Abstract: A roulette wheel reading apparatus is provided for triangulating a roulette ball position in a pocket of a roulette wheel.

Abstract: A gaining system is provided to maximise the number of betting opportunities in a set period.

Abstract: There is described a gaming apparatus for providing an auxiliary jackpot game to a live casino table in which players may place gaming chips anywhere in a betting zone defined on the gaming table surface to signify entry in the auxiliary jackpot game. The gaming apparatus includes sensors to detect the positions of gaming chips placed in the betting zone, memory means to record the physical positions of the detected betting chips, random number generating apparatus, and processor means operable to select, on the basis of a generated random number, which of the detected positions is occupied by the winning bet. Optionally, the gaming apparatus further includes determining means for determining, on the basis of a generated random number, whether or not a jackpot payout is to be made, and the processor means is operated to select a winning bet position only when the determining means determines that a payout is to be made.

Abstract: There is described a gaming apparatus for providing an auxiliary jackpot game to a live casino table in which players may place gaming chips anywhere in a betting zone defined on the gaming table surface to signify entry in the auxiliary jackpot game. The gaming apparatus includes sensors to detect the positions of gaming chips placed in the betting zone, memory means to record the physical positions of the detected betting chips, random number generating apparatus, and processor means operable to select, on the basis of a generated random number, which of the detected positions is occupied by the winning bet. Optionally, the gaming apparatus further includes determining means for determining, on the basis of a generated random number, whether or not a jackpot payout is to be made, and the processor means is operated to select a winning bet position only when the determining means determines that a payout is to be made.

Abstract: A gaming apparatus comprising a number of mobile gaming devices and gaming means to provide wagering games to players using the mobile gaming devices. The apparatus comprises at least one credit entering device for entering credit in association with the respective mobile devices, wherein the credit entering device has means for detecting the identity of a mobile device presented to it for crediting and means for receiving a credit amount to be associated with the presented mobile gaming device, and wherein the gaming means includes a memory for storing a respective credit amount in association with identifying data of each respective mobile gaming device.

Abstract: There is described a messaging system in which messages are routed from an origin to a destination via a number of communications nodes arranged in a hierarchical manner such that a message sent from a message originator is passed up the hierarchical structure from a communication node to a parent of that node only until it reaches a communication node common to the message originator and the message recipient, whereupon the message is passed back down the hierarchical structure to the recipient.

Abstract: A gaming apparatus comprising a number of mobile gaming devices and gaming means to provide wagering games to players using the mobile gaming devices. The apparatus comprises at least one credit entering device for entering credit in association with the respective mobile devices, wherein the credit entering device has means for detecting the identity of a mobile device presented to it for crediting and means for receiving a credit amount to be associated with the presented mobile gaming device, and wherein the gaming means includes a memory for storing a respective credit amount in association with identifying data of each respective mobile gaming device.