Multi-player electronic display gaming apparatuses
Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing functions within an electronic game processor or processors which enable these functions to be performed quickly and without manual manipulation of playing cards. The invention allows casinos to speed play and reduce the risk of cheating while maintaining the attractive ambiance of a live table game. The systems can also be multi-user slot machines using the processor to associate or assign one or more symbols either with the virtual playing cards or as slot symbols in participant subsets. The participant subsets are compared to a predetermined list so that payoffs can be awarded on the basis of winning symbols or combinations of symbols.
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67 . A gaming system for playing a live casino table game involving participants together about a gaming table, comprising:
a plurality of participant video displays; said plurality of participant video displays being controlled to provide changeable participant display images therefrom; said plurality of participant video displays providing participant display images assigned to the live participants;
at least one game processor for processing data to perform at least the following functions:
providing game rules which at least partially administer play of the casino table game;
defining a plurality of virtual display images to provide a set of virtual display images used in playing the casino table game;
reordering the virtual display images to produce a sequence which determines the order of virtual display images assigned to the participants; said reordering being performed before each virtual display image is assigned to a participant;
assigning virtual display images to the participants according to the game rules;
instructing the participant video displays to display the virtual display images assigned to the participants.
68 . A system according to claim 67 and further comprising a plurality of chip sensors for detecting betting chips placed by said plurality of participants.
69 . A system according to claim 67 and further comprising a plurality of chip sensors for detecting betting chips placed by said plurality of participants, said plurality of chip sensors including optical detectors.
70 . A system according to claim 67 and further comprising a plurality of chip sensors for detecting betting chips placed by said plurality of participants, said plurality of chip sensors including weigh cells for detecting the presence of betting chips resting thereon.
71 . A system according to claim 67 and further comprising a plurality of chip sensors for detecting betting chips placed by said plurality of participants, said chip sensors being capable of reading the value of the betting chips.