on the above winning; and a money exchange module
which changes the bills and coins entered by the users into betting
money (credit), sums the dividends paid in accordance with the
computation of the betting module with the betting money, and
changes the sum into cash.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a digital roulette game
provision system having different betting methods, and in
particular to a digital roulette game provision system having a new
betting method in which a plurality of digital roulette games are
provided with different betting methods as compared to a
conventional manual roulette game, and 255 gamers can concurrently
play the game through a network.
[0003] 2. Description of the Background Art
[0004] In a conventional manual roulette game which has been used
for a few centuries, a single ball having a diameter of 19 mm
through 25 mm is manually rolled in a certain direction which is
reverse to a rotation direction of a rotation plate (roulette
wheel). When the ball is dropped into a pocket having a roulette
wheel number, a dealer recognizes a corresponding number and
provides a player with a certain amount of money which is
previously set. In the above conventional manual one-ball roulette
game method, it does not need a special skill, so that a beginner
can easily play the game.
[0005] The conventional manual roulette game uses only one ball and
a roulette game wheel (rotation plate) on which numbers from 0
through 36 are regularly arranged in a particular non-numeric
sequence. The above roulette game method is classified into the
European method in which a roulette wheel has only one "0" pocket
or the American method in which a roulette wheel has two zero
pockets, "0" and "00."
[0006] The conventional manual roulette game has been played in
nearly similar methods for a few centuries, with the European or
American game being played with one or two "0" pockets and using
one ball. Because the above conventional roulette game is played
using only one roulette ball, the game is too simple, and it is
impossible to provide a player with enough interest.
[0007] In addition, according to the conventional roulette game, a
player selects numbers from 0 through 36, and a dealer manually
rolls one ball in a direction reverse to a rotating roulette wheel.
When the ball drops into the pocket of a certain number on the
roulette wheel, the player who bet on that number wins. So, in the
case of a single number bet, the winning probability is 1/37 in the
European method, and the winning probability is 1/38 in the
American method. Namely, the winning probabilities are too simple,
so that it is impossible to give a player an enough excitement with
respect to the winning of the roulette game.
[0008] In the conventional roulette game, the player cannot have
various strategies and tactics, and the game is too simple, so that
the player may easily feel tedious. The player may lose interest on
the roulette game as compared to other casino games.
[0009] In particular, the conventional manual type roulette game
has inaccurate probabilities that may be faked by the dealers and
needs two dealers at each table. So, manpower cost and conflict
between the dealer and customer increase, dividends and winning
probabilities are low, and multiple players cannot play at the same
time.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to
provide a digital roulette game provision system having different
betting methods which overcomes the problems encountered in the
conventional art.
[0011] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
digital roulette game provision system having different betting
methods in which a player may have a high winning expectation and
may play the game with diverse strategies and tactics by providing
diverse digital roulette game methods having different betting
methods.
[0012] Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to
provide a digital roulette game provision system having different
betting methods in which a maximum of 256 players can concurrently
play in a network, and a higher and proper winning probability is
obtained by randomly adapting dividends.
[0013] To achieve the above objects in a roulette game provision
system, there is provided a digital roulette game provision system
that has different betting methods and comprises a plurality of
terminals, with each terminal designed to provide a digitally
processed digital roulette game that has different betting methods,
to receive the bills and coins entered by a user who selectively
uses a digital roulette game having different betting methods, to
display the bills and coins in a form of betting money and chips,
to receive statistic information such as betting information,
roulette information, probability information, etc. previously
stored in a statistic server, to display the above information on a
screen, to transmit statistic information such as betting
information, roulette information, probability information, etc. to
a statistic server through a network based on the operation of a
user who selectively uses a digital roulette game having different
betting methods, to select a winning number using a digitally
processed digital wheel and an electronic ball, to display a
winning state, a payoff rate, dividends and a process result on a
screen in accordance with a bet placed by each user with respect to
a digital roulette game having different betting methods, to sum
betting money and dividends and provide the same to the user who
won a certain amount of dividends as a result of the digital
roulette game, and to change the summed money into cash based on a
user's selection; and a statistic server that provides a plurality
of the terminals with statistic information such as betting
information, roulette information, probability information, etc.
accumulated to users who play the digital roulette game having
different betting methods, receives statistic information such as
betting information, roulette information, probability information,
etc. of users who play the digital roulette game having different
betting methods received from the terminals and constructs a
database using the above information.
[0014] To achieve the above objects in a roulette game provision
system, there is provided a digital roulette game provision system
that has different betting methods and comprises a terminal that is
designed to provide a digitally processed digital roulette game
that has different betting methods, to receive the bills and coins
entered by a user who selectively uses a digital roulette game that
has different betting methods, to display the bills and coins in a
form of betting money and chips, to display statistic information
such as previously stored betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. on a screen, to store
statistic information such as betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. based on the operations
by users who selectively use a digital roulette game that has
different betting methods, to select a winning number using a
digitally processed digital wheel and an electronic ball, to
display a winning state, a payoff rate, dividends and a process
result on a screen in accordance with the bet placed by each user
with respect to a digital roulette game hat has different betting
methods, to sum the betting money and dividends and provides to the
user who obtains a certain amount of dividends in accordance with
the result of the digital roulette game, and to change the sum into
cash based on a user's selection.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] The present invention will become better understood with
reference to the accompanying drawings which are given only by way
of illustration, and thus, do not limit the present invention,
wherein;
[0016] FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a construction of a digital
roulette game provision system that has different betting methods
according to the present invention;
[0017] FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a construction of a detailed
block of a terminal according to the present invention;
[0018] FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a detailed block of a program
which controls a digital roulette game supported on a terminal
according to the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 4 is a view illustrating an operation principle of a
digital roulette game provision system having different betting
methods according to the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a betting screen of a common
roulette game according to the present invention;
[0021] FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a betting screen of a hyper
roulette game according to the present invention;
[0022] FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a digital wheel which selects
a winning number of a common roulette game and a hyper roulette
game according to the present invention;
[0023] FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a betting screen of a double
roulette game according to the present invention; and
[0024] FIG. 9 is a view illustrating two digital wheels which
select a winning number of a double roulette game according to the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0025] The preferred embodiments of the digital roulette game
provision system that has different betting methods according to
the present invention will be described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
[0026] FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a construction of a digital
roulette game provision system having different betting methods
according to the present invention. The constructions of the
digital roulette game according to the present invention will be
described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.
[0027] The digital roulette game system according to the present
invention comprises a plurality of terminals 100, a network 200 and
a statistic server 300.
[0028] The terminals 100 each comprise a display unit 400 formed of
a 26-inch LCD screen for providing digital roulette games having
different methods implemented with digital signals, and a control
unit 500 that controls digital roulette games. The digital roulette
game can be played using one terminal 100 in different betting
methods, and a maximum of 256 players can play the game using the
network 200.
[0029] The users, who selectively use a digital roulette game
having different betting methods, input bills or coins, and the
terminals 100 each display the betting money and chip corresponding
to the bills or coins entered by the users and receive statistic
information such as betting information, roulette information,
probability information, etc. which are previously stored in the
statistic server 300 through the network 200 and display the above
information on the screen.
[0030] The statistic information such as betting information,
roulette information, and probability information entered based on
the operation of the user, who selectively uses a digital roulette
game that has different betting methods, is transmitted to the
statistic server 300 through the network 200, and a winning number
is selected using a digital wheel and electronic ball which are
digitally displayed. A winning state, dividends and process result
are displayed on the screen based on the betting amount of each
user with respect to a digital roulette game that has different
betting methods. The betting money and dividends are summed and
provided to the users who won a certain amount of money as a result
of the digital roulette game, and the user is provided with cash
corresponding to the winning money based on the user's
selection.
[0031] The digital roulette game that has different betting methods
according to the present invention comprises a common roulette game
which is formed by simply converting a conventional manual roulette
game into digital signals, a hyper roulette game in which a user
bets by selecting a certain number from 0 through 36 randomly
positioned at different regions, and a double roulette game in
which a user bets by selecting double regions which are formed by
double numbers from 0 through 14 positioned at axes X and Y.
[0032] The common roulette game, the hyper roulette game and the
double roulette game will be described in detail in the following
descriptions of the operation principles and methods according to
the present invention.
[0033] Because the network 200 is a conventional network, the
description of the same will be omitted. However, in the present
invention, a maximum of 255 networks 200 can be connected.
[0034] The statistic server 300 provides accumulated betting
information, roulette information and probability information to
the users who play the digital roulette game that has different
betting methods through the terminals 100 and receives statistic
information such as betting information, roulette information and
probability information of the users who play the digital roulette
game that has different betting methods, with the above information
being received from the terminals 100. With the above information,
a database is constructed and provided to the users.
[0035] FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a detailed block construction
of a terminal according to the present invention. The construction
of the terminal according to the present invention will be
described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.
[0036] The terminals 100 each comprise a display unit 400 and a
control unit 500.
[0037] The display unit 400 is designed to digitally display a
common roulette game, a hyper roulette game, and a double roulette
game on a touch type 26-inch LCD screen, with each game being
provided with different betting methods. The display unit 400
receives digital roulette game menu information of a common
roulette game, a hyper roulette game, and a double roulette game
which can be selected by a user on the touch type LCD screen and
transmits the same to the control unit 500.
[0038] The display unit 400 displays the bills or coins entered by
the users in the form of betting money and chips as a result of the
digital roulette game menu information process of the common
roulette game, the hyper roulette game and the double roulette game
received from the control unit 500. The display unit 400 displays
statistic information such as betting information, roulette
information and probability information which are received from the
statistic server 300 or which are previously stored in the control
unit 500, with the above information being received through the
network 200. In addition, the display unit 400 selects a winning
number using a digital wheel and an electronic ball and displays a
winning state, dividends and a process result on the screen based
on the bet placed by each user with respect to a common roulette
game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette game, each having
different betting methods.
[0039] The display unit 400 will be described in more details.
[0040] The display unit 400 comprises a monitor controller 410, a
power unit 420, a monitor connection unit 430, and a touch control
unit 440.
[0041] The power unit 420 is designed to supply power to the touch
type LCD screen when each user turns on the switch with respect to
a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game, and a double
roulette game, each having different betting methods.
[0042] The monitor control unit 410 transmits digital roulette game
menu information of a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game,
or a double roulette game selected by a user on the touch type LCD
screen to the control unit 500. The monitor control unit 410
receives statistic information such as betting information,
roulette information and probability information with respect to a
common roulette game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette
game processed by the control unit 500, displays the same on the
touch type LCD screen and allows a 2D or 3D betting screen, a
digital wheel and an electronic ball received from the control unit
500 to be outputted to the LCD screen.
[0043] Here, the monitor connection unit 430 is connected with a
graphic control unit 520 and outputs a 2D or 3D betting screen, a
digital wheel and an electronic ball to the LCD screen, with the 2D
or 3D betting screen, a digital wheel and an electronic ball being
received from the graphic control unit 520 of the control unit.
[0044] The touch control unit 440 is connected with the graphic
control unit 520 of the control unit and converts roulette game
menu information of a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game
and a double roulette game selected by a user on the touch type LCD
screen into position information for processing by the control unit
500 and transmits to the graphic control unit 520 of the control
unit 500.
[0045] The control unit 500 executes a program on a common roulette
game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette game of a digital
roulette game that each have different betting methods as the power
of the display unit 400 is turned on and transmits to the display
unit 400 through the graphic control unit 520.
[0046] The control unit 500 changes the bills or coins entered by
the users into betting money and chips based on roulette game menu
information of a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game and a
double roulette game selected by a user. The control unit 500
provides statistic information such as previously stored roulette
information, probability information and betting information,
controls betting information, a winning state, a payoff rate and
dividends based on a user's operation, processes the result of a
common roulette game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette
game which are digital roulette games that have different betting
methods.
[0047] The control unit 500 will be described in more details.
[0048] The control unit 500 comprises a main control unit 510, a
graphic control unit 520, a memory 530, a communication interface
540, and an audio input and output unit 550.
[0049] The main control unit 510 processes the digital roulette
game menu information of a common roulette game, a hyper roulette
game and a double roulette game which are digital roulette games
that have different betting methods received from the display unit
400, changes the bills and coins entered by the user into betting
money and chips, creates statistic information using betting
information, roulette information and probability information
received through the display unit 400, accumulates the above
information and stores them in the memory 530. In addition, the
main control unit 510 transmits the above information to the
statistic server 300. The main control unit 510 controls betting
information, winning state, a payoff rate and dividends based on a
user's operation with respect to a common roulette game, a hyper
roulette game and a double roulette game which are digital roulette
games that have different betting methods and processes a result of
a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette
game which are digital roulette games that have different betting
methods.
[0050] The graphic control unit 520 is connected with the monitor
connection unit 430 of the display unit 400 and the touch control
unit 440 and transmits digital roulette game menu information of a
common roulette game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette
game, which are digital roulette games that have different betting
methods received from the display unit 400, to the main control
unit 510. The graphic control unit 520 transmits a graphic screen
such as a 2D or 3D betting screen, a digital wheel screen and an
electronic ball to the display unit 400, with the above graphic
screens being differently formed based on a common roulette game, a
hyper roulette game and a double roulette game which are digital
roulette games that have different betting methods in accordance
with a control of the main control unit 510.
[0051] The memory 530 stores a program concerning a common roulette
game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette game which are
digital roulette games that have different betting methods and
executed in accordance with a control of the main control unit 510
as the display unit 400 is turned on. The memory 530 stores and
outputs statistic information created using betting information,
roulette information and probability information in accordance with
a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette
game which are digital roulette games that have different betting
methods.
[0052] The communication interface 540 provides a communication
function so that the terminal 100 can efficiently transmit or
receive information through the network 200 when it operates
together with the statistic server 300.
[0053] The audio input and output unit 550 connects various audio
signals such as background music, voice, etc. with an external
speaker 600, in accordance with a common roulette game, a hyper
roulette game and a double roulette game which are digital roulette
games that have different betting methods, for providing various
effect sounds as the roulette game is performed.
[0054] FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a program which controls a
digital roulette game supported on the terminal according to the
present invention. The digital roulette game will be described in
more detail with reference to FIG. 3.
[0055] According to one of the most important features of the
present invention, a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game
and a double roulette game are digital roulette games that have
different betting methods and are designed to be controlled by the
control unit 500.
[0056] Here, the control unit 500 further comprises a digital
roulette game program which is formed of a control module 531, a
game selection module 532, a time check module 533, a wheel driving
module 534, a betting module 535 and a money exchange module
536.
[0057] The control module 531 drives a common roulette game which
is implemented in a digital method based on a user's selection, a
hyper roulette game in which a certain number from 0 through 36
positioned at different random regions is randomly selected for
making bets, and a double roulette game in which double regions
created by double numbers from 0 through 14 provided at the axes X
and Y are selected for making bets. In addition, the control module
531 changes the bills and coins entered by the users and processes
and controls a result of betting information, winning state, a
payoff rate and dividends based on a common roulette game, a hyper
roulette game and a double roulette game which are digital roulette
games that have different betting methods.
[0058] The game selection module 532 digitally displays a common
roulette game, a hyper roulette game and a double roulette game on
the screen of the user, so that the user can select the game and
play the corresponding roulette game based on the selection.
[0059] The time check module 533 checks the betting time that is
based on a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game and a double
roulette game which are digital roulette games that have different
betting methods selected by the users.
[0060] The wheel driving module 534 creates a betting screen, a
digital wheel and an electronic ball expressed in a 2D or 3D
graphic based on a common roulette game, a hyper roulette game and
a double roulette game which are digital roulette games that have
different betting methods in accordance with a selection by the
game selection module 532. In the common roulette game and the
hyper roulette game which randomly selects a certain number from 0
through 36 positioned at different random regions, the winning
number is determined by rotating one digital wheel and an
electronic ball. In the double roulette game in which there are two
rotating digital wheels that each have pockets numbered from 0
through 14, the user selects a combination of two numbers, where
the y-axis corresponds to one rotating digital wheel and the x-axis
corresponds to the other rotating digital wheel; winning numbers
are determined when the each electric ball falls into a pocket in
its respective digital wheel.
[0061] In the betting module 535, if the numbers selected by the
user for the bets match with the winning number(s), the payoff rate
and dividends are computed based on the bet amount, the type of
bet, and the game selected through the selection module 532,
whether the game selected by the user on a 2D or 3D graphic
processed betting screen is a common roulette game, a hyper
roulette game, or a double roulette game.
[0062] The money exchange module 536 exchanges the bills and coins
entered by the user based on a common roulette game, a hyper
roulette game and a double roulette game which are digital roulette
games that have different betting methods into betting money
(credit money) and sums the paid dividends with the betting money
based on the computation of the betting module and exchanges the
amount back into cash.
[0063] The operations and methods of the digital roulette game
provision system that has different betting methods according to
the present invention will be described.
[0064] FIG. 4 is a view illustrating an operation principle of a
digital roulette game provision system that has different betting
methods according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a view
illustrating a betting screen of a common roulette game according
to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a betting
screen of a hyper roulette game according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a digital wheel which selects a
winning number of a common roulette game and a hyper roulette game
according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a
betting screen of a double roulette game according to the present
invention. FIG. 9 is a view illustrating two digital wheels which
select a winning number of a double roulette game according to the
present invention.
[0065] The detailed operations and methods of the digital roulette
game provision system that has different betting methods according
to the present invention will be described as follows with
reference to FIGS. 4 through 9.
[0066] When multiple users who want to play a common roulette game,
a hyper roulette game and a double roulette game which are digital
roulette games that have different betting methods turn on the
display unit 400, the control unit 500 executes the digital
roulette games that have different betting methods and are stored
in the memory 530 in a step S402.
[0067] The control unit 500 executes digital roulette games that
have different betting methods and displays a 26-inch LCD screen of
the display unit 400 for selecting a common roulette game, a hyper
roulette game and a double roulette game which are digital roulette
games that have different betting methods. When the user enters
bills or coins in the amount of money that the user wants to play,
the control unit 500 exchanges the entered bills or coins into
betting money (credit) and displays the same in a step S404.
[0068] When the user selects a digitally expressed common roulette
game in a step S406, the betting screen of FIG. 5 is shown. Betting
money that the user can use for betting, chips, betting numbers,
and various menu information for exchanging into cash are provided
at a lower side of the screen in a step S412.
[0069] When the user selects betting money, chips and betting
number and places the bet, the time check module 533 of the control
unit 500 counts down the betting time in a step S414. When the
betting time becomes 0 in a step S416, betting is stopped. The
digital wheels expressed with 2D or 3D graphics as shown in FIG. 7
are displayed on the display unit 400 by the wheel driving module
534 of the control unit 500 and are driven in a step S418.
[0070] The digital wheels expressed with 2D or 3D graphics are
driven by an algorithm provided therein, and an electronic ball
starts rolling in a direction reverse to the direction of the
digital wheel. The number corresponding to the point at which the
electronic ball drops is determined as the winning number in a step
S420.
[0071] When the winning number is selected by the digital wheel and
electronic ball, the betting module 535 of the control unit 500
compares the betting numbers of the users who played the common
roulette game with a winning number in a step S422 and provides
each winner with the winning money and payoff rate. The betting
module 535 computes the dividends, sums the betting money (credit)
and the dividends, and then displays the information on the display
unit 400 in a step S424.
[0072] The control unit 500 transmits betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. concerning a digitally
processed common roulette game to the statistic server 300 through
the memory 530 or the network 200, and a database of the above
information is constructed in a step S426.
[0073] When a user, who played the above game, wants to continue
playing the game in a step S428, it go back and perform the step
S404. When the user stops the game, the betting money summed with
the current betting money (credit) and the dividends are changed
into cash and are given to the user in a step S430.
[0074] When the user selects a digitally processed hyper roulette
game in a step S408, a certain number and a random region are
randomly selected among game betting regions H1 through H6 and 0
through 36 using the previously stored betting information,
probability information, etc. The betting screen of FIG. 6 is
shown. The betting money, chips, betting number, winning number
which can be used by the user and various menu information are
shown at a lower side of the screen in a step S412.
[0075] The above process will be described in more detail.
[0076] The digitally processed hyper roulette game comprises a
betting screen in which numbers 0 through 36 are randomly arranged
on a betting layout of FIG. 6. Betting is performed at a desired
betting region with reference to the winning numbers of games which
have been processed so far. As the range of numbers among the
random regions of 0 through 36 decreases, the payoff rate
increases. Namely, the payoff rate is different based on the
selected betting region. Since each game is randomly adapted, the
dividing probability is changed in each game.
[0077] For example, when the user expects that a winning number
will be selected from the front numbers with reference to the
previous winning numbers and bets 10 dollars for each of betting
regions H1, H3, H5, H6, H5.about.H6, and the winning number turns
out to be between 17 through 36, and therefore, in the betting
regions H2, H4 the user will lose all five bets placed in that
game. But if the winning number turns out to be between 1 through
16, since it belongs to at least one betting region among the
betting regions H1, H3, H5, H6, H5.about.H6, the user will win and
receive the dividends based on the corresponding payoff rate.
[0078] When the user bets betting money and chips by selecting at
least one betting number and betting region in the betting regions
shown on the betting screen, the time check module 533 of the
control unit 500 starts counting down the betting time in a step
S414; and when the betting time becomes 0 in a step S416, the
betting stops. The digital wheel processed with 2D or 3D graphic of
FIG. 7 is driven and displayed on the display unit 400 by the wheel
driving module 534 of the control unit 500 in a step S418.
[0079] The digital wheel processed with 2D or 3D graphics is driven
by an algorithm provided therein, and the electronic ball rolls in
a direction reverse to the direction of the digital wheel. The
number positioned at the point in which the electronic ball drops
is determined as a winning number in a step S420.
[0080] When the winning number is determined by the digital wheel
and the electronic ball, the betting module 535 of the control unit
500 compares at least one betting number, selected region and
winning number of the users who played the hyper roulette game in a
step S422, provides the winners with the winning and payoff rate
and computes the dividends. The betting module 535 sums the betting
money (credit) and the dividends and displays on the display unit
400 in a step S424.
[0081] The control unit 500 transmits betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. concerning the digitally
processed hyper roulette game to the statistic server 300 through
the memory 530 or the network 200. A database of the above
information is constructed in a step S426.
[0082] When the user who played the digitally processed hyper
roulette game wants to continue playing the game in a step S428, it
it will go back and perform the step S404. When the game is
stopped, the betting money, summed with the current betting money
(credit) and dividends, is changed into cash and provided to the
user in a step S430.
[0083] When the user selects a digitally processed double roulette
game in a step S410, the betting screen of FIG. 8 in which numbers
from 0 through 14 of the X and Y axes are shown. The betting money,
chip, betting number, the previous winning number which can be
selected by the user, and other various menu information are
displayed at a lower side of the screen in a step S412.
[0084] The above process will be described in more detail.
[0085] As shown in FIG. 8, in the digitally processed double
roulette game, the user bets by selecting each number among the
numbers 0 through 14 of the betting regions of the lines X and Y.
In other words, the user can select the numbers 0 to 14 on the line
X and the numbers 0 to 14 on the line Y with reference to the
winning numbers of the previous double roulette games provided at
the upper side of the betting screen. The betting starts when all
chips are placed at the point in which each number crosses, and the
payoff rate depending on the set of numbers selected for each bet.
In this game, the dividends randomly change in each game.
[0086] For example, when the user selects the numbers 1, 3 on the
line X and the numbers 2, 4 on the line Y with reference to the
winning numbers, the bets are placed at the crosses (1, 2), (1, 4),
(3, 2) and (3, 4) which are crossed by each line, and the betting
money is identically adapted. As shown in FIG. 9, when the cross
point of each number obtained on two digital wheels is the same as
one point among the betted cross points, the user wins and is
provided with dividends based on the corresponding payoff rate.
[0087] When the user selects numbers on the lines X and Y shown on
the betting screen and bets with betting money and chips, the time
check module 533 of the control unit 500 starts counting down the
betting time in a step S414. When the betting time becomes 0 in a
step S416, the betting stops. Two digital wheels processed with 2D
or 3D graphics of FIG. 9 are displayed on the display unit 400 and
are driven by the wheel driving module 534 of the control unit 500
in a step S418.
[0088] Two digital wheels processed with 2D or 3D graphics are
driven by an algorithm provided therein, and two electronic balls
start rolling in a direction reverse to the direction of each
digital wheel. The number combination corresponding to the buckets
in which the balls drop is determined as the winning number
combination in a step S420.
[0089] When the winning number combination is determined by two
digital wheels and two electronic balls, the betting module 535 of
the control unit 500 compares at least one betting number and
winning number selected on the lines X and Y by the users who
played the double roulette game in a step S422. The betting module
535 provides the winning and payoff rate to the winners, computes
the dividends, sums the betting money (credit) and dividends and
displays this information on the display unit 400 in a step
S424.
[0090] The control unit 500 transmits betting information, roulette
information, probability information, etc. concerning a digitally
processed double roulette game to the statistic server 300 through
the memory 530 or the network 200. A database of the above
information is constructed in a step S426.
[0091] When the user who played the digitally processed double
roulette game wants to continue playing the game in a step S428, it
will go back and perform the step S404. When the betting stops, the
betting money summed with the current betting money (credit) and
the dividends is changed into cash and is provided to the user in a
step S430.
[0092] As described above, the digital roulette game provision
system that has different betting methods is designed to randomly
adapt the payoff rate based on the digital method and to provide a
reliable probability. Dealers are not needed in the present
invention, so there is no cost for dealers. It is possible to
prevent any conflicts between the users and the dealers because the
game is performed between the user and the program in the present
invention.
[0093] In addition, the present invention provides a digital
roulette game that has different betting methods by combining a
conventional roulette game with a new game method, so that it is
possible to satisfy a user's high expectation with respect to
higher and various winning probabilities. With various strategies
and tactics, the user can play the game of the present invention
with more interest and enough expectations.
[0094] In the present invention, a maximum of 255 users can
concurrently play the digital roulette game through the
network.
[0095] As the present invention may be embodied in several forms
without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics
thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described
examples are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing
description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be
construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the
appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that
fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of
such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the
appended claims.
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