System for monitoring and playing a plurality of live casino table games
A system for monitoring and playing a plurality of live casino table games, comprising: a plurality of dealer game tables; a plurality of electronic handheld devices remotely located from the game tables configured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables; a gaming server; and a network operatively coupling the gaming server to the game tables and the electronic handheld devices; wherein each electronic handheld device includes a display part comprising: a player wagering display area having a touch screen input configured to display a plurality of touch screen results bars that allow a player to switch between the plurality of the game table's videos in response to touching the touch screen results bar to provide a selected touch screen results bar; a video display area configured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables, wherein the video being displayed corresponds to the selected touch screen results bar.
1. A gaming system comprising:
a gaming server configured to operate, via a network, with a plurality of game tables, and with an electronic handheld device remotely located from the plurality of game tables to:
cause a display, by the electronic handheld device, of a video display area including at least one of a plurality of videos of at least one of a plurality of games taking place at at least one of the plurality of game tables, and a player wagering display area including a plurality of results bars, wherein each results bar displays results for at least two previously played games that occurred at at least one of the plurality of game tables, and the plurality of results bars are displayed simultaneously with the display of the at least one video; and
separate from a bet being placed by a player on a first one of the plurality of the games taking place at a first one of the plurality of game tables and responsive to the player of the electronic handheld device making a first input to a first area of a touch screen of the electronic handheld device that corresponds to a first area of the video display area which displays one of the plurality of results bars,
cause the video display area of the electronic handheld device to switch from displaying the video of the first one of the plurality of the games taking place at the first one of the plurality of game tables to display the video of a second one of the plurality of games taking place at a second one of the plurality of game tables.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the player wagering display area further includes a plurality of displayed bet option buttons, wherein a bet is placed at a selected game table responsive to the player of the electronic handheld device making a second input to a second area of the touch screen of the electronic handheld device which corresponds to a second area of the video display area which displays one of the bet option buttons.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of results bars include one larger results bar associated with a greater number of past game results than another smaller results bar.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic handheld device is selected from the group consisting of: a laptop computer, a cell phone, a smart phone, a hand held personal computer or a hand held personal data assistant.
5. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game is a baccarat game and the results bar displays a frequency of bank hand wins, player hand wins and ties in past games, and a sequence of the bank hand wins, the player hand wins and the ties in past games.
6. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein a selected results bar displays a greater number of past game results responsive to the player making an input in association with that results bar.
7. A gaming system comprising:
a gaming server configured to operate, via a network, with a plurality of game tables and with an electronic handheld device remotely located from the plurality of game tables to:
cause a display, by the electronic handheld device, of a video display area including at least one of a plurality of videos of at least one of a plurality of plays of a Baccarat game taking place at at least one of the plurality of game tables and a player wagering display area including a plurality of results bars, wherein each results bar displays results for at least two previously played Baccarat games that occurred at at least one of the plurality of game tables including a frequency of bank hand wins, player hand wins and ties in past games, and a sequence of the bank hand wins, the player hand wins and the ties in past games, and the plurality of results bars are displayed simultaneously with the display of the at least one video, and
separate from a bet being placed by a player on a first one of the plurality of the Baccarat games taking place at a first one of the plurality of game tables and responsive to the player of the electronic handheld device making a first input to a first area of a touch screen of the electronic handheld device that corresponds to a first area of the video display area which displays one of the plurality of results bars:
cause the video display area of the electronic handheld device to switch from displaying the video of the first one of the plurality of the Baccarat games taking place at the first one of the plurality of game tables to display the video of a second one of the plurality of Baccarat games taking place at a second one of the plurality of tables, and
cause the video display area of the electronic hand held device to display a game number and amounts bet on a banker pair of the second one of the plurality of Baccarat games, a player pair of the second one of the plurality of Baccarat games or a tie.
8. The gaming system of claim 7 , wherein the player wagering display area further includes a plurality of displayed bet option buttons, wherein a bet is placed at a selected game table responsive to the player of the electronic handheld device making a second input to a second area of the touch screen of the electronic handheld device that corresponds to a second area of the video display area which displays one of the bet option buttons.
9. The gaming system of claim 7 , wherein a selected results bar is a larger results bar associated with a greater number of past game results than another unselected results bar.
10. The gaming system of claim 7 , wherein a selected results bar displays a greater number of past game results upon said player making an input in association with that results bar.
11. The gaming system of claim 7 , wherein the electronic handheld device is selected from the group consisting of: a laptop computer, a cell phone, a smart phone, a hand held personal computer or a hand held personal data assistant.
12. A gaming terminal comprising:
a display device;
a touch screen associated with the display device;
a processor; and
a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
cause the display device to display a video display area including:
a video of a first one of a plurality of games taking place at a first one of a plurality of game tables located remote from said gaming terminal, and
a player wagering display area including a plurality of results bars, wherein each results bar displays results for at least two previously played games that occurred at at least one of the plurality of game tables, and the plurality of results bars are displayed simultaneously with the display of the video,
enable a player to place a bet on the first one of the plurality of games taking place at the first one of the plurality of game tables, and
separate from the bet being placed on the first one of the plurality of the games taking place at the first one of the plurality of game tables and responsive to the player making a first input to a first area of the touch screen that corresponds to a first area of the video display area which displays one of the plurality of results bars, cause the display device to switch to displaying a video of a second one of the plurality of games taking place at a second one of the plurality of game tables.