Abstract: A low friction, vertical bearing assembly is provided having an upper vertical load-bearing shaft extending into a bearing housing containing two ball bearings, one ball bearing being oriented above and in contact with the other in the housing, the upper shaft having a lower, concave end resting upon the top of the upper ball bearing, the concave end being substantially of the contour of the ball bearing, the lower left ball bearing resting upon a lower, substantially vertical load-bearing shaft which has a concave upper end, the concave end being substantially of the contour of the lower ball bearing, and a plurality of needle bearings contained within the housing and oriented substantially vertically around the periphery of the ball bearings, whereby a bearing assembly is provided having extremely low rotational friction.

Abstract: An improved roulette game is provided wherein a television camera, preferably a color camera, focuses on the spinning roulette wheel and rotates with it, thereby sending either a slow motion or still image of the roulette wheel to at least one television receiver to monitor the spinning roulette wheel and display the wheel to participants or to remote areas. The apparatus enables the viewer to watch the spinning wheel in slow or stop action, and the very instant the ball falls into a numbered slot it instantly appears on the monitor for all to see, thereby speeding play, enabling more spins of the wheel in any given time period, informing everyone of the winning number the instant the ball drops and generally making the game more spectacular and thrilling.