Display assembly for relevant messaging for gaming apparatus and methods therefor
Embodiments disclosed herein concern messaging for gaming apparatus. Gaming apparatus that are operated by dealers can also be controlled, managed, monitored or enhanced by an electronic control system. Through such electronic control, gaming apparatus can be providing with relevant information for presentation at or proximate to the gaming apparatus. The electronic control system can present the relevant information on a display device as messages or notifications to dealers, managers and/or players. The electronic control system can also provide or facilitate monitoring of dealer status or actions and/or gaming apparatus status or events, such that the relevant information be presented can signal such status or actions.
1. An electronic gaming system, comprising:
an electronic gaming table having a table controller, a dealer terminal and a gaming appliance;
a table display device configured to operatively connect to the table controller and be controlled to present gaming related information pertaining to wager-based table games at the electronic gaming table; and
an edge display configured to operatively connect to the table controller and be controlled to present gaming related messages,
wherein one or more the gaming related messages are messages pertaining to dealer status for a dealer operating wager-based table games at the electronic gaming table.
2. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the edge display comprises:
a plurality of light segments positioned about at least a portion of a periphery of the table display device,
wherein illumination of the plurality of light segments is based on an outcome from a wager-based table game played at the electronic gaming table.
3. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the edge display comprises:
a plurality of light segments positioned about at least a portion of a periphery of the table display device,
wherein illumination of the plurality of light segments provides display a light-based message.
4. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the edge display comprises:
a plurality of light segments positioned about at least a one side of the table display device,
wherein the light segments are arranged in a row.
5. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 4 , wherein each of the light segments are individually controlled.
6. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein one or more the gaming related messages are messages pertaining to wager-based table games at the electronic gaming table.
7. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the dealer status indicates a break status for the dealer.
8. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the edge display is affixed adjacent to the table display device.
9. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the table display device displays the gaming related information at an intensity that is substantially less than an intensity with which the edge display displays the gaming related messages.
10. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the table display device is capable of displaying at a first maximum intensity, and wherein the edge display is capable of displaying at a second maximum intensity, the second maximum intensity being greater that the first maximum intensity.
11. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the edge display comprises:
a plurality of light segments positioned about at least a portion of a periphery of the table display device, the light segments arranged adjacent one another,
wherein the plurality of light segments are configured to communicate with the table controller to be individually controlled to be illuminated.
12. An electronic gaming system as recited in claim 11 , wherein the illumination of the plurality of light segments are controlled to display different light-based messages using different colored light.