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(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2008/0220844 A1
Yokota et al. (43) Pub. Date: Sep. 11, 2008

(54) ROULETTE APPARATUS AND ROULETTE (30) Foreign Application Priority Data
GAMING MACHINE
Aug. 16, 2004 (JP) ............................... .. 2004-236595
(75) Inventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Tokyo (JP); Aug. 23, 2004 (JP) ...... .. 2004-242750
Katsuhiro Kido, Tokyo (JP); Aug. 23, 2004 (JP) ............................... .. 2004-242761
Yoshitomo Sasaki, Tokyo (JP)
Publication Classi?cation
Correspondence Address: (51) Int. Cl.
MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW A63F 13/00 (2006.01)
GROUP, PLLC G06F 17/00 (2006.01)
8321 OLD COURTHOUSE ROAD, SUITE 200
(52) US. Cl. ........................................................ .. 463/17
VIENNA, VA 22182-3817 (US)
(57) ABSTRACT
(73) Assignee: ARUZE Corp., Tokyo (JP)
A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette Wheel having a roll
(21) Appl. No.: 12/149,245 ing region Where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member
provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball.
The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception
(22) Filed: Apr. 29, 2008
portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions;
and a plurality of separation Walls that separates the reception
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portions from one another, Wherein the ball reception mem
(62) Division of application No. 11/202,355, ?led on Aug. ber is formed separately from the roulette Wheel and remov
12, 2005. ably attached to the roulette Wheel.
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