CN1833084A - Variable gravity gaming - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a means for randomizing and controlling objects in a zero gravity environment. The invention also replicates and enhances traditional casino gaming experiences in zero gravity, microgravity, low gravity and variable gravity environments. This includes adapted seating for players and staff, enabling wagering, and ensuring security and integrity of the games. Both traditional casino games, such as craps, roulette and blackjack, and new games of chance are provided and modified so as to take advantage of unique properties of zero, low or variable gravity environments. Games may be either attended or unattended, and wagering may be either on-site or off-site via remote communications. Virtual games may also be played in simulated zero gravity, low gravity and variable gravity.

Description

Variable gravity gaming

The cross reference of related application

This application requires the priority of the formerly unsettled U.S. temporary patent application that proposed on July 2nd, 2003 number 60/484,552, and the priority of the formerly unsettled U.S. temporary patent application that proposed on July 2nd, 2003 number 60/484,553.At this these two applications are incorporated into by reference.

The anarchy right

This application does not relate to federal sponsored research or exploitation.

Technical field

The present invention relates to gaming and gambling house, and be particularly related to and be suitable for gaming equipment and the method in zero-g, microgravity, low gravity and variable gravity environment, used.

Background technology

The gambling house gambling is significantly increasing sharply in recent years.Except traditional place for example Las Vegas and Atlanta city, the gambling house for example opens for business on native American reserved area, river course ship and the tourism steamer in unconventional place.That selects is various, and feasible competition to client becomes fierce.The gambling house increases business at continuous new environment of searching and new attraction.See U.S.Patent No.6,503,146.

Nowadays the fortune recreation of playing in most gambling houses is basic identical.Each gambling house is all attempted to make by the comfort level that atmosphere, place, bingo are experienced and they provide and oneself is seemed unusual.Therefore, providing novel gaming experience and novel game play all is very attractive for gambling house owner and gambling house client.

Up to date, human outer space exploitation all is the exclusive field of country.Space flight is very expensive and dangerous, therefore is being worth the people who carries out having only those governments to approve under the situation of space flight can do this thing.Nor be that any government can both realize such heroic undertaking.Up to now, have only the U.S., Russia and China successfully the people to be transmitted on the Earth's orbit.

Because these emissions almost do not have trend to will consider the environment of creating a kind of traveller of helping (spacefarer, astronaut, spaceman) or ground people almost completely by government staff's running.Therefore, be not used in space tourist's entertainment purposes or equipment.

The commercialization of Russia's space project might change this situation.Up to the present, several " common " people---comprise a Japanese reporter, Britain prize drawing winner, a U.S. businessman and a South America businessman---and had utilized this new policy.They all take Russian Soyuz and fly space arrival Mir or international space station.Their target is not for science but personal entertainment.

In addition, some suborbital flights are also successfully born by private company, and news report has pointed out that also the commercialization meeting of space tourism is becoming more real in the future.The successful flight of nearest SpaceShipOne is carried at a people on the private aircraft and delivers to the outer space, has surpassed 3 minutes under zero-g.

Much year, the public of many countries or private organization just can buy with quite rational expense and take the chance that airborne vehicle enters space.Certainly the reasonable expense of taking rocket is slightly higher than oceangoing expense.NASA even investing the early-stage Study of making the space hoist, this hoist make and enter space and become quite common and cheap.There are some initial plans to claim that this equipment can move within many decades.

Some have anticipated that space tourism can become possibility commercial, some people has then proposed the special space migration at the traveller---for example in the U.S. patent No. 6, in 439,508---but up to the present the gaming in space did not also come into question.

Therefore, clearly as can be seen, in future soon, the business travel who travels to and fro between in unique space environment is available for most of traveller.There is traveller's place that the gambling house is just arranged.Someone predicts that might launch one in future soon is the space station of traveller's particular design, its cost and build a traditional gambling house about equally.

In addition, the space of nowadays leasing or buying on the track platform is feasible, and for example there is Russian Soyuz space capsule in this space.In the date of presentation of this application, also can whole Soyuz space capsule of actual purchase and launch craft and they are sent into Earth's orbit carry out the private service, comprise the gambling house that the fortune recreation that is adapted at playing in zero-g or the microgravity is provided, the recreation that is suitable for making a bet in person or makes a bet by remote site.

Nowadays also may buy " air ticket " of taking " zero-g " aircraft known to the people, this aircraft allows passenger to experience the variable gravity situation, the following period of time that continues from zero-G is to several G, the time long enough carries out the recreation of technology and fortune and makes a bet.

Summary of the invention

In order to satisfy above-mentioned demand, one of purpose of the present invention is to reappear the experience of (and enhancing) traditional gambling house in zero-g, microgravity, low gravity and variable gravity environment.This comprises---but being not limited only to---following system and method, and it is used for: (a) provide " the seat arrangement " that be fit to player and staff, just the position of arranging player and staff with respect to gaming table or equipment; (b) allow to the casino chip of traditional style and be more suitable for making a bet in the method for variable gravity environment; And (c) guarantee the safety of system and just.

The main distinction of zero-g gaming and variable gravity gaming is, in variable gravity gaming, gravity may reach 2G or reach higher momently, and during gravity was greater than zero, the player should sit down or more preferably tie up on their seat like this.

Another object of the present invention provides the fortune recreation that is used for the on-the-spot recreation in gambling house that is suitable for using in zero-g, low gravity and variable gravity environment.This comprises---but being not limited only to---following system and method, and it is used for: (a) traditional gambling house recreation, for example two dices, roulette and 21 points; And (b) the fortune recreation of the new particular feature that utilizes zero-g, low gravity or variable gravity environment.

Another object of the present invention provides the fortune recreation, this recreation can be Attended mode or unmanned, be suitable in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment, moving, and the player can be absent from the scene and makes a bet for example recreation of Jino, roulette and prize drawing type in this recreation.This comprises---but being not limited only to---following system and method, and it is used for: (a) play fortune recreation, for example Jino, roulette and prize drawing from remote site; (b) make a bet from remote site; And (c) keep safety.

In one embodiment, the present invention includes a kind of zero-g gambling house, it comprises: the chamber;

Fortune recreation is arranged within the chamber and is suitable for carrying out at zero-g, and it comprises with lower device, this device is used for the enclosed game platform, play games in obturator the inside object and utilize token to make a bet so that object and token are limited within the enclosure space, thereby prevents that object and token from floating;

Equipment is arranged at seat within the recreation distance that is used to arrange player's position and the player is remained on the fortune recreation; And

Be used for accepting and paying the equipment of making a bet of player's stake of playing from fortune.

In another embodiment, the present invention includes a kind of chamber, gambling house of using of being suitable in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment, it comprises:

Be suitable for being transmitted into the combined type of space, the chamber of sealing, it is suitable for working in space, is suitable for carrying in space flight or aviation aircraft, and is suitable for holding gaming equipment, game player and staff;

Be positioned within the chamber and be suitable for receiving the gaming object and prevent that it from floating the gaming equipment of walking;

Being positioned at being used within the chamber is arranged into equipment near the position of gaming equipment with game player and staff; And

Be suitable for the equipment of on gaming equipment, making a bet.

In another embodiment, the present invention includes a kind of fortune that is suitable for using and play in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment, it comprises:

Have obturator and have representative win victory and the defeat game environment of interior location of position, be suitable for receiving movably game object, and be suitable for preventing that game object from floating;

The device that is used for the randomization game object;

Be used for game object is introduced the device of game environment;

Be used for randomly game object being pushed to the device of the position of winning victory and defeat of game environment;

Be used for player and staff are arranged into device near the game position of game environment;

The device that is used to make the player in recreation, to make a bet;

The device that is used for Exit Game and definite winner and loser; And

Be used to observe the operation of recreation and result's device.

In another embodiment, the present invention includes the virtual fortune recreation of a kind of simulation recreation of carrying out in zero-g, microgravity or the variable gravity environment of simulation, it comprises:

Have the simulation obturator and have representative win victory and the defeat simulation environment of analog position of position, be suitable for the reception and the restriction of the removable game object of simulation are simulated;

The device that is used for randomization simulation object;

Be used for the simulation object is introduced the device of game environment;

Be used for simulating the device of randomly the simulation object being pushed to the winning victory of simulation environment and the position of defeating;

Be used to simulate device near the player of the simulation position of simulation environment;

The device that is used to make the player in recreation, to make a bet;

Be used for Exit Game and determine to win victory and the device of the stake of defeating; And

Be used to observe the operation of simulation environment and games and simulation game object and result's device.

In another embodiment, the present invention includes a kind of method that is used in the recreation of zero-g environment operation fortune, it comprises step:

The transparent chambers of the sealing with gaming platform is provided, is suitable for receiving the gaming object, the chamber is suitable for preventing that object from floating in zero-g;

Acceptance is from player's the stake about the gaming object;

The gaming object is introduced the chamber to start recreation;

Randomization gaming object;

Make the stop motion of gaming object with Exit Game;

Observation all activity within the chamber; And

Determine the stake of one or more win and/or defeated stake.

In another embodiment, the present invention includes a kind of method that is used in the recreation of zero-g environment operation skill, it comprises step:

The transparent chambers of the sealing with gaming platform is provided, is suitable for receiving game object, the chamber is suitable for preventing that object from floating in zero-g;

Acceptance is from player's stake;

By the game object chamber of introducing being started the skill recreation;

Observation all activity within the chamber; And

Determine the player of one or more win and/or defeated player.

In another embodiment, the present invention includes the method for the object that a kind of restriction in the zero-g environment, randomization and control moves, it comprises:

The chamber of the sealing with irregular inner surface is provided;

The magnetic object is introduced the chamber;

By spraying the motion of objects of randomization within the chamber at constantly directed air at random towards object; And

Introduce electromagnetic field within the chamber by at random the time, being engraved in, stop motion of objects.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing is introduced and is constituted the part of this manual, accompanying drawing described the present invention and and explanation combine and explain the present invention together.In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the phantom drawing that comprises the chamber, gambling house of several fortune recreation, and this chamber is suitable for using in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment;

Fig. 2 is the phantom drawing that is suitable for the table of two dice gamings of using in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment;

Fig. 3 is the phantom drawing that is suitable for the prize drawing gaming equipment that uses in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment;

Fig. 4 is suitable for the table of the roulette gaming that uses and the phantom drawing of runner in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment;

Fig. 5 is the phantom drawing that is suitable for the Jino gaming equipment that uses in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment;

Fig. 6 is the block diagram that is suitable for playing the equipment of the dice gaming use as two dices in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment;

Fig. 7 is the phantom drawing that is suitable for playing the equipment of the recreation use that is called " byte " in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment;

Fig. 8 is the block diagram that is suitable for the equipment that the object for appreciation drawing lottery game uses in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment;

Fig. 9 is the phantom drawing that is suitable for playing the equipment of the recreation use that is called " 16 ball " in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment; And

Figure 10 is the phantom drawing that is suitable for playing the equipment of the recreation use that is called " space billiards " in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment.

The specific embodiment

Definition

Do not limit the scope of the invention, the definition below proposing helps to understand the present invention:

Gambling house--place or environment, operation therein relates to system, the method and apparatus of fortune recreation.The gambling house needs not to be must the show up place of the essence of making a bet of client.

Gravity--locate the centrifugal force that the earth applies on the sea level.

The gravity of microgravity--real or simulation is much smaller than the place or the environment of the gravity of experiencing at place, earth sea level.

The gravity of low gravity--real or simulation less than the gravity of experiencing at place, earth sea level, but a non-vanishing place or environment.

Zero-g (" zero-G " or " 0G ")--gravity real or simulation is measured to be zero or to approach zero place or environment.

Variable gravity--inconstant gravity or simulated gravity in the whole time.

The end of recreation--determine the moment that the carrying out of fortune recreation finished.

The chamber, gambling house

Fig. 1 is the phantom drawing of the chamber, gambling house in one embodiment of the present invention, and it comprises several fortune recreation, and this chamber is suitable for using in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment.What this illustrated is the chamber, gambling house that preparation is set up in orbital space station or aircraft, inferior orbital vehicle or parabola aircraft.Show several " floor " or different recreation on " wall " 51,2,3,4 that are positioned within the chamber and are installed in the chamber.Provide on handrail 6 and the wall along wall 5 and to have added liner.With the chair or the stool 7 of foothold or pin bearing 8, the player can be used for keeping not wafing in addition in some recreation.

The variable gravity game station

Tradition gambling house fortune game station has been modified and has been used for the variable gravity environment, and the new fortune recreation that utilizes zero-g, microgravity and variable gravity environment develops.

Traditional gambling house bingo equipment in the variable gravity environment.

Two dices and other dice games.

In traditional gambling house, two dices are to play having on the table of flash.The guest (projection person) who throws dice stands in a narrow end of table and dice is thrown far-end.If dice has left table then has shaken again.What stop up one side when dice is exactly counting of obtaining.Therefore, target of the present invention is to create a kind of equipment: (a) all players that allow to be sitting in the variable gravity environment shake dice; (b) dice is limited in a predetermined zone; And (c) guarantee to shake dice and produce the random number that is suitable for the fortune recreation.

According to these targets, following embodiments of the present invention have been discussed a kind of equipment.But exist multiple other modes to make the equipment of realizing these targets to those skilled in the art will recognize that.Figure 2 illustrates the equipment of playing the dice game as two dices.It comprises four critical pieces: throw container, randomization equipment, recreation and viewing area and stop the device that dice rolls.

Throw.

In one embodiment, the pipeline 25 of a door assembly with hinge and glass in right hand and left is connected to the randomization chamber 30 that is installed on the transparent cover 20 and near the table 10 of craps.This pipeline has hinge, thereby can be moved in face of the other any guest of variable gravity dice table.By as have the method for two nested pipelines, this pipeline is extensible on length, thereby gets at the guest that all play the variable gravity dices like a cork.Article one, pipeline can be forward and is moved backward to produce the throwing pipeline of required size.In another embodiment, after the length of pipeline was selected, a mechanical device was fixed.In another embodiment, throw pipeline 25 and have the device that detection dice 15 " is shaken ", for example motion sensor (not shown).

Randomization.

In traditional gambling house under conventional gravity, dice is randomized by the back wall of bump table, rolls on the surface of high frictional force then.Projection and other entity obstacles in throwing pipeline, have been placed.As shown in Figure 2, throw pipeline 25 and lead to random device 30 and randomization/observation ward or obturator 20.If dice does not successfully leave random device, then heavily shake, just as dice in traditional gambling house has bumped against the floor.

Shown in Fig. 6, the randomization chamber comprises zone 115, random device 120, observation obturator 130 and electromagnet 140 or other the equipment that stops the dice motion when game over thrown.The miscellaneous part (not shown) comprises single admission, unidirectional outlet and makes dice leave the device of randomization chamber.The randomization chamber is transparent sphere rotation or static of a circle or the transparent cover 20 of cylindrical or other shapes, has the obstruction or the irregularly shaped object (not shown) that much are designed for the attack dice on the interior surface thereof.Also have some to be used to make the interactional device of dice and spheroid or chamber in addition, they are essential at 0G in-flight, and for example compressed air makes dice hit the edge of spheroid.Use compressed air as making dice leave the method for randomization chamber.Gravity and compressed air enter viewing area in conjunction with making dice leave the randomization chamber.

Viewing area.

Viewing area is complete transparent spheroid or obturator 20, the perhaps transparent pipeline of minor diameter, and the bottom is flat and is positioned at the height of guest's eyes.Its objective is to make viewing area all as seen for all guests, and in the recreation of 0G and 1G, Yi Bian can be by from being bound to another side dice and viewing area being interacted.The guest can participate in or watch this recreation on stool or game website 36.The guest can use seat harness, shoulder safety belt, handrail, foothold or Velcro velcro sheet holding position under zero-g.

Exit Game.

Finish the device of the game over incident that the fortune recreation need be used to provide fair.In traditional gambling house, the recreation as two dices finishes when gravity and frictional force have stopped the motion of dice.For some recreation in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment, recreation must stop by artificial method, for example stops by the flight path of aircraft or by activating electromagnet 140 (Fig. 6), air injection, air exhauster or other restraints with random fashion.

In traditional gambling house, frictional force finally stop dice rolling and towards " on " one side be used to determine the recreation situation of winning victory or defeating.In the 0G environment, perhaps because the variation of flight path, need a kind of under the situation that dice is placed with fixed form the method for Exit Game.In other words, when need a kind of reasonable manner to determine is " end of recreation ".As discussed above, throwing the pipe object has sensor (not shown) detection dice to drop into recreation when.A kind of embodiment is to use the dice that has metal assembly, for example has bead in the dice.When game over, the electromagnet 140 of the bottom of viewing area is opened, and perhaps attraction forces dice to stop herein to " floor " of viewing area and with it.Electromagnet or attraction are opened in dice input recreation " x " second back.Display---for example LCD panel (not shown) can be used for showing the countdown of game over to the guest.

In another embodiment, in the variable gravity environment, the End Event of recreation is finished by the introducing again of gravity, for example, and the pull-up of parabola aircraft.

" game over " incident in fortune recreation needn't be finished for " manned " or by the people at actual scene of attending in game environment, as long as can keep suitable games, the incident of making a bet and safety.

Roulette.

A kind of example that is suitable for the roulette game equipment that uses in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity is shown in Figure 4.In traditional gambling house, the groove bullet of roulette ball in wheel disc runner 52 advance to eject, up to the motion of ball since frictional force slow down and be parked in the middle of the groove.In order to make traditional wheel disc runner be suitable for three parts of 0G environment needs; Be used for roulette ball is introduced the device of runner, be used for keeping the controlled device of ball in the variation of 0G or gravity, and the method for Exit Game.A simple transparent cover 54 is used for roulette ball is remained on recreation.Article one, the pipeline (not shown) that passes through transparent cover that has unidirectional outlet is used for ball is introduced recreation.The player can be put stake on the table 50 on runner next door.

In 0G, need a kind of method that makes ball and groove interact and in game over, ball be located.One embodiment of the present invention have an opening in the bottom of the groove of wheel disc runner.Groove one with rotate above the open channel that the air pump (not shown) links to each other.Therefore roulette ball is because the effect of attraction is forced to the wheel disc groove interacts.Attraction be along with the carrying out of recreation can continue to increase, thereby no matter is that the variation of 0G or flight can both guarantee that ball stops and stays in the groove.

Forward attention to Fig. 4 again.The same with two dices, roulette is recreation popular in a kind of society.Traditionally, the player stands in the desk both sides of billiard table size and puts stake in the public zone of making a bet.Banker stands by and operates the wheel disc runner.This need make amendment in the variable gravity environment.One embodiment of the present invention are as follows.

Transparent plastics dome 54 is arranged on the wheel disc runner 52 of canonical form, and the wheel disc runner is installed on the balancing stand, makes itself and gravity or player's sight line maintenance level.Another kind of embodiment is installed in wheel portion, chair and wheel disc runner on the balancing stand, and the visual angle of player's wheel disc runner can not change in different flight paths like this.In one embodiment, guest and game operation person are sitting on the chair 56 of face forward.These chairs, as discussed above, thereby can move to allow backward during the 0G guest in recreation floating and get back to 2G flight before the position.Chair also has seat belt 58, thereby catches the player in the recreation of zero-g.

Except chair, pin band, handle or the Velcro velcro liner on wall/floor also can offer player and game operation person.Chip (following discussion) by permanent magnetization or " Velcro velcroization " in case sticking on the table, ball can be by temporary magnetization so that push in the groove.Ball is transmitted in the dome by the spring of a marble type and piston (not shown), perhaps launches with hand by pipeline or door.Inner air sprays the motion of randomization ball and it is blowed to runner downwards, is magnetizing runner at random constantly so that prepare.

Prize drawing.

Now diversion is arrived Fig. 3 and 8.The equipment 300 of choosing prize drawing numeral in the 0G environment has as lower member: the device that showed obtainable colour ball before recreation is as the unidirectional outlet 340 of the single admission 320 that contains container 310 (Fig. 8), randomization chamber, randomization chamber 330, randomization chamber, and the display unit 350 of showing the colour ball of winning a prize.In the recreation of tradition prize drawing type, in order to show the justice of recreation, the colour ball of being numbered was demonstrated before the recreation beginning.Can finish this displaying, for example transparent pipeline with a simple equipment.

In recreation at first, colour ball is pushed randomization chamber 330 by pressure air by the single admission from display pipeline.Preferably, the randomization chamber is transparent cylinder or the spheroid fixing or rotation that is supported on its horizontal axis.The transparent bar (not shown) of multiple length is installed in the inside of spheroid and is designed to and interacts with its randomization with colour ball.In another embodiment, these bars can be hollow, and have device that compressed air is therefrom blown out, and are used to make the rotation of spheroid or cylinder, and generation air stream is used for randomization in spheroid.

In another embodiment, the randomization chamber is enabled with the configuration of locking.When the sensor (not shown) determines that the colour ball of correct number has entered the randomization chamber, provide prompting and chamber release.At this moment wait, banker or other people allow the randomization chamber rotate, and begin randomized process.After the default randomization time finishes, by obtaining a colour ball at random, thereby select one or more colour ball from the randomization chamber by unidirectional outlet.Use air pressure to make colour ball by unidirectional outlet.Use a kind of simple equipment---show the colour ball of winning a prize as transparent pipeline.

In a kind of optional embodiment, the zero-g prize drawing needn't be used traditional colour ball in extraction.For example, the counterweight that has numeral can be used as and replace to use, and perhaps the color of predetermined pattern also can be used for representing traditional colour ball.

The Jino

It is shown in Figure 5 to be suitable for the Jino gaming equipment that uses in zero-g, microgravity and variable gravity.This equipment comprises gaming platform 70, is used to keep the transparent chambers 75 of colour ball or other objects of playing, and is used to show the transparent pipeline 78 of colour ball of winning a prize.Use air to be injected in the chamber with the colour ball randomization.The irregular surface of indoor makes ball also increase randomness indoor " bullet flicks off ".In this width of cloth figure, notice that whole game station is installed on " wall " 71.As we all know, in zero-g, the inner surface of chamber, any gambling house can play the effect as " floor ", and this depends on the orientation of player with respect to the surface.

Recreation of new gambling house and game station

Except revise the recreation of traditional gambling house at zero-g, microgravity and variable gravity environment, utilize the particular feature of variable gravity (perhaps zero-g or microgravity) can allow the attraction in variable gravity gambling house be enhanced by making the fortune recreation.The present invention has described to be used for the new fortune recreation of these environment, just is known as the recreation of byte (Byte), 16 balls and space billiards.Those skilled in the art can recognize to also have a lot of other to be suitable for the recreation of variable gravity environment.The target of following recreation is: utilizes the variable gravity environment, particularly follows a period of time of 1+G flight in 0G flight, and a period of time of perhaps fully zero G flight, and visually interesting.

Byte (byte) recreation

This recreation is shown in Figure 7.Playing method is as follows.Setting eight chromospheres 205 and be used for recreation, may be white, and perhaps the ball of Different Weight and eight different colours may be a black and white.Eight balls are selected at random in game over.This game station is placed into these balls of selecting at random among one round 220.The guest can descend multiple stake, include but not limited to: (a) eight of result formats pattern, the perhaps letter in " computereze ", (b) whether there is the ball of a plurality of a kind of colors to be selected, (c) whether every kind of color has four balls to be selected, and (d) many than in back four grooves of the black ball in preceding four grooves whether.

Just as wheel disc runner viridescent 0 allows the gambling house obtain absolute predominance, maybe advantageously the combination of byte recreation with some results makes any making a bet all can fail, and for example all is a kind of color.

A kind of embodiment of the equipment that carries out byte recreation is as follows.This equipment has the obturator that has transparent cover 215, with the win a prize method of ball of the method for ball input recreation and selection.Obturator is transparent.Its top and side are uneven, may cave in.The bottom of obturator is " V " shape.Eight holes 220 littler than ball are arranged in the bottom of " V ".

From 0G, blow to indoor air pressure from the source (not shown) from outdoor in these holes the ball input is played.Eight balls one originally leave the hole, and " V " shape just makes other balls fall into this place, and air pressure will then they drop into recreation.Thereby ball spring between the obturator of injustice and other balls produces random distribution.When game over, for example at 1+G at first, air pressure counter-rotating (air exhauster is connected with the hole) is maintained in the hole of obturator bottom by the attraction ball like this.In case whole eight holes are filled, the bottom that forms the obturator of " V " just forms " V " that reverses along moving, and the ball of winning a prize is upward to the top.

The recreation of 16 balls

See Fig. 9.Be suitable in the recreation of zero-g, microgravity and variable gravity at this, playing method is as follows.Play with 16 balls, eight balls are a kind of color and other eight balls are another kind of colors.In game over, ball is taken advantage of by random arrangement to four in four the grid.The guest can descend multiple stake, and it includes but not limited to: (a) global pattern, and (b) any row or delegation, (c) pattern of four balls of central authorities, and (d) whether two row and bottom two row have balls more than a kind of color of certain number at the top.

It is exactly to be played and organized by traditional prize drawing tissue that 16 balls recreation also has an advantage because the playing method of recreation and traditional draw a lottery similar.

Just as wheel disc runner viridescent 0 makes the gambling house obtain absolute predominance, maybe advantageously combination with some results of 16 balls recreation makes any making a bet all can fail, and for example all is a kind of color.

A kind of embodiment of equipment of playing 16 balls recreation is shown in Figure 9.This equipment has obturator 110, with the win a prize method of ball of the method for ball input recreation and selection.Obturator is transparent.The inner top and the surface of side are uneven, may cave in.The bottom of obturator comprises the groove of the grid arrangement of 16 quadruples four.The hole 290 littler than ball arranged at the bottom of each groove.When 0G flies at first, the ball input is played from the air pressure in these holes.Ball is in the obturator of injustice and the ball generation random distribution of bouncing each other.In game over, for example at 1+G at first, the air pressure counter-rotating is maintained in the hole of obturator bottom by the attraction ball like this.Game over when all fill in all 16 holes.

The recreation of 16 balls does not need the people to attend in person.The embodiment of the unattended equipment of a kind of object for appreciation 16 balls recreation is shown in Figure 9.This equipment have ball obturator 110, installation bracket 240, supply unit 215, comprise communicator 225 that antenna connects, tamper detection device for example sensor 260, observer's that display game is given at remote site device 250 for example aim at the camera 270 of transparent " porthole ", with the device of ball input recreation, the device of the ball of selecting to win a prize and and the device of remote site time synchronized.The purpose of this equipment is to provide unique experience for the people who makes a bet in the fortune recreation.16 balls floating and interactional scene in microgravity of recreation makes that this equipment is unusual.

The recreation obturator.

This equipment is sealed in obturator 110 inside, can adapt to the pressure that is transported to remote site and is transmitted into track.Obturator can have the device 215 that is connected to the external electric system, and/or is connected to the device 225 of exterior antenna, and/or is connected to the device 235 of outside air or gas source.

Anti-tamper.

Obturator has sensor 260, and whether it detects obturator and be opened.So just detect and stoped the attempt of " manipulation " this equipment.When being inquired about, this equipment sends the daily record of sensing data.All arrive this equipment and are encoded from communicating by letter of this equipment or encrypt, and comprise timestamp.

Show.

Ideally, this equipment has the transparent part of the obturator that mates with porthole 250, and this porthole can be seen the outside scene in space.One or more cameras 270 are observed " activity " (" attraction " is that ball is floating in the front of the scenery of the earth).If bandwidth problem is arranged, use the compress technique of standard that video flowing is transmitted in real time.Better the video of quality is saved and sends after game in addition.

Spherical obturator.

In the situation of playing at 16 balls of Attended mode, the purpose of these parts is to show ball and make ball move randomly.Therefore obturator is transparent.Inner top and side surface are uneven, may cave in.The bottom of obturator comprises four grooves of taking advantage of four grid to line up.The bottom of each groove is the hole littler than ball.Recreation is played the ball input from the air pressure in these holes at first.Ball is in the obturator of injustice and the ball generation random distribution of bouncing each other.

Exit Game.

The beginning of recreation and finish all be and the external time source---for example gps satellite---synchronously.Beginning and Exit Game can or pre-determine from the external source signalling.For example, this equipment can be set at new recreation of beginning in per five minutes and recreation itself continues one minute.In game over, air pressure counter-rotating is maintained in the hole of bottom of obturator by the attraction ball like this.Game over when all 16 holes are filled.Rocker or other equipment 280, for example powerful wire shakes the ball sealing closure when ball blocks.

Count-down device.

Show that it is important that recreation finishes in appreciable fair mode.A kind of method is that count-down device is placed within the visual field of camera.

Client can carry out remote wagering to recreation by the method for for example internet.In addition, they can also make a bet by the equipment in the gambling house, and these equipment can be called as " task control gaming " center ".These gaming centers based on the gambling house allow to carry out unmanned on equipment of the present invention and make a bet.In one embodiment, based on the gambling house on ground can sell predetermined recreation ticket, for example sell the ticket of Jino.

The space billiards

See Figure 10.Another embodiment of the invention is the fortune recreation with skill part.The example of such recreation is the three-dimensional gambling house of a microgravity billiards, conveniently is referred to as the space billiards for what discuss.Again, its objective is to client unavailable on the ground experience is provided.For this equipment, primary purpose is to allow the player to play a kind of billiards in three-dimensional zero-g or microgravity environment.The purpose of next provides a kind of gaming network operator can obtain interests from run such a equipment device.

The space billiards is recreation regularly.The player uses interface to remove to operate in the billiard stick 580 of the robot control in this equipment.What recreation indication player he or she must hit could score.Just, it selects a specific ball 505 and a particular bore 510 at random, and ball must be injected in this hole.The player must use robot billiard stick bump billiards then, finishes the work by this way.The player completes successfully and once penetrates ball and just obtain one fen each time.The mark that the player obtains in one innings of time durations determines it to pay.In other distortion, additional rule is arranged, be invalid as the ball that when a round is set, hits certain number.

Space billiards and the recreation of other skills can be finished from the earth is long-range via satellite, and its mode is similar to the robot diving tool under the remote operated from a distance sea of present use.

A kind of embodiment of unmanned equipment that carries out the space billiards in microgravity environment is shown in Figure 10.This equipment comprises: the target of the ball 505 of multiple color, the transparent obturator 500 of ball, a plurality of " sack " 510 or ball, with ball up to the present attached on the sack or with ball put into the device 520 of sack, by robot arm 540,550 and 560 controls robot billiard sticks 580, power supply 530, one or more camera 572,573, at the device (not shown) of randomization ball and the user interface (not shown) that the player is used to control the robot billiard stick of playing at first.

Billiards.

Ball 505 has metal inner core in one embodiment.Bump sack 510 or target start electromagnet 520, therefore ball are adsorbed on the sack or the suction sack.So---very smallly---in case ball is caught by electromagnetic field, attract device start and electromagnetic field is closed in another embodiment though magnetic field exerts an influence to remaining ball, make that therefore the influence to other balls in recreation minimizes.

Obturator.

The purpose of obturator object 500 is to make the player can get " resilience " ball.Therefore can use the spheroid of polyhedron type.Preferably it is transparent, allows outside camera 572,573 or on-the-spot player to watch action from the obturator outside.

The robot billiard stick.

Robot arm is well-known in this area.The robot arm 540,550,560 of standard has billiard stick leather point 580 at its end, is suitable for using in zero G, little G and variable G gaming environment.

Randomization.

Before recreation beginning, from the injection of the compressed air of sack or gas with the ball randomization.

Camera.

Most important camera is mounted in the camera 570 and 571 on the robot arm 560, and it aligns with robot billiard stick 580 player can be aimed at.In addition, a camera outside obturator or a plurality of camera 572,573 have increased guest's enjoyment.In another embodiment, the installation of the three-dimensional video-frequency camera can being alignd with the robot billiard stick.Because bandwidth may become problem, the player can be switched between available camera and shot.May need compressed video when recreation is underway.But, in the time of game over, the video that the guest can obtain good quality more as his or the souvenir experienced of his gaming be able to record.

In one embodiment, there are thin transparent adhesive tape or similar material to provide frictional force that ball speed behind bump is slowed down in the inside of space billiards obturator 500, thereby make that shooting next time begins relatively quickly after a round takes place.

In another embodiment, sighting system uses one group of data to replace the club that can see by camera, thereby allows the player according to the telemetry of receiving, places billiard stick as required.

In another embodiment, use oar to replace billiard stick.

Game interface.

In order to discern what sack is the target bag, can light this sack by LCD.The method that needs a kind of positioning robot's billiard stick to shoot, for example trace ball.The method that shows the action size of mobile robot's billiard stick can be the actual billiard stick with additional sensor, perhaps additive method trace ball for example.

The recreation of picture space billiards can be played with three kinds of diverse ways.The player can come the gambling house and play in space billiards " Mission Control Center ".The equipment of this " amusement corridor " formula that is a kind of is designed to maximize player's experience, also provides amusement for the onlooker simultaneously.In addition, this recreation can onlinely be played, and makes a bet and plays by the internet.

In order to attract the guest to play recreation as the space billiards, also can obtain " family " (non-gambling) version, make the player can learn and practise recreation.This version is based on the software game of the physical property identical with real gaming.

Variable gravity gaming outside the pure zero-g

In order to discuss, suppose that variable gravity makes parabolic flight by aircraft for example flight of using Russian IL 76MDEK flight test chamber, French airbus, U.S. KC-135 and Boeing 727 and other similar aircraft and aircraft to provide now by many commercial companies and NGO is provided.The mode of these aircraft flights comprises arc, thereby produces the normal gravity level that is higher than of the common so-called microgravity of short time period and short time period.

The variable gravity duration of minimum of the present invention requires long enough to be used to carry out a fortune recreation.But technological innovation may can provide soon can be with the aircraft far above present flying method flight.These flight paths can produce than the zero-g of longer time section discussed above and higher gravity.This is consistent with the present invention.

One of the various equipments that are used for training the preparation astronaut is the aircraft that can fly, the mode of its flight can be in short time period the effect of simulated microgravity, be commonly called weightlessness.By at it in-flight along specific parabolic path, typically provide 20 to 40 seconds microgravity one side this aircraft can be in the decline of parabolic arc.Identical speed that is had when simply dropping with object and acceleration descend can accomplish this point.This speed is based on the gravity of the earth.

Object in aircraft (and people) is felt the effect of gravity usually.Gravity remains on the passenger on his or his the seat when aircraft flies with horizontal attitude.If aircraft descends with the acceleration that the gravity of the earth provides, then unable the people is remained on his or his the seat.During this section flight, any object that is not connected on the aircraft in aircraft can be floating in the cabin.

When the sloping portion of parabolic flight finished, aircraft must and climb to regain height once more from the dive status pull-up.In this section in-flight, the effect of gravity has typically strengthened.Along the curve on the opposite of decline curve, aircraft resists its weight pull-up with the strength that is approximately twice earth normal gravity.In this stage, people's weight of one 150 pounds has 300 pounds and inevitable be close on the aircraft quite securely.

The parabolic curve that meets the effect of gravity exactly is a flight plan of such aircraft, but unique anything but.By using more shallow curve, aircraft can be simulated 1/6G environment or other offline mode of the moon, the gravity level of perhaps reappearing other celestial bodies.

For purpose clearly, in the present invention, the personnel of the flight of aircraft are called the crew, and the gaming staff is called the staff; And the player who plays the fortune recreation is called the guest.The experience of zero G and can make the ability of the position of oneself placing oneself in the midst of constraints such as not being subjected to aircraft seat, floor, wall be called as " floating ".

The present invention adopts traditional gaming and gambling house to experience, and by this experience that is provided in the variable gravity environment its attraction is strengthened.This requires tradition to be experienced aspect main in three classes makes modification, just the seat, make a bet and safety.Tradition gambling house recreation can be divided into four primary categories--inserts coins, for example dice game, the gambling numbers game of for example roulette of two dices, and 21 Card Games for example.In order to discuss, will insert coins, two dice, roulette and 21 are as example of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited only to these recreation.

The seat

The seat is meant the position with respect to gaming table and equipment arrangement player and staff (game operation person and other people).The gravity that the individual bears in the variable gravity environment that parabolic flight produces changes to very little gravity (0Gs) from the normal gravity (2Gs) of twice.In addition about aircraft with fasten in carry-on anything the direction of gravity and also can change.The people who unties rope sling in 0G moves by aircraft hardly.The people normally moves in horizontal flight or 1G, utilizes gravity to move with respect to the floor of aircraft exactly.Physiognomy moves for the floor and the afterbody of aircraft in 2G.In the parabolic flight of 2G part for the comfortable mat that needs some.

Two dices and other dice games

In traditional gambling house, a lot of guests stand on three limits of dice table, and the staff is on the 4th limit.This need make an amendment in the variable gravity environment.

In conjunction with Fig. 2 a kind of embodiment being discussed in the above, is to be the crap game of 0G game design specially.The guest can experience in 0G and dice be made a bet, and dice rolls in face of them.Transparent obturator provides a zone for shaking dice.Traditional two dice tables have all guests to put the public domain of their stake.Each guest has the position of he or herself to comprise method near the table of making a bet of he or herself in this embodiment, for example handrail, pin band, rope, or the like.This position can the next door of the obturator of dice, above or below.Because the importance of time, because 0G flight is limited, the guest can select or be assigned to a plurality of positions before 0G flight.

Another kind of embodiment is suitable for 0G and 1G flight simultaneously by crap game.The target of this embodiment provides the vision of the same exciting dice that rolls in the 0G environment, this embodiment can also be played crap game in-flight at 1G.The transparent obturator of throwing dice is arranged on the balancing stand, keeps level with respect to gravity like this.This allow guest in addition can take off climb in play games.In order to simulate " sensation " in traditional gambling house, staff is towards the afterbody of aircraft, and player's surface of position is to the place ahead of aircraft.The obturator of dice is between player and staff.Player's chair is similar with 21 above-mentioned chair, thereby it can move backward during 0G and allow guest's free-floating, and before 2G flight, chair can move forward, thereby allow the guest ready, staff's chair forwards the direction of aircraft forward in addition.Recreation suspends during 2G flight.

21 points.

As a lot of traditional gambling house recreation, 21 is recreation popular in a kind of society.The player is sitting in one side of table, and banker stands in another side.Banker distribution playing cards.Must make some modifications in order in variable gravity, to create this experience.One embodiment of the present invention are as follows.

The shape of 21 table can become a kind of more as " kidney " thus the table of shape makes the staff who is seated can obtain playing cards and stake in face of the guest.Because for 2G safety, the chair of requirement is bigger than the seat in traditional gambling house, therefore and staff quantity of playing the guest of 21 recreation be limited, may three every or four guests.21 middle playing cards of tradition be dealt into guest and banker in face of.In order to make playing cards in the 0G recreation, not waft, must use certain to hold the method for playing cards, for example, playing cards to be inserted attached in the transparent big envelope on the gaming table, the one side of playing cards puts the Velcro velcro, perhaps coats the magnet layer in one side.The board of banker needs and can hold the board device to what three directions moved, and 1. the no one can see board, 2. has only banker can see board, and 3. bankers and guest can see board.As discussed above, guest's chair can to make that the guest can enjoy in recreation floating moving backward during the 0G.Before 2G flight beginning, the chair of banker sways towards the place ahead of aircraft, and suspension of game play finishes up to 2G flight.

In zero-g, microgravity and variable gravity, make a bet

In traditional gambling house, make in cash and make a bet with coin or use casino chip.During the 0G cash or coin being placed on the table is problematic or impossible because guest's money may float or and other guests' money mix.During 2G, money or chip may constitute the danger to guest's health freely.According to more than, following embodiments of the present invention are discussed two kinds of main following injecting methods: 1. make a bet in the mode similar with traditional gambling house as far as possible and 2. be more suitable for the method and system of making a bet in the variable gravity environment.

The modification of making a bet in the tradition gambling house.

In the past, even today, traditional gambling house has been full of the sound that slot machine is paid actual coin wittingly.On the gambling house table, the guest piles up and plays the chip of their reality, and the increasing and reduce of that watch them and stacks of chips other guests on the table.One of purpose of the present invention is the gaming in the traditional gambling house of simulation.Another object of the present invention is can carry out in real time or on-the-spot in non real-time or long-range cash-free making a bet by playing cards or other devices.

Slot machine.

The guest has multiple mode to increase the money that traditional slot machine is made a bet, by insert coin or token, by inserting notes here, give as security stake by accumulation money, or the like.The prize of slot machine falls into the funnel type container of opening and is at the convenient time collected by the player.One embodiment of the present invention are as follows.As discussed above, it seems that how the guest adds money is not the pith that traditional gambling house is experienced in slot machine.Therefore in one embodiment, the guest bought credit line to the staff before boarding a plane.Increase or cash guest's credit line then on special slot machine by the staff, the guest can extract this credit line awing.Because the guest can be set to " signature stake " any prize by machine, it is cashed in game over, and therefore this embodiment has been completely free of coin and token.This atmosphere for the gambling house has adverse influence, so in this case when recreation determines that payout status occurs, send the sound effect of coin bump funnel container.

Has the guest who likes coin or token to fall into the experience of funnel container and watch their prize cumulative actual.Another kind of embodiment makes guest's some or all prizes fall into the container of translucent a, sealing.Slot machine is followed the tracks of the prize in this airtight container.If the player wishes to cash and/or container has been filled, the staff counts this container of filling that also can swap out with the container of a sky accurately.In addition, the container of this sealing can have the device that links to each other with a belt, and the guest can take out the prize of their reality when flight finishes like this.

The guest can enjoy within---1G, 0G and 2G flight---at their All Time in the gambling house and insert coins.One embodiment of the present invention are as follows.The guest is sitting in and is designed on seat very comfortable during 1G and the 2G flight, towards the place ahead of aircraft.Slot machine be installed in the guest in face of.The seat can get at slot machine comfily during 1G flight.In case enter OG flight, the seat is just removed from slot machine, the guest has an opportunity to experience in " floating " and inserts coins.A kind of device, for example handrail, Velcro velcro gloves, rope etc. remain on the interface that guest's lever slot machine is also given in certain position, for example handle with the guest with respect to slot machine.In the time of the approaching end of 0G flight,, the seat before 2G flight, cosily takes a seat for guest's time thereby having the enough time to be moved back into original position.

As discussed above, the equipment of slot machine type needs necessarily to change to be operated in the variable gravity environment.The Coined funnel type container dress prize of sealing for example is provided.In addition, during 0G, need for example pressure air stream of a kind of method, prize is moved in the funnel type container.Card Games need hold and watch the device of board.Different with these, the recreation of carrying out the playing cards type in the variable gravity environment needs very few modifications or does not need to revise.The game station of the recreation as two dices and roulette need be made amendment at the variable gravity environment.

The gaming chip.

Make a bet in a lot of places that chip is placed on the gaming table in the recreation of traditional gambling house.This has caused a lot of problems in the variable gravity environment.Chip may leave the place of making a bet that they are wanted in common turbulent flow.Chip from a plurality of guests may unexpectedly mix.Chip is proved and may constitutes a kind of danger to health during 2G flight, in addition may require guest and staff's wear protective gear for example goggles protect oneself.Consider these in brains, one embodiment of the present invention are as follows.

The guest's of each flight limited number makes and becomes feasible by the chip that belongs to the individual separately for each guest provides them.The guest can buy the chip of a series of numbers and bought the credit line of gaming before boarding a plane.With respect to the guest, staff's ratio is very little, and this makes the staff enough guests belong to the prize that individual chip is paid the guest.Because the restriction in space, the sum of each guest's chip need to set.If the staff is owing to lack the situation that chip can not be paid guest's prize, then guest's chip can be cashed, and it is added in his credit line.If chip is reducing similarly, the guest can extract his credit line and buy more chips.

Chip has a kind of device that it is pinned mutually and is locked on the recreation table, setting, Velcro velcro or the magnetic force of for example simple groove and nail.Except some tangible recognition devices, can also in each casino chip, embed memory chip, it has for example unique identification number, value and guest's information.Each chip can have luminaire at its top in addition, for example LED.When a pile chip is suitably locked together and be locked in making a bet position or accommodated position time the on the table, can send light, it is safe indicating chip.Also can indicate the gambling house computer system identify chip and under stake.Most of time chips are pinned safely in this system, except when the guest with chip during hold the district and move to betting zone of short duration.

The table of making a bet

In traditional gambling house, all guests use the public table of making a bet.Use above-mentioned chip, the public table of making a bet is suitable for the Card Games as 21, but is not suitable for the recreation as two dices or roulette.The mobility that we discuss the guest in the discussion on us is restricted.Recreation as two dices or roulette is used, and the public table of making a bet may be inapplicable to there not being mobility to place the guest of all stakes.

For two dices and the such recreation of roulette, the part of traditional gambling house atmosphere is to see what stake under other guests.Because the restriction that the variable gravity environment causes, each guest has his or she the make a bet seat or station of making a bet.Therefore these recreation can have the visual cues that each guest makes a bet, and place for example large-scale projection TV and make all guests to see.In the recreation as two dices and roulette, the guest might descend too many stake, to such an extent as to they all will be presented on the table in the mode that the guest can cosily get at from the position of sitting.For example, the guest of object for appreciation roulette can have 50 kinds of different modes of making a bet of surpassing.In addition, a guest may wish to place a more than stake in a recreation.

Therefore each guest has his or she interim station of making a bet, and it provides down multiple stake.The station of making a bet comprises two parts, the place of putting chip with select which stake and the relevant device of any heap chip.For example, can have four locking devices to place stacks of chips, as mentioned above, each locking device has the label of a uniqueness.The equipment of selecting stake can be the touch-screen display monitor central monitoring system.The touch-screen display monitor central monitoring system can provide this all possible stake of playing.The guest can select a special stake by touch display, utilizes the stacks of chips of making a bet by the method locking stake as hard switching (hard switch) then.

Making a bet of non-traditional gambling house.

Above discussion comprise and as far as possible closely reappear the variable gravity environmental limit that traditional gambling house provides.Following discussion comprises the method that is more suitable for the variable gravity environment.As discussed above, the chip in gambling house and coin or token during 2G flight and/or the aircraft of not expecting may constitute danger in moving to guest and staff.Therefore the embodiments of the present invention below have been discussed the money-feeding system that does not use chip, coin or token.For being discussed, we are referred to as no chip gambling house.

The guest can buy smart card in no chip gambling house.Every sheet smart card has such a information: unique identification number, guest's name, total value, or the like.This smart card can be by a kind of method---for example rope---links to each other with the guest.The guest with his smart card insert any he want that the station of making a bet of using just can begin gaming.In one embodiment, all make a bet the station and machine for example slot machine all be connected jointly in the computer network.This network monitoring and all transaction of making a bet of record.

The present slot machine of prior art needs to make an amendment hardly.Smart card reader can replace the bill receiver.Any prize is added on guest's the account all electronicly.

Make a bet.

In the table recreation as 21 points, roulette and two dice, making a bet is marked with two parts; Stake number and stake type.The guest is put chip in the zone of making a bet, and the gambling house staff monitors stake and overhead camera record transaction.In no chip gambling house, in the variable gravity environment, the guest may make a mistake unintentionally especially, and perhaps the guest may attempt to utilize the gambling house and claim and make mistakes.We discuss the device of selecting the stake number in no chip gambling house of two primary categories thus.A kind of embodiment uses mechanical device to allow the guest place stake and stake number.Another kind of embodiment uses electronic installation to allow the guest place stake and stake number.

Machinery is made a bet.

In traditional gambling house, each table of making a bet has minimum and maximum bet.Therefore in the variable gravity gambling house, limit the experience that the guest can not influence the gambling house by same mode.Be used for the mechanical device that the guest places stake and stake number in order to explain, we are similar with the operation of other gambling house table recreation but those skilled in the art will appreciate that this embodiment in conjunction with 21 and roulette discussion.

As discussed above, each guest has the station of making a bet of he or herself, and it comprises the device of the type of the number of importing stake and stake.Before 21 new recreation beginnings, each guest of participation must next stake number.In this system, the guest can have four big buttons, the different stake number of each button indication, Li Ru $50, $100, $500 and $1000.Once can only be by a button.Before start new game, banker confirms that stake is keyed in and starting switch locking stake number.Need and a kind ofly show the method for the number make a bet to the guest, this method can be very simple, for example on the station of making a bet with a LCD panel.

In 21, in case the recreation begin, the stake of three kinds of possible addition type is arranged, double, distributional (splitting) and the insurance.The number of these stakes is definite by initial making a bet.Double with distributional identical with the number of making a bet at first and insurance is half of initial stake.Insurance is very direct, and the board that makes progress when banker is an ace, guest's insurance of can making a bet, and the board that additional down exactly stake gambling banker has been hidden can be face card or 21 points.Making a bet insurance can be with finishing with top another similar button.Distributional and all need to double banker to get involved.Therefore banker to key in these stakes be favourable for better recreation flow process.

Total stake on the other hand shows in the guest front.But, since have distributional, this total stake do not indicate specific one on hand under stake.Therefore this demonstration indicates total stake of each hand and the total stake in one innings of recreation.In another embodiment, the stake number about on the other hand can show on the recreation table by the method that for example LCD shows.As discussed above, 21 is recreation popular in a kind of society, so the large-scale display that employing can be seen all guests on the platform side shows that stake that the guest is present and the result who plays for one innings are very favourable.

Recreation as the roulette is in case recreation beginning just can not additional wagers, still allows play a plurality of stakes of vicissitudinous number of each innings.In another embodiment of the invention, button as discussed above is used for determining the number of stake, but many groups stake button relevant with selecting the stake type can be arranged.For example, four row's buttons can be arranged.Each row is relevant with a kind of stake type, can be designated as stake two so first row can be designated as stake one, the second row, or the like.Because the dissimilar stake above 50 kinds is arranged in roulette, but it is possible pretty troublesome that use is made a bet at the key system of bet type.In one embodiment of the invention, stake type is passed through user interface---and for example the touch pad visual screen is selected.Stake type like this and stake number can be shown to the guest by the mode as the lcd screen.When the guest saw stake number and relevant stake type on lcd screen when, he or she just pressed the relevant OK key with a row discussed above.These buttons locked before the recreation beginning.

Electronic money-feeding.

Another embodiment of the invention is an electronic money-feeding, just selects stake number and stake type by some interfaces as the touch-screen display.This method has advantage very flexibly, because display can changing along with recreation.Display even can be according to the behavior change of making a bet in guest's past.If for example when playing roulette, guest's single numeral of never making a bet is not just carried out this selection emphatically like this in this user interface.The shortcoming of this system is that the guest has more multimachine and can by mistake make wrong choice.

It is to lock on the maximum bet number that a kind of guest of guaranteeing can not descend the method for the bigger stake of wanting than him.This can set when the guest buys his smart card or can be set by the gambling house staff.Another kind method is to allow guest's his stake of checking before the recreation beginning.For example the result of guest's stake type and stake number can be at display---for example LCD display---goes up and shows.May be guest before the recreation beginning by confirming stake by an independent button or by giving on the next touch-screen display of verbal agreement of banker at him, this can be recorded in the video-tape.

Be absent from the scene and make a bet.

In the fortune recreation, need continuous novelty.This makes to make a bet in the fortune recreation of carrying out in the variable gravity environment stimulates for potential player very much.But because not every potential player has resource and can enter the variable gravity gambling house in person, it is helpful that the fortune recreation of carrying out the variable gravity environment for these people's generators so that from remote site is made a bet.Be absent from the scene down and be marked with three main portions: fortune recreation, the method and the safety measure of making a bet.

The tradition gambling house has being absent from the scene of sport event as football match and horse racing to make a bet.The guest buys this ticket that is absent from the scene and makes a bet from the staff.In addition, prior art makes the guest buy the stake that is absent from the scene from the unmanned machine at present.The guest that the fortune recreation that is absent from the scene is made a bet may need or not need to watch recreation in real time and/or watch the result after a while by video or other technology of watching.

When using aircraft to carry out parabolic flight route flight generation variable gravity, video bandwidth may become problem.Therefore the video compression system of standard is used in suggestion for the on-the-spot broadcasting of prize drawing type game.Consideration in addition is that video is sent to from aircraft can be with the base station of its real-time release.In one embodiment, the flight path of aircraft flight makes it can produce the 0G environment and can communicate by letter with telecommunication satellite.This video is enough for the guest who wants real-time results, but may be not enough for the guest that need watch the result after a while.

Communication downlink can---but not being necessary---be passed through the internet.In a kind of optional embodiment, use special dialup server.In another embodiment, use special circuit from task control of the present invention to other places.

State-run prize drawing has typically elegant for televiewer's scene.This can comprise the close-up shot of host, multi-cam angle, randomization chamber and the close-up shot of the prize selected.This on-the-spot show can be on user's television set.In one embodiment of the invention, such on-the-spot show can utilize method well known in the prior art to make.Video can be stored in the media, delivers to the base station editor then and/or issues when landing at aircraft.In case on-the-spot elegant process editor and issue just can be used to watch.It can show in the gambling house as other fortune recreation, can watch or can watch on unmanned is drawn a lottery vending machine by the internet.

The fortune that is absent from the scene recreation

The purpose of recreation of being absent from the scene provides exciting displaying and plays to encourage people.For example Jino, roulette and the such recreation of prize drawing type game are very suitable for zero G and variable G environment, other also be like this.Recreation as byte and 16 balls discussed above in addition is well suited for to be absent from the scene makes a bet.

Virtual gaming.

In another embodiment of the invention, real gaming equipment does not need to occur in real zero G or variable G environment practically.Replace, whole gaming environment and experience can fully be simulated by the Internet.Server under Games Software control or other computers are that the player who is positioned at remote terminal of access gaming service generates and the fortune of control simulation is played.

For example, in virtual crap game, when the game object of simulation for example dice in the zero G environment of simulation by " throwing ", the then action of simulated dice of the software of the physical modeling that moves on this website computer is just as in the container of the sealing of simulating " spring ".Stake can use actual electronic funds or " recreation money " to make a bet by the internet.After one period short time, the game over incident of simulation takes place, and simulated dice simulated electromagnetic field or the air of the simulation that applied sprays or bleed and shift at random stop place onto.The position of the image of dice, final dice, gaming platform and all players stake that win and that lose constantly or termly sends to all players that enter web and registered this particular game of object for appreciation.

The safety measure of zero G and variable G recreation

The safety problem of the maximum of making a bet of being absent from the scene is to guarantee not allow to make a bet after the recreation beginning.The first step is will be at first when recreation, and aircraft or space craft are communicated by letter with the place of making a bet that is absent from the scene in some way, thereby stop making a bet to current recreation.In addition, must there be a kind of device to allow the gambling house owner ticket no longer to be provided in recreation beginning back monitoring.This needs aircraft and the equipment of making a bet that is absent from the scene is in mode lock in time.This can be by utilizing the timeslot channel of satellite---for example GE-1---selects to finish.

In traditional gambling house, safety measure is an extremely important and expensive aspect in the operation.System and method discussed above has been removed a lot of safety problems, for example the mixing of fund and fund theft problem.In the variable gravity gambling house safety problem be related to two main aspect: illegal guest handles the gambling house facility, for example handles ganging up between dice and staff and the guest.

At the safety measure of handling the gambling house facility.

Slot machine.

Handling slot machine in traditional gambling house normally carries out in the mode of " smash and plunder ".This is to obtain petty gain from machine to leave the gambling house then before being found.In the variable gravity gambling house for identical in the safety measure of slot machine type game and the traditional gambling house, i.e. video camera.

The safety measure of two dices and other dice type game.

As long as there is lottery industry will continue to have the guest to handle equipment as the dice.In the present invention, awing the dice of Shi Yonging can be a different colours, may be selected at random, thereby make that replacement is more difficult.In addition, the weight of the dice that uses in-flight can slightly different feasible replacement difficulty more.Video camera is fixed on and monitors guest and staff on the ceiling in traditional gambling house.In the variable gravity gambling house, the degree of freedom of the motion that camera must can obtain according to the guest during 0G flight is installed.

The safety measure of Card Games.

As discussed above, playing cards must be limited on entity, and they awing just can not move like this.Just the guest in fact never touches board.

At the safety measure of ganging up between staff and the guest.

As discussed above, all variable gravity machines can be connected in together and digitized record is done in all gaming activities.Interim in the time of very long one section, can demonstrate the mode of ganging up to the analysis of the guest's relevant triumph with each staff.The normally individual problem of transposing dice in the gambling house makes this behavior difficulty more but allow the Personnel Manager take out dice at random from recreation and verify according to the above discussion.

Maximum security breaches are had the ability from Card Games and staff in the variable gravity gambling house, and handling deals out the cards acquires an advantage specific guest.Can use a kind of equipment of constantly shuffling and monitoring board.This equipment and similar equipment thereof and method guarantee to provide correct board.

Remaining security breaches be banker by accident or mistake in computation wittingly, make specific guest acquire an advantage.As discussed above, because variable gravity environment playing cards must be inserted into container.In one embodiment of the invention, each playing cards container can have the scanner of certain kind, for example bar code reader.Every board has unique sign, for example bar code.As discussed above, all recreation can be connected to central computer.The banker of Card Games is announced the winner by the interface as the touch-screen display monitor central monitoring system.In this embodiment, if central computer has about the full detail of certain specific recreation and can overthrow the result or banker is made mistakes then seeks the Personnel Manager.

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1. zero-g gambling house comprises:

The chamber;

The fortune recreation, be arranged within the described chamber and be suitable for carrying out at zero-g, it comprises with lower device, this device is used for the enclosed game platform, play games in obturator the inside object and utilize token to make a bet, so that described object and token are limited within the enclosure space, thereby prevent that described object and token from floating;

Equipment is arranged at seat within the recreation distance that is used to arrange player's position and the player is remained on described fortune recreation; And

Be used to accept and pay the equipment of making a bet of described player's stake of playing from described fortune.

2. one kind is suitable for the chamber, gambling house of using in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment, and it comprises:

Be suitable for being transmitted into the combined type of space, the chamber of sealing, it is suitable for working in space, is suitable for carrying in space flight or aviation aircraft, and is suitable for holding gaming equipment, game player and staff;

Be positioned within the described chamber and be suitable for receiving the gaming object and prevent that it from floating the gaming equipment of walking;

Being positioned at being used within the described chamber is arranged into equipment near the position of described gaming equipment with described game player and staff; And

Be suitable for the equipment of on described gaming equipment, making a bet.

3. a fortune that is suitable for using in zero-g, microgravity or variable gravity environment is played, and it comprises:

Have obturator and have representative win victory and the defeat game environment of interior location of position, be suitable for receiving movably game object, and be suitable for preventing that described game object from floating;

The device that is used for the described game object of randomization;

Be used for described game object is introduced the device of described game environment;

Be used for randomly described game object being pushed to the device of the winning victory of described game environment and the position of defeating;

Be used for player and staff are arranged into device near the game position of described game environment;

Be used to device that the player can be made a bet in described recreation;

Be used to finish described recreation and definite winner and loser's device; And

Be used to observe the operation of described recreation and result's device.

4. the virtual fortune recreation of the recreation in zero-g, microgravity or the variable gravity environment of simulation, carried out of a simulation, it comprises:

Have the simulation obturator and have representative win victory and the defeat simulation environment of analog position of position, be suitable for the reception and the restriction of the removable game object of simulation are simulated;

The device that is used for the described simulation object of randomization;

Be used for described simulation object is introduced the device of described game environment;

Be used for simulating the device of randomly described simulation object being pushed to the winning victory of described simulation environment and the position of defeating;

Be used to simulate device near the player of the simulation position of described simulation environment;

Be used to device that the player can be made a bet in described recreation;

Be used to finish described recreation and determine the device of the stake of winning victory and defeating; And

Be used to observe the operation of described simulation environment and described games and simulation game object and result's device.

5. zero-g roulette game, it comprises:

The roulette game platform;

Be positioned at the rotatable wheel disc runner within chamber sealing, transparent, described runner has a plurality of positions that are suitable for receiving ball, and described container is suitable for preventing that described ball from floating in zero-g;

Be used for described ball is introduced the device of the randomization equipment of close described chamber;

Be used for described ball is introduced the device of described chamber;

Be used to make described ball to produce the device of random motion;

Be used for described ball is pushed to the device of described runner;

Be used to receive device from player's stake;

Be used for described ball being captured the device of a position on the described runner with random fashion; And

Be used for determining and observing the device of the position of winning victory of described ball.

6. zero-g crap game, it comprises:

Be positioned at the crap game platform within chamber sealing, transparent, described platform has the mark that a plurality of positions are suitable for showing the position of winning victory and defeat of the pair of dice that is thrown in the described chamber, and described chamber is suitable for preventing that described dice from floating in zero-g;

Be used for described dice is introduced the device of the randomization equipment of close described chamber;

Be used to make described dice to produce the device of random motion;

Be used for after randomization, described dice being introduced the device of described chamber;

Be used for described dice is pushed to the device of described platform;

Be used to receive device from player's stake;

Be used for described dice is captured the device of a random site on the described platform; And

Be used for determining and observing the device of the position of winning victory of described dice.

7. zero-g drawing lottery game, it comprises:

Be suitable for receiving floating ball and prevent that described ball from floating the transparent chambers of the sealing of walking in zero-g;

Be used for ball is put into the device of the position of close described chamber;

The device that is used for the described ball of randomization;

Be used for described ball is introduced the device of described chamber;

Be used to receive device from player's stake;

Be used to catch the device of one group of ball of winning victory;

Be used for this group device that ball removes from described chamber of winning victory; And

Be used to observe the win victory device of ball of this group.

8. zero-g 16 balls recreation, it comprises:

Be suitable for receiving floating ball and prevent that described ball from floating the transparent chambers of the sealing of walking in zero-g;

The device that is used for the described ball of randomization;

Be used for described ball is introduced the device of described chamber;

Be used to receive device from player's stake;

Be used to catch the device of winning victory and organizing of 16 balls; And

Be used to observe the device of winning victory and organizing of described ball.

9. zero-g byte recreation, it comprises:

Be suitable for receiving floating ball and prevent that described ball from floating the transparent chambers of the sealing of walking in zero-g;

The device that is used for the described ball of randomization;

Be used for described ball is introduced the device of described chamber;

Be used to receive device from player's stake;

Be used to catch the device of the group of winning victory of 8 balls representing a computer byte; And

Be used to observe the device of winning victory and organizing of described ball.

10. zero-g space billiards, it comprises:

Be suitable for receiving ball and prevent that described ball from floating the transparent chambers of the sealing of walking in zero-g;

Be used for described ball is incorporated into the device of the starting position of described chamber;

Be used to receive device from player's stake;

The robot billiard stick device that is used for long-range batting within described chamber;

Be used for described ball is captured the device of sack; And

Be used to observe the device of all activities that within described chamber, take place.

11. a method that is used in the recreation of zero-g environment operation fortune, it comprises step:

The transparent chambers that has the gaming platform and be suitable for receiving the sealing of gaming object is provided, and described chamber is suitable for preventing that described object from floating in zero-g;

Acceptance is from player's the stake about described gaming object;

Described gaming object is introduced described chamber to start recreation;

The described gaming object of randomization;

Make the stop motion of described gaming object to finish described recreation;

Observation all activity within described chamber; And

Determine the stake of one or more win and/or defeated stake.

12. a method that is used in the recreation of zero-g environment operation skill, it comprises step:

The transparent chambers that has gaming platform and be suitable for receiving the sealing of game object is provided, and described chamber is suitable for preventing that described object from floating in zero-g;

Acceptance is from player's stake;

Start the skill recreation by game object being introduced described chamber;

Observation all activity within described chamber; And

Determine the player of one or more win and/or defeated player.

13. the method for the object that a restriction in the zero-g environment, randomization and control are moved, it comprises:

The chamber of the sealing with irregular inner surface is provided;

The magnetic object is introduced described chamber;

By spraying the described motion of objects of randomization within described chamber at constantly directed air at random towards described object; And

Introduce electromagnetic field by at random the time, being engraved within the described chamber, stop the described motion of described object.

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