Automated gaming assembly providing a game visual enhancement

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention may be described as an automated gaming system comprising an outcome generating means, a platform surrounding it, and a plurality of player stations. Player stations are communicatively linked to the outcome generating means to provide players with participations in a wagering game. The automated gaming system is adapted to provide player stations to at least five players to concurrently participate in the game, these players being located at similar distance from the outcome generating means and being offered an unobstructed view of the outcome generating means since the player stations are located on one side of a player when the player faces the outcome generating means.

1 . An automated gaming system comprising: 
 a central section comprising an outcome generation system; and    a plurality of player stations disposed in periphery of the central section, wherein the player stations are adapted to register wagers depending on received wagering inputs from players using input means disposed on an operative face of each player station, and to resolve wagers based on an outcome signal received from the outcome generation system, and    wherein the automated gaming system is adapted to provide the player stations with their operative face facing substantially tangentially with respect to the outcome generation system thereby substantially facing a side of a player operating the player station when the player faces toward the outcome generation system.    
   
   
       2 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said player stations further comprises: 
 displaying means for displaying information regarding participation in the wagering game;    storing means for storing data related to the wagering game;    communicating means for receiving signals from the outcome generation means; and    controlling means controlling participations in the wagering game, comprising controlling the displaying of game information, the storing of game data used in game participations and the exchange of communications with the outcome generating means.    
   
   
       3 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein the outcome generating means comprising: 
 outcome setting means for setting outcomes;    outcome identifying means for identifying outcomes;    communicating means for communicating signals [which signals?] from ???? to???; and    controlling means adapted to signal the outcome generating means to initiate a game outcome generation process, to receive an outcome signal from the outcome identifying means, and to transmit a game outcome signal to at least one of player stations.    
   
   
       4 . The automated gaming system of  claim 3 , wherein the controlling means of the outcome generation means receives a signal from one of said player stations, and generates and communicates a response signal to one of said player stations modifying one of a game outcome generation process, and a wager resolving process.  
   
   
       5 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein two of said player stations are disposed substantially back to back.  
   
   
       6 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein the outcome generating means and the platform are at similar height.  
   
   
       7 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said player stations is attached to the platform through attaching means that permits, when the player station is released, to exchanged said player station with another one of a different model.  
   
   
       8 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said player stations is rotationally attached to the platform, whereby permitting adjustment of orientation of said player station.  
   
   
       9 . The automated gaming system of  claim 3 , wherein the game outcome is one of roulette, a die game, a ball game, and a virtual card game.  
   
   
       10 . The automated gaming system of  claim 3 , wherein the game outcome is one generated using at least one of balls, cards, electronically generated images, and die.  
   
   
       11 . The automated gaming system of  claim 3 , wherein the game outcome is one generated using symbols, with said symbols being provided either by reels, wheels or electronic displays.  
   
   
       12 . The automated gaming system of  claim 3 , wherein the outcome generation system comprises a roulette system using a roulette spinning portion and a ball rolling at an initial speed gradually decreasing during the outcome generation process, the automated gaming system further comprising speed evaluating means that evaluates the speed of the ball and that signals the controlling means of the outcome generation system when a predetermined speed criterion is reached upon which said controlling means signals the player stations to prevent new wagers from being registered.  
   
   
       13 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein the automated gaming system is communicatively linked to an additional remote player station.  
   
   
       14 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , further comprising an attendant position where an attendant controls the conduct of the wagering game.  
   
   
       15 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , further comprising an additional displaying means providing one of: a) special feature information, b) game history information, and c) advertising information.  
   
   
       16 . The automated gaming system of  claim 1 , further being communicatively linked to a service station wherein one of said players performs monetary processes permitting said player to register credits available to be used on one of said player stations.  
   
   
       17 . The automated gaming system of  claim 16 , wherein the service station is structurally remote from the automated gaming system.  
   
   
       18 . The gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein one of said player stations further comprises an operative face which normally points a direction between a vertical direction and substantially toward one of said players operating said player station.  
   
   
       19 . The gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein one of said player stations further comprises two operative faces facing substantially opposite directions, wherein each one of said operative faces is adapted to provide participations in the wagering game to one of said players.  
   
   
       20 . An automated gaming assembly comprising: 
 an outcome generation system;    a platform disposed around the outcome generation system at an appropriate height for a player facing toward the outcome generation system to have a direct view of an outcome generated by the outcome generation system; the platform comprising platform sections adapted to attach player stations to be communicatively linked to the outcome generation system for a player to play an outcome generation system associated game with the player operating a player station by using input means disposed on an operative face of each player station,    wherein the automated gaming assembly is adapted to attach a player station with the operative face of the player station substantially facing a side of the player operating the player station when the player faces toward the outcome generation system.    
   
   
       21 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein the platform comprises a tip section extending outwardly with respect to the outcome generating means wherein said attaching means is located.  
   
   
       22 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein the outcome generating means and the platform are at similar height.  
   
   
       23 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein said attaching means are adapted to attach two of said player stations in a back to back configuration.  
   
   
       24 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein said attaching means are adapted to attach one of said player stations comprising two operative faces facing substantially opposite directions, thereby adapted to provide concurrent participations of two of said players in the wagering game.  
   
   
       25 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein one of said player stations is either embedded in the platform, annexed to the platform, or installed on the platform.  
   
   
       26 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein the outcome generating means generates roulette outcomes.  
   
   
       27 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein the outcome generating means uses at least one of a ball, a card, an electronically generated image and a dice to generate an outcome.  
   
   
       28 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein the outcome generating means uses symbols to generate outcomes, with said symbols being provided either by reels, wheels or an electronic displaying means.  
   
   
       29 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein the attaching means permits to adjust orientation of an attached player station.  
   
   
       30 . The automated gaming assembly of  claim 20 , wherein the operative face of one of said player stations, when attached to the platform, is pointing a direction between a vertical direction and substantially toward the player operating said player station.