Electronic Banking Management For Betting Games

1 . A computer-executable method, comprising:

determining a first participant holding a banking role in a multiparticipant wagering game;

tracking rounds of the multiparticipant wagering game;

after a predetermined number of the rounds, offering the banking role to other participants in the multiparticipant wagering game; and

assigning the banking role to a second participant.

2 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising authenticating at least some of the participants to be candidates for holding the banking role.

3 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 1 , wherein offering the banking role includes determining an amount of money associated with each participant and offering the banking role only to participants that have an amount of money surpassing a threshold.

4 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 1 , wherein tracking rounds includes tracking playing hands of an electronically mediated card game and tracking wins and losses of each participant in the card game.

5 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 1 , wherein assigning the banking role to a second participant includes authenticating at least some of the participants to be candidates for holding the banking role;

determining the banking position via a live host rotating the banking position via physically offering the banking position to other participants; and

wherein resetting a new banking position is accomplished by the live host actuating a touch screen, a shoe key, or a shoe button.

and the banking role around an electronic gaming table in a sequence.

6 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 1 , wherein offering the banking role includes rotating a solicitation of the banking role via a visual solicitation on each of multiple user interfaces corresponding to multiple participants around an electronic gaming table.

7 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 6 , wherein offering the banking role includes soliciting each of the other participants via extending a user interface to each participant for a predetermined interval of time before extending the user interface to the next participant.

8 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising rotating the solicitation of the banking role around the electronic gaming table a predetermined number of times, then locking-out the game when the predetermined number of the rotations is reached, wherein the locking-out requires a reset to recommence the electronic wagering game.

9 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising extending a user interface to the first participant holding the banking role to allow the first participant to opt out of the banking role before the predetermined number of rounds.

10 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising designating a current banker via an icon or marking displayed on at least one of multiple visual displays of a multiparticipant electronic gaming table.

11 . The computer-executable method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

tracking wagers during the multiparticipant wagering game;

updating participant account balances during the multiparticipant wagering game;

tracking transactions of each participant holding the banking role; and

balancing a bank of each participant holding the banking role.

12 . A system comprising:

a multiparticipant electronic gaming table;

a banking engine in the multiparticipant electronic gaming table;

a participant tracking engine in the banking engine to determine a current list of participants and to authenticate participants for a current list of banker candidates;

a game tracking engine in the banking engine to track a game flow and to track rounds of a game being played on the multiparticipant electronic gaming table; and

a banker rotation manager in the banking engine to determine when to change bankers based on the tracked rounds and to solicit a next banker for the game.

13 . The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the banking engine:

determines a first participant holding a banking role in the game;

tracks rounds of the multiparticipant wagering game;

after a predetermined number of the rounds, offers the banking role to other participants in the multiparticipant wagering game; and

assigns the banking role to a second participant.

14 . The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the banking engine determines an amount of money associated with each participant and offers the banking role only to participants that have an amount of money surpassing a threshold.

15 . The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the banking engine tracks playing hands of an electronically mediated card game and tracks wins and losses of each participant in the card game.

16 . The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the banking engine authenticates at least some of the participants to be candidates for holding the banking role;

determines the banking position via a live host rotating the banking position via physically offering the banking position to other participants; and

resets a new banking position via the live host actuating a touch screen, a shoe key, or a shoe button.

rotates a solicitation of the banking role via a visual solicitation on each of multiple user interfaces corresponding to multiple participants around an electronic gaming table.

17 . The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the banking engine rotates the solicitation of the banking role around the electronic gaming table a predetermined number of times, and then locks-out the game when the predetermined number of the rotations is reached.

18 . The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the banking engine:

tracks wagers during the game;

updates participant account balances during the game;

tracks transactions of each participant holding the banking role; and

balances a bank of each participant holding the banking role.

19 . A banking engine, comprising:

a participant tracker to list current participants and banker candidates associated with a game played around a multiparticipant electronic gaming table; and

a banker rotation manager to determine when to change bankers and to solicit a next banker for the game from among the banker candidates.

20 . The banking engine as recited in claim 19 , further comprising an accounts manager to:

track wagers during the game;

update participant account balances during the game;

track transactions of each participant holding the banking role; and

balance a bank of each participant holding the banking role.