Roulette game and side bets with double roulette wheels

Abstract

A roulette system including two roulette machines. Standard roulette bets may be placed by a player on a first roulette machine and if no side bet is placed, only the first machine is operated. When a side bet is placed, a second roulette machine is operated in parallel with the first machine. Side bets may be based on various combinations of results from each machine, or an aggregate total of the result of both machines, and other proposition type bets. Inertial values associated with the balls of each machine may be monitored and used to adjust ball launch times, ball launch speeds, rotation velocity of roulette wheels of the machines and the braking of the roulette wheels so the machines operate in parallel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for enabling roulette side bets, comprising:
 accepting a standard bet placed by a player for a first game cycle of roulette on a first roulette machine during a period;   when only the standard bet is placed, at a specified time, launching a first roulette ball moving on a first roulette wheel of the first roulette machine;   accepting a side bet placed by the player; and   when the side bet is placed, at substantially the same specified time, launching a second roulette ball moving on a second roulette wheel of a second roulette machine, wherein the side bet is based on a first result of the first roulette machine and a second result of the second roulette machine.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 monitoring inertial information associated with the first roulette ball moving on the first roulette wheel of the first roulette machine during the first game cycle of roulette;   monitoring inertial information associated with the second roulette ball moving on the second roulette wheel of the second roulette machine during the second game cycle of roulette;   adjusting one or more of a roulette wheel speed and a roulette wheel braking of one or more of the first roulette machine and the second roulette machine in response to the monitoring of inertial information associated with the first roulette ball and the monitoring of inertial information associated with the second roulette ball; and   wherein the launching and the adjusting results in the first roulette machine operating in parallel with the second roulette machine.   
     
     
         3 . The method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein launching a first roulette ball includes specifying a first launch speed for the first roulette ball, wherein launching a second roulette ball includes specifying a second launch speed for the second roulette ball, and wherein adjusting includes adjusting one or more of the first launch speed and the second launch speed in subsequent game cycles of the first roulette machine and the second roulette machine. 
     
     
         4 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising providing a graphical user interface on a display configured to enable the player to make the side bet. 
     
     
         5 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on an aggregate of the first result and the second result matching a specified number selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         6 . The method as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the specified number is based on an aggregate total of numbered slots on the first roulette wheel and the second roulette wheel. 
     
     
         7 . The method as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the specified number is within a number range based on an aggregate total of numbered slots on the first roulette wheel and the second roulette wheel. 
     
     
         8 . The method as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the number range is a subset of the aggregate total of numbered slots. 
     
     
         9 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on a specified one of the first result or the second result matching a specified number selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         10 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on either the first result or the second result matching a specified number selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         11 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on both the first result or the second result matching a specified number selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         12 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on an aggregate total of the first result or the second result matching any of a 0 or a 00 as selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         13 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on an aggregate total of the first result or the second result matching any of a 7 or a multiple of 7 as selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         14 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on an aggregate total of the first result or the second result matching any of a 2, a 6, an 8 or a 9 as selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         15 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on an aggregate total of the first result or the second result matching any of a 0, a 00 or a 7 as selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         16 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on an aggregate total of the first result or the second result matching a 0, a 00, a 2, a 6, a 7, an 8, a 9, a 14, a 21, a 28 or a 35 as selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         17 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on the first result being within a low number range and the second result being within a high number range as selected by the player during placement of the side wager. 
     
     
         18 . The method as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the side bet is based on the first result matching a first number randomly generated for the player and the second result matching a second number randomly generated for the player.