1. (canceled)
2. A wheel event for a wagering game presented on a gaming device having at least one display, the wheel event comprising the steps of:
displaying a first wheel having a plurality of segments, each segment having an associated attribute;
initiating a wheel segment selection event relative to the first wheel;
displaying a selected segment of the first wheel and its associated attribute;
displaying a second wheel, the second wheel taking on at least one characteristic defined by the attribute of the selected segment of the first wheel;
initiating a wheel segment selection event relative to the second wheel having the at least one characteristic; and
displaying a selected segment of the second wheel and an award associated with the selected segment of the second wheel.
3. The wheel event according to claim 2, wherein the at least one characteristic defined by the attribute of the selected segment of the first wheel is a number of segments of the second wheel.
4. The wheel event according to claim 2, wherein the at least one characteristic defined by the attribute of the selected segment of the first wheel is a multiplier value for attributes of second wheel.
5. The wheel event according to claim 2, wherein the first and second wheels are displayed based on a trigger during a base wagering game.
6. The wheel event according to claim 5, wherein the base wagering game comprises a bingo game.
7. The wheel event according to claim 5, wherein the base wagering game comprises a slot-type game in which slot-game symbols are displayed.
8. The wheel event according to claim 5, wherein the award associated with the selected segment of the second wheel comprises at least one symbol for use in the base wagering game.
9. The wheel event according to claim 8, wherein the at least one symbol comprises a wild symbol.
10. The wheel event according to claim 2, wherein the award associated with the selected segment of the second wheel comprises monetary value credits.
11. The wheel event according to claim 2, wherein the award associated with the selected segment of the second wheel comprises one or more free games.
12. The wheel event according to claim 2, wherein said selection event comprises rotating said first wheel or a selector associated therewith and stopping said rotating to that said selector aligns with a segment of said first wheel.
13. The wheel event according to claim 2, wherein said step of displaying said second wheel comprises initially displaying a second wheel having no segments and, after determining said attribute associated with said selected segment of said first wheel, displaying said second wheel with a number of segments defined by said attribute.
14. The wheel event according to claim 2, wherein said attributes associated with said segments of said first wheel comprise numerical values representing a number of second wheel segments.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system comprising:
a tower;
a tower hub coupled to the tower and having a transverse dimension of at least 50 feet;
an observation wheel rotatably coupled to the tower and having a central wheel hub;
a plurality of roller bearings disposed between the tower hub and the wheel hub to rotatably support the observation wheel relative to the structure, the roller bearings each having a diameter that is less than one quarter of the transverse dimension of the wheel hub.
2. The system of claim 1, where the tower includes a base and a height of at least 200 feet above a ground level at the base, and the observation wheel having a transverse dimension of at least 400 feet.
3. The system of claim 2, where the tower is a first tower, the system further comprising:
a second tower spaced apart from the first tower and coupled to the tower hub;
where the tower hub extends between the first and second towers.
4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of bearing mounts each coupled to a different one of the roller bearings.
5. The system of claim 4, where the plurality of bearing mounts each has a first end coupled in fixed relation to the tower hub and a second end rotatably coupled to the respective roller bearing.
6. The system of claim 5, where the wheel hub has a first diameter, the tower hub has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, and the wheel hub is configured to rotate around the tower hub.
7. The system of claim 1, where each of the plurality of roller bearings has a diameter of between 0.5 and 5 feet.
8. The system of claim 7, where the diameter of the tower hub differs from the diameter of the wheel hub by 4 feet or more.
9. The system of claim 8, where the diameter of the tower hub is greater than 70 feet.
10. The system of claim 1, where each of the plurality of roller bearings is independently sealed.
11. A method comprising:
disposing a plurality of bearings between a tower hub and an observation wheel rotatably coupled to the tower, the tower hub coupled to a tower and having a transverse dimension of at least 50 feet, and the observation wheel having a central wheel hub;
where the roller bearings are disposed between the tower hub and the wheel hub to rotatably support the observation wheel relative to the structure, the roller bearings each having a diameter that is less than one quarter of the transverse dimension of the wheel hub.
12. The method of claim 11, where the tower includes a base and a height of at least 200 feet above a ground level at the base, and the observation wheel having a transverse dimension of at least 400 feet.
13. The method of claim 12, where the tower is a first tower, a second tower is spaced apart from the first tower and coupled to the tower hub, and the tower hub extends between the first and second towers.
14. The method of claim 11, where a plurality of bearing mounts are each coupled to a different one of the roller bearings.
15. The method of claim 14, where the plurality of bearing mounts each has a first end and a second end rotatably coupled to the respective roller bearing, and disposing the roller bearings comprises coupling the first end of each roller bearing in fixed relation to the tower hub.
16. The method of claim 15, where the wheel hub has a first diameter, the tower hub has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, and the wheel hub is configured to rotate around the tower hub.
17. The method of claim 11, where each of the plurality of bearing elements has a diameter of between 0.5 and 5 feet.
18. The method of claim 17, where the diameter of the tower hub differs from the diameter of the wheel hub by 4 feet or more.
19. The method of claim 18, where the diameter of the tower hub is greater than 70 feet.
20. The method of claim 11, where each of the plurality of roller bearings is independently sealed.