Specialized gaming table system for enabling secondary game
View Patent ↗A specialized gaming table configured to provide a secure second game for an underlying wagering game in a casino which is configured to display selectable options on a user interface responsive to a triggering event in the underlying game, with the selected option being combined with results in the underlying game and compared with a second game winning criteria to determine a second game outcome.
1 . A specialized gaming table configured to provide a second game for an underlying game of Blackjack, the specialized gaming table comprising a card reader, a display device, a processing device, memory and a random number generator being in communication and configured to enable the specialized gaming table to:
communicate playing card data generated by the card reader to the processing device, the playing card data relating to an initial hand of playing cards in the underlying game of Blackjack received by a player at the specialized gaming table;
determine by the processing device an initial hand score associated with the initial hand of playing cards based on the playing card data;
the processing device comparing the initial hand score with a preset one or more Blackjack hand scores stored in memory;
the processing device detecting a triggering event based on a determination of the player receiving the initial hand of playing cards in the underlying game of Blackjack having the initial hand score which is equal to the preset one or more Blackjack hand scores;
responsive to the processing device detecting the triggering event, the processing device generating a display of a user interface on the display device including displaying one or more selectable options for the second game, the one or more selectable options being displayed by the processing device in one or more display positions on the user interface, wherein each display position of the one or more display positions is randomly determined by the processing device in communication with the random number generator, and wherein each selectable option of the one or more selectable options is associated by the processing device with a numerical value, the numerical value associated with each selectable option being revealed on the user interface responsive to receiving a selection of each selectable option through the user interface;
responsive to the processing device detecting receiving a wager and a selectable option of the one or more selectable options, the processing device generating the display of a second game numerical value on the user interface, the second game numerical value being the numerical value associated with the selectable option, wherein the selection of the selectable option deactivates the selectable option, whereby the selectable option is displayed on the user interface by the processing device as being unavailable to be selected by another player;
the processing device determining a second game hand score, the second game hand score being the combination of the initial hand score and the second game numerical value; and
the processing device determining a winner of the second game by the processing device comparing the second game hand score with a preset numerical value.
2 . The specialized gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the preset one or more Blackjack hand scores comprise all Blackjack hand scores in the range from twelve to twenty.
3 . The specialized gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the one or more selectable options comprise virtual representations of one or more decks of playing cards.
4 . The specialized gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the preset numerical value is twenty-one.
5 . A specialized gaming table configured to provide a second game for an underlying game of Baccarat, the specialized gaming table comprising a card reader, a display device, a processing device, memory and a random number generator being in communication and configured to enable the specialized gaming table to:
communicate playing card data generated by the card reader to the processing device, the playing card data relating to an initial hand of playing cards in the underlying game of Baccarat wagered on by a player at the specialized gaming table;
determine by the processing device an initial hand score associated with the initial hand of playing cards based on the playing card data;
the processing device comparing the initial hand score with a preset one or more Baccarat hand scores stored in memory;
the processing device detecting a triggering event based on a determination of the player wagering on the initial hand of playing cards in the underlying game of Baccarat having the initial hand score which is equal to the preset one or more Baccarat hand scores;
responsive to the processing device detecting the triggering event, the processing device generating a display of a user interface on the display device including displaying one or more selectable options for the second game, the one or more selectable options being displayed by the processing device in one or more display positions on the user interface, wherein each display position of the one or more positions is randomly determined by the processing device in communication with the random number generator, and wherein each selectable option of the one or more selectable options is associated by the processing device with a numerical value, the numerical value associated with each selectable option being revealed on the user interface responsive to receiving a selection of each selectable option through the user interface;
responsive to the processing device detecting receiving a wager and a selectable option of the one or more selectable options, the processing device generating a display of a second game numerical value on the user interface, the second game numerical value being the numerical value associated with the selectable option, wherein the selection of the selectable option deactivates the selectable option, whereby the selectable option is displayed on the user interface by the processing device as being unavailable to be selected by another player;
the processing device determining a second game hand score, the second game hand score being the combination of the initial hand score and the second game numerical value according to the rules of the underlying game of Baccarat; and
the processing device determining a winner of the second game by the processing device comparing the second game hand score with a preset numerical value.
6 . The specialized gaming table of claim 5 , wherein the preset one or more Baccarat hand scores comprise all Baccarat hand scores in the range from zero to eight.
7 . The specialized gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the one or more selectable options comprise virtual representations of one or more decks of playing cards.
8 . The specialized gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the preset numerical value is nine.