Gaming table system permitting play of a shared player hand by multiple players
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. A player terminal comprising:
a display device;
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor for a play of a table game played at a gaming table remote from the player terminal, cause the processor to:
cause the display device to display a first table game outcome,
receive data associated with a collective decision regarding the first table game outcome,
receive data associated an individual decision regarding the first table game outcome, wherein the individual decision is independent of any other individual decisions regarding the first table game outcome made at any other player terminals associated with the play of the table game,
determine, based on at least one of the first table game outcome, the individual decision and the collective decision, a second table game outcome,
cause the display device to display the second table game outcome, and
cause the display device to display an award associated with the second table game outcome.
2. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein the individual decision is based on the collective decision.
3. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein the data associated with the individual decision is received in association with a first input made via an input device of the player terminal.
4. The player terminal of claim 3 , wherein the data associated with the collective decision is received in association with a second input made via the input device of the player terminal.
5. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein the collective decision is determined by a collective player vote.
6. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein the collective decision is determined by a single dominant player.
7. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first table game outcome comprises a shared player hand of a first plurality of playing cards.
8. The player terminal of claim 7 , wherein the second table game outcome comprises an individual player hand of a second plurality of playing cards.
9. The player terminal of claim 1 , which comprises a payment acceptor, wherein when executed by the processor, the plurality of instructions cause the processor to, responsive to a physical item being received via the payment acceptor, modify a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item.
10. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor for a play of a table game played at a gaming table, cause the processor to:
for a first player terminal remote from the gaming table:
communicate data that results in a first display device of the first player terminal displaying a first table game outcome,
receive data associated with a collective decision regarding the first table game outcome and made via an input device of the first player terminal,
receive data associated with a first individual decision regarding the first table game outcome and made via the input device of the first player terminal,
determine, based on at least one of the first table game outcome, the first individual decision and the collective decision, a second table game outcome,
communicate data that results in the first display device of the first player terminal displaying the second table game outcome, and
communicate data that results in the first display device of the first player terminal displaying an award associated with the second table game outcome, and
for a second player terminal remote from the gaming table:
communicate data that results in a second display device of the second player terminal displaying the first table game outcome,
receive data associated with a second individual decision regarding the first table game outcome and made via an input device of the second player terminal, wherein the second individual decision is independent of the first individual decision,
determine, based on at least one of the first table game outcome, the second individual decision and the collective decision, a third table game outcome,
communicate data that results in the second display device of the second player terminal displaying the third table game outcome, and
communicate data that results in the second display device of the second player terminal displaying an award associated with the third table game outcome.
11. The gaming system of claim 10 , wherein the second individual decision is based on the collective decision.
12. The gaming system of claim 10 , wherein the first table game outcome comprises a shared player hand of a first plurality of playing cards, the second table game outcome comprises a first individual player hand of a second plurality of playing cards, and the third table game outcome comprises a second individual player hand of a third plurality of playing cards.
13. A method of operating a player terminal, the method comprising:
displaying, by a display device, a first table game outcome of a play of a table game played at a gaming table remote from the player terminal,
receiving data associated with a collective decision regarding the first table game outcome,
receiving data associated an individual decision regarding the first table game outcome, wherein the individual decision is independent of any other individual decisions regarding the first table game outcome made at any other player terminals associated with the play of the table game,
determining, by the processor and based on at least one of the first table game outcome, the individual decision and the collective decision, a second table game outcome,
displaying, by the display device, the second table game outcome, and
displaying, by the display device, an award associated with the second table game outcome.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the individual decision is based on the collective decision.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the data associated with the individual decision is received in association with a first input made via an input device of the player terminal.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data associated with the collective decision is received in association with a second input made via the input device of the player terminal.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the collective decision is determined by a collective player vote.
18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the collective decision is determined by a single dominant player.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first table game outcome comprises a shared player hand of a first plurality of playing cards.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the second table game outcome comprises an individual player hand of a second plurality of playing cards.