Advanced roulette format

Abstract

A roulette gaming system and method has: A) a random outcome generator capable of providing an outcome in a single round of play; B) the random outcome generator configured to determine a single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes consisting of at least one set of 36 numbers, the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 providing an initial, non-color determining outcome, the outcome generator enabling one or two additional potential outcomes to those provided by the one set; C) a second random outcome provider which randomly determines one of two approximately 50/50 outcomes, and each of the two 50/50 outcomes determines a single color outcome from two different color outcomes; D) a wager defining system in which available wager positions are visually provided; and E) a marking component able to identify a player wager on one or more available wager positions.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A roulette gaming system comprising:
 A) a random outcome generator capable of providing an outcome in a single round of play;   B) the random outcome generator configured to determine a single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes consisting of at least one set of 36 numbers, the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 providing an initial, non-color determining outcome, the outcome generator enabling one or two additional potential outcomes to those provided by the one set;   C) a second random outcome provider which randomly determines one of two approximately 50/50 outcomes, and each of the two approximately 50/50 outcomes determines a single color outcome from two different color outcomes;   D) a wager defining system in which available wager positions are visually provided; and   E) a marking component able to identify a player wager on one or more available wager positions.   
     
     
         2 . The roulette gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the random outcome generator is configured to determine a single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes consisting of two sets of 36 numbers, each set having a different numbers from 1 to 36, but each set having different colors, and remaining outcomes comprising a set of 1, 2, 3 or 4 symbols or numbers not between 1 and 36. 
     
     
         3 . The roulette gaming system of  claim 1  comprising a single wheel having 73, 74, 75 or 76 ball receptor positions and there are exactly two distinct positions for each number inclusively between 1 and 36, each distinct position of the exactly two distinct positions having a different color from the other and remaining distinct positions having symbols or numbers other than exclusively between 1 and 36 with each symbol represented in  2  distinct positions each having an inactive color; the gaming system further comprising a track along which a ball may be spun and randomly decelerate to randomly fall into a single ball receptor position to identify a random game event outcome for the distinct positions from 1 to 36. 
     
     
         4 . The roulette gaming system of  claim 1  comprising a single wheel having 37 or 38 ball receptor positions and there is exactly one distinct position for each number inclusively between 1 and 36, each distinct position having a single inactive color and remaining distinct positions having symbols or numbers other than exclusively between 1 and 36 and an inactive color and a track along which a ball may be spun and randomly decelerate to randomly fall into a single ball receptor position to determine the distinct positions from 1 to 36, and a second random outcome generator that determines one of two outcomes, each of the two outcomes having an approximately 50/50 probability, each of the two outcomes representing a distinct color. 
     
     
         5 . The roulette gaming system of  claim 1  comprising a player input system on which at least one wager is placed on at least one wager outcome position and recognized by the processor at a single player position and the processor configured to provide image data on a display screen of a single virtual wheel having 73, 74, 75 or 76 virtual ball receptor positions and there are exactly two distinct virtual positions for each number inclusively between 1 and 36, each distinct virtual position of the exactly two distinct virtual positions having a different displayed color from the other and remaining distinct virtual positions having color inactive symbols or color inactive numbers other than any numbers between 1 and 36 and the processor is configured to randomly select a final outcome of a random single ball receptor position and to display an image of the random single ball receptor position and the processor being configured to resolve the at least one wager at the player input position. 
     
     
         6 . The roulette gaming system of  claim 1  comprising a player input system on which at least one wager is placed on at least one wager outcome position and recognized by the processor at a single player position and the processor configured to provide image data on a display screen of a single virtual wheel having 37 or 38 virtual ball receptor positions and there is exactly one distinct virtual position for each number inclusively between 1 and 36, each distinct virtual position having a single inactive color and remaining distinct virtual positions having symbols or numbers other than exclusively between 1 and 36 and an inactive color and the processor is configured to randomly select a final outcome of a random single ball receptor position and to display both a) an image of the random single ball receptor position and b) a second random outcome generator that determines one of two outcomes, each of the two outcomes having an approximately 50/50 probability, each of the two outcomes representing a distinct color and the processor being configured to resolve the at least one wager at the player input position. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 4  wherein the second random outcome generator that determines one of two outcomes is selected from the group consisting of a display screen randomly providing one of the two outcomes as selected by a random number generator; a physical dice popper that causes and displays a random outcome for at least one die; a physical spinning device having two equally weighted random outcomes; and a physical flipping device having two equally weighted random outcomes. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1  being configured so that with any single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes not consisting of an outcome from the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 or two sets each having different numbers from 1 to 36, the single outcome cannot be used to establish a color outcome that is useful in positively resolving a wager solely on a color. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1  being configured so that with any single outcome consisting of one of the remaining outcomes comprising the set of 1, 2, 3 or 4 symbols or numbers not between 1 and 36, the single outcome cannot be used to establish a color outcome that is useful in positively resolving a wager solely on a color. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 3  being configured so that with any single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes not consisting of an outcome from the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 or two sets each having different numbers from 1 to 36, the single outcome cannot be used to establish a color outcome that is useful in positively resolving a wager solely on a color. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 4  being configured so that with any single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes not consisting of an outcome from the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 or two sets each having different numbers from 1 to 36, the single outcome cannot be used to establish a color outcome that is useful in positively resolving a wager solely on a color. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 5  being configured so that with any single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes not consisting of an outcome from the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 or two sets each having different numbers from 1 to 36, the single outcome cannot be used to establish a color outcome that is useful in positively resolving a wager solely on a color. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 6  being configured so that with any single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes not consisting of an outcome from the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 or two sets each having different numbers from 1 to 36, the single outcome cannot be used to establish a color outcome that is useful in positively resolving a wager solely on a color. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 7  being configured so that with any single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes not consisting of an outcome from the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 or two sets each having different numbers from 1 to 36, the single outcome cannot be used to establish a color outcome that is useful in positively resolving a wager solely on a color. 
     
     
         15 . A roulette gaming system comprising:
 a) a random outcome generator capable of providing an outcome in a single round of play;   b) the random outcome generator is configured to determine a single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes consisting of two sets of  36  numbers, each set having numbers from 1 to 36, but each set having different colors, and remaining outcomes comprising a set of 1, 2, 3 or 4 symbols or numbers not between 1 and 36 with designated colors matching those used on the two sets of 36 numbers;   c) the remaining symbols outside of the 2 sets of 36 numbers are provided in pairs (2 symbols or 4) each representing one of the 2 colors used for the sets of 36.   d) a wagering outcome defining system in which available wager positions are visually provided; and   e) a marking component able to identify a player wager on one or more available wager positions.   
     
     
         16 . A method of playing a wagering game comprising steps of:
 a) a player position placing a wager on a specific random outcome that includes a single random outcome event selected from 73, 74, 75 or 76 random outcome events;   b) the 73, 74, 75 or 76 random outcome events being provided by at least one circular field having a total of 73, 74, 75 or 76 different potential outcomes;   c) activating a random outcome selector to indicate a single random outcome event;   d) wherein 72 of the 73, 74, 75 or 76 random outcome events consist of numbers 1-36 inclusively and a color content, and remaining 1, 2, 3 or 4 random outcome events which cannot consist of any number between 1-36 and the single outcome based on remaining 1, 2, 3 or 4 random outcome events cannot be used to establish a color outcome that is useful in positively resolving a wager solely on a color; and   e) the indication of the single random outcome event being used to resolve a winning outcome or a losing outcome for the wager at the player position.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the random outcome of b) is provided with a single roulette type wheel and drop-ball indicator, the roulette type wheel having two sets of 1-36 numbers inclusive, each of the two sets having a distinct color and 1-4 additional symbols. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the random outcome of b) is provided with a single roulette type wheel and drop-ball indicator, the roulette type wheel having one set of 1-36 numbers inclusive and a separate random outcome indicator that provides a random event of two equally weighted random outcomes used to determine a distinct color for use in determination of the wager at the player position and 1-4 additional symbols. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the separate random outcome that determines one of two outcomes is generated by a component selected from the group consisting of a display screen randomly providing one of the two outcomes as selected by a random number generator; a physical dice popper that causes and displays a random outcome for at least one die; a physical spinning device having two equally weighted random outcomes; and a physical flipping device having two equally weighted random outcomes.