WO2002008923A2 - Calculateur de paiement au jeu de roulette - Google Patents

Calculateur de paiement au jeu de roulette Download PDF

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WO2002008923A2
WO2002008923A2 PCT/CA2001/001076 CA0101076W WO0208923A2 WO 2002008923 A2 WO2002008923 A2 WO 2002008923A2 CA 0101076 W CA0101076 W CA 0101076W WO 0208923 A2 WO0208923 A2 WO 0208923A2
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Robert W. Johnstone
Brian Mcandrew
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Andrew Stone Casino Promotions Ltd.
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
    • G06F15/02—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general manually operated with input through keyboard and computation using a built-in program, e.g. pocket calculators
    • G06F15/025—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general manually operated with input through keyboard and computation using a built-in program, e.g. pocket calculators adapted to a specific application

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  • This invention relates to a compact, hand held calculator which will enable a user to quickly and accurately determine the number of chips the user is to receive as winnings when an inside bet at a roulette table is successfully made.
  • roulette is a game of chance which utilises a compartmentalised wheel, where each compartment on the wheel is numbered to correspond to a numbered playing surface of a table upon which wagers are placed.
  • a ball is introduced toward the perimeter of the wheel to rotate counter to the direction of the wheel.
  • the successful wager is, of course, the one which has been placed on the corresponding number on the playing surface of the table.
  • Additional winners may be players whom have 'hedged their bets' by placing wagers involving numerical combinations of two or more numbers including the winning number.
  • the more numbers in play with a single wager which include the winning number obviously increases the chance of winning but it also reduces the total amount won by a player on these combinations according to an established pay-out or odds rate.
  • the American roulette wheel has thirty-eight compartments, which are numbered one through thirty-.six, zero and double zero.
  • the compartment for the double zero is missing in European roulette.
  • Winning on a single number has an established pay-out ratio of thirty-five times the wager. When, for example, a four number combination is successful the corresponding pay-out is reduced to eight times the wager.
  • Players generally purchase markers or chips, which are color coded to identify the player, and these are placed at selected positions within the numbered playing field of the table. Such wagers when successful, receive the highest pay-out ratio and are referred to as 'inside bets'. It is specifically for rapidly calculating the total number of chips won from successful wagers placed within the numbered playing field that the roulette pay-out calculator of the present invention will be most advantageous.
  • the roulette pay-out calculator of the present invention provides for a player simply determining the player's pay-out in number of chips at the roulette table in any given spin with any combination of odds pay-out.
  • the personal handheld roulette pay-out calculator of the present invention includes a compact housing having a generally planar upper surface.
  • the housing may be generally palm-size or adapted to be palm-held by a player, but otherwise may be any three- dimensional shape for ease in use and comfort and ease of storage, for example in a pocket.
  • Mounted on the upper surface is: a numerical keypad mounted, an array of pay-out function buttons, a summation key, and a visual display.
  • the array of function buttons and the display are disposed adjacent the keypad.
  • a processor and memory are mounted in the housing. The processor cooperates with the keypad, the function buttons, the summation key and the display.
  • the processor processes numerical input data input from the keypad by multiplying the input data according to a pay-out ratio corresponding to, and upon a signal generated by a player depressing a pay-out function button in the array of pay-out function buttons.
  • the processor displays a result of the multiplication and stores the result in the memory.
  • the processor adds the result to the results of one or more concurrent, for example a previous or subsequent multiplications for a particular round of play and stores in the memory and displays on the display a cumulative total.
  • the pay-out function buttons may include a first button indicating a "straight-up" pay-out ratio of 35:1, a second button indicating a “split” pay-out ratio of 17:1, a third button indicating a "street” pay-out ratio of 11 : 1 , a fourth button indicating a "corner” pay-out ratio of 8 : 1 , a fifth button indicating a 6 numbers or "side street” pay-out ratio of 5:1, and for use with an American roulette wheel, a sixth button indicating a "first five" 5 numbers pay-out ratio of 6:1 (covering 0, 00, 1, 2 and 3).
  • the array of pay-out function buttons and the summation key may be disposed generally equally spaced apart around, and adjacent, an outer circumference of the housing.
  • the keypad may be disposed generally centrally on the upper surface, adjacent the array of pay-out function buttons.
  • the display may be disposed adjacent the keypad.
  • Figure 1 is an upper surface planar view of the roulette pay-out calculator of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a front elevation view of the calculator of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a view of the bottom surface of the calculator of Figure 1.
  • Figure 4 is, in plan view, a prior art table playing field.
  • roulette pay-out calculator 10 may, by way of example, have a relatively thin generally planar, or discus, or plate-like or disk-shaped housing which has, on an upper face 12, a display window 14, a numerical keypad 16, function buttons 18, an "on/clear” button 20, an "off button 22, and a plus ("+") button 24.
  • the housing is sufficiently compact so as to fit, for example, in the palm of a player's hand. Without intending to be limiting, it may thus be shaped and sized similar to a woman's cosmetic compact.
  • Keys 16a of numerical keypad 16 permit an operator of the calculator such as a roulette player to input into the calculator the total number of chips (labelled in Figure 4 by way of example as A-F) which the player has wagered at a single location on the table playing field 17 for example wagered as seen in Figure 4.
  • the numerical entry input by the player is then visible in display window 14.
  • the function buttons 18, which correspond to the commonly established pay-out rate or odds for the game of roulette, are mounted in upper face 12, for example symmetrically positioned adjacent the perimeter of calculator 10 and generally arranged radially outwardly of numerical keypad 16 relative to the center of the keypad.
  • the function buttons 18 are identified by generic descriptors 19a - 19f which refer to the specific placement of a wager within the numbered playing field of the table. Actuation of any of the function buttons 18 causes a pre-programmed processor mounted within calculator 10 to automatically multiply the numerals entered through keypad 16 (and simultaneously displayed in display window 14) by a corresponding established roulette pay-out ratio.
  • the manner of pre-programming the processor to perform the multiplication function of buttons 18 would be known to one skilled in the art.
  • the generic descriptors which identify the function buttons 18 may relate to the six most common wagers within the numbered playing field of the roulette table, which are:
  • the total pay-outs of all such successful bets may be calculated by summing the bets using plus button 24.
  • chip A is a bet of 5 chips, straight-up, on number 20 (instead of number 8 as illustrated) and chip C is a bet of 10 chips, street, on numbers 19, 20 and 21, and number 20 is the winning number
  • the player might first calculate the straight-up pay-out by entering "5" on key pad 16 then pushing the straight-up button 19a (the total of 175 then showing in window 14). The total would be stored in the calculator memory unit as would be known to one skilled in the art.
  • the player would then enter "10" on the key pad and push the street button 19c (a displayed pay-out of 110) and next push plus button 24 for a total shown of 285 (175 + 110). The player would thus quickly know to collect 285 chips as the total pay-out for that round of play before placing new bets.
  • the lower surface 26 of roulette pay-out calculator 10 may have a label 30 or other identification means which will provide a speedy reference for the player to the pay-out ratio or odds of the function buttons 18 programmed into the calculator processor.
  • Roulette pay-out calculator 10 will normally operate through electrical power supplied by a battery contained within a battery receptacle 32, located within lower surface 26.

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L'invention porte sur un calculateur de paiement personnel, portatif d'un jeu de roulette qui comprend un corps compact constitué d'une surface généralement plane. Le corps peut avoir généralement la taille de la paume de la main ou être conçu pour tenir dans la paume de la main d'un joueur, mais pourrait avoir aussi une forme tridimensionnelle pour plus e maniabilité et de confort et de facilité de rangement, par exemple, dans une poche. Sur la surface supérieure et monté un clavier numérique comportant un ensemble de boutons de fonctions de paiement, une touche de sommation et un affichage visuel. La matrice des boutons de fonctions et l'affichage sont disposés à côté du clavier. Un processeur et une mémoire sont montés dans le corps. Le processeur coopère avec le clavier, les boutons des fonctions, la touche de sommation et l'affichage. Le processeur traite les données d'entrée numériques introduites au clavier en multipliant les données d'entrée en fonction d'un rapport de paiement correspondant et sur un signal généré par un joueur appuyant sur un bouton de fonction de paiement de la matrice. Le processeur affiche le résultat de la multiplication et le met en mémoire. Au signal de sommation déclenché par le joueur en appuyant sur la touche de sommation, le processeur ajoute le résultat à un ou plusieurs autres résultats des multiplications et les met en mémoire et affiche un total cumulatif.
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US3909002A (en) * 1970-04-02 1975-09-30 David Levy Data-processing system for determining gains and losses from bets
EP0151376A1 (fr) * 1984-02-06 1985-08-14 Elo-Game AB Machine à calculer pour l'enregistrement et l'affichage des numéros selectionnés à la roulette
FR2696855A1 (fr) * 1992-10-14 1994-04-15 Benhaim Andre Machine pour calculer le nombre de jetons gagnés par un joueur au jeu de roulette américaine ou anglaise.

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US3909002A (en) * 1970-04-02 1975-09-30 David Levy Data-processing system for determining gains and losses from bets
EP0151376A1 (fr) * 1984-02-06 1985-08-14 Elo-Game AB Machine à calculer pour l'enregistrement et l'affichage des numéros selectionnés à la roulette
FR2696855A1 (fr) * 1992-10-14 1994-04-15 Benhaim Andre Machine pour calculer le nombre de jetons gagnés par un joueur au jeu de roulette américaine ou anglaise.

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US8256771B2 (en) 2009-07-29 2012-09-04 Alicia Marquez Roulette payout calculator

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