Gaming device with transport device and method of use

Abstract

A gaming device including a housing, a support structure with an attached rotatable display device located in the housing, a plurality of display objects, and a transport device configured to move the display objects to the display device where the display objects are deposited and fall off of the display device, is disclosed. The display device may simulate an umbrella where the display objects further simulate rain drops as they fall off of the display device. A method of display and a gaming method involving the aforementioned device, are also disclosed.

Description

CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 883,489 filed Jun. 30, 2004. This application also claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application No. 60 / 710,703, filed Aug. 22, 2005. All of the above referenced applications are hereby expressly incorporated by reference in their entireties.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a gaming device and a method of use. More specifically, the gaming device includes a transport device configured to move display objects to a rotatable display device where the display objects are deposited and fall off of the display device. [0003] Gaming Devices [0004] Gaming devices are well known in the art and a large variety of gaming devices have been developed. In general, gaming devices allow users or players to play a game. In many casino-type gaming devices, the outcome of the game depends, at least in part, on a random...

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Benefits of technology

[0033] The various embodiments of the present invention may, but do not necessarily, achieve one or more of the following advantages:

[0034] the ability to provide game players with a more exciting and desirable gaming experience;

[0035] the ability to attract more patrons to play a game;

[0036] provide longer play times and a greater payout possibility for a player;

Problems solved by technology

Many players are reluctant to try completely new games because they must spend time to learn the new game.

However, before the present invention, the Keno display device has been unsuitable for use with gaming devices.

One of the reasons this is so is because Keno is susceptible to environmental influences.

However, as the balls are jumbled in the Keno ball device, static electricity, dust, and contaminants build up on the balls.

This may cause the balls to stick to each other or to components in the display device thereby influencing the randomness of the game.

Another reason the game of Keno has been unsuitable as an indicator for a gaming device is that it requires a great deal of human involvement.

Not only does this require far too much human involvement for an automated gaming device (the greater the human involvement, the greater the cost of operating the game), the game is also susceptible to tampering and cheating.

Because of their susceptibility to environmental influences and tampering and their dependence on human operators and maintenance personnel, Keno games are not allowed in at least one major gaming jurisdiction.

Furthermore, these disadvantages have prevented Keno display devices and other devices that use jumbled balls from being configured for use with gaming devices.

However, Rivero is not intended to show the player the ball that is released from the drum.

In addition, in the Rivero device the balls are in a cage and quite exposed to the environment and tampering.

However, all of the balls are reproductions generated by software and no physical balls are displayed to the player.

One of the disadvantages with Rivero and Travis et al. is that no actual physical balls are used to display the outcome of a game.

This is less desirable because players like to see physical objects rather than electronic reproductions of the physical objects.

Moreover, players tend to believe that a game device is misleading when the device purports to display a reproduction of an object rather than the object itself.

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