Gaming table system allowing player choices and multiple outcomes thereby for a single game
An electronic gaming table for hosting live table games involving wagers can include a physical surface, a dealer station, a plurality of player terminals, and a table controller. The physical surface permits the play of live table games with a live dealer and physical game components. The dealer station is situated proximate the physical surface and allows the presence of a live dealer who facilitates game play. Player terminals allow live players to play the games and include player terminal processors coupled to player interfaces having input and output devices. A table controller coupled to the player terminals controls various table functions and administers a live table game pitting a first hand against a second hand. Each of multiple live players can make different live game decisions independently based upon the same second hand, wherein resolution of the game varies by player depending upon the different live game decisions.
1. An electronic gaming table adapted to host live table games based on wagers with monetary awards based on results of the live table games, the electronic gaming table comprising:
a physical surface adapted for the play of the live table games that include the use of a live dealer and one or more physical game components;
a dealer station situated proximate said physical surface and adapted to provide for the presence of the live dealer at the electronic gaming table, wherein the live dealer facilitates the play of said live table games;
a plurality of player terminals situated at or nearby the electronic gaming table, wherein each of said plurality of player terminals provides for the presence of a live player to play said live table games and includes a player terminal processor coupled to a player interface having one or more player input devices and one or more player output devices; and
a table controller coupled to said plurality of player terminals and adapted to control a plurality of electronic gaming table functions, wherein said table controller is further adapted to administer a first live table game pitting a first hand against a second hand, wherein each of a plurality of live players is permitted to make different live game decisions independently based upon the same second hand, and wherein said table controller is further adapted to resolve a game play decision with respect to the second hand based upon collective input by the plurality of live players.
2. The electronic gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the collective input comprises a majority decision selected from a plurality of possible game play decisions at a given point in the play of the first live table game.
3. The electronic gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the collective input comprises a weighted input from each live player in the first live table game.
4. The electronic gaming table of claim 3 , wherein each weighted input is weighted according to an amount wagered by the respective live player.
5. The electronic gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the different live game decisions independently based upon the same second hand involve strategic decisions on the play of the same second hand that includes more than only placing the wagers or wager amounts.
6. The electronic gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the first hand and the second hand are the only two hands in the first live table game.
7. An electronic gaming table system, comprising:
one or more electronic gaming tables adapted to host live table games based on wagers with monetary awards based on results of the live table games, wherein each of said one or more electronic gaming tables includes:
a physical surface adapted for the play of the live table games that include the use of a live dealer and one or more physical game components,
a dealer station situated proximate said physical surface and adapted to provide for the presence of a live dealer at the electronic gaming table, wherein the live dealer facilitates the play of said live table games,
a plurality of player terminals situated near said physical surface, wherein each of said plurality of player terminals provides for the presence of a live player to play said live table games and includes a player terminal processor coupled to a player interface having one or more player input devices and one or more player output devices,
a table controller coupled to said plurality of player terminals and adapted to control a plurality of electronic gaming table functions, wherein said table controller is further adapted to administer a first live table game pitting a first hand against a second hand, wherein each of a plurality of players is permitted to make different live game decisions independently based upon the same second hand, and
at least one interface in communication with said table controller and one or more gaming system components remotely located from said electronic gaming table; and
a host server located remotely from and in communication with each of said one or more electronic gaming tables, said host server being adapted to facilitate the processing of transactions with respect to the live table games played at said one or more electronic gaming tables, wherein said system is adapted to resolve a game play decision with respect to the second hand based upon collective input by the plurality of players.
8. The electronic gaming table system of claim 7 , wherein the first hand is a house hand for a hosting gaming establishment and the second hand is a player hand for all of the plurality of players.
9. The electronic gaming table system of claim 7 , wherein said system is adapted to interact with one or more third party electronic devices as added virtual player terminals for additional live players to play said live table games.
10. The electronic gaming table system of claim 9 , wherein said one or more third party electronic devices include at least one mobile device.
11. A method of providing a live table game at a gaming table, comprising:
providing a first electronic gaming table adapted to host live table games based on wagers with monetary awards based on results of the live table games;
presenting a first live table game involving a live dealer at the first electronic gaming table, wherein a first live player and a second live player located at or near the first electronic gaming table both participate in the first live table game, and wherein the first live table game pits a first hand against a second hand, the second hand being a shared player hand that is played by both of the first live player and the second live player;
permitting separate decisions from the first live player and the second live player on the play of the shared player hand during the play of the first live table game; and
resolving the first live table game for the first live player and the second live player, wherein said resolving is based upon collective input by a plurality of live players that includes at least the first live player and the second live player.
12. The method of claim 11 , further including the step of:
awarding a prize or a monetary payout to the first live player but not the second live player.