Player isolation, touch-sensitive electronic gaming table
View Patent ↗A gaming table having multiple player input positions on a playing surface of the gaming table can be constructed in a manner that provides individual player sensitive touchscreen areas and both simplifies the methods of construction use and repair of the table, but also reduces its initial cost significantly. The table may, for example, have: a continuous, flat, transparent gaming table surface layer; multiple, independent touchscreen plates under the transparent gaming table surface layer; each of the multiple, independent touchscreen plates having a communication link to a game server; and at least some or all of the multiple, independent touchscreen plates being physically separated from other independent plates.
1. An electronic gaming table comprising:
a continuous, flat, transparent playing surface having a plurality of electronic player interaction areas;
multiple, independent touchscreen plates disposed under the playing surface, each of the touchscreen plates being physically separated from adjacent touchscreen plates;
a display screen for displaying game content, the display screen being disposed under the touchscreen plates; and
a graphical painted inter-layer disposed between the playing surface and the touchscreen plates;
wherein each of the touchscreen plates is associated with a respective one of the electronic player interaction areas and each of the touchscreen plates is communicatively connected to a game server.
2. The electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touchscreen plates lie within a single plane parallel to the playing surface.
3. The electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the touchscreen plates are physically separated from adjacent touchscreen plates by a physical separation element that also lies within the single plane parallel to the playing surface.
4. The electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the touchscreen plates are physically separated from adjacent touchscreen plates by gaps that also lie within the single plane parallel to the playing surface.
5. The electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the playing surface is a single sheet of glass or polymer.
6. The electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touchscreen plates are connected in series to the game server.
7. The electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touchscreen plates are connected in parallel to the game server.
8. The electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the playing surface further includes an electronic dealer interaction area with a corresponding independent touchscreen plate which is communicatively connected to the game server.
9. The electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 1 , further including a dealer position gaming event display area under exclusive control of the game server.
10. A method of playing a wagering game using the electronic gaming table as claimed in claim 1 , the method comprising entering game play instructions on the independent touchscreen plates to enter game play instructions to the game server.