TURBO CARD TABLE GAME WITH RFID CARD IDENTIFIER

• US 20140256392A1
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Hamilton Jones And Sheryle Lynn Jones Family Trust
• Original Assignee: Mark Hamilton Jones And Sheryle Lynn Jones Family Trust
• Inventors: Jones, Mark H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,779,580 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/12
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means

Abstract

A table game system having a table surface and a shuffling device for holding a set of cards. Each of the cards in the set of cards bears indicia relevant to determining an outcome of a game of chance. A computer is in communication with the set of cards for determining the indicia of each of the plurality of cards. The table system has a plurality of local terminals in communication with a computer and associated with the table surface for receiving wagers adjacent the table surface. A plurality of remote terminals associated with the table surface for receiving a wager from a player located remotely from the table surface. The plurality of remote terminals are each in communication with the computer. The computer is configured to resolve any wagers from the plurality of local terminals and the plurality of remote terminals automatically based on the outcome of the game of chance.

Claims

1. A table game system, comprising:

a table surface;

a shuffling machine for holding a set of cards consisting of a plurality of cards, each of the plurality of cards bearing indicia relevant to determining an outcome of a game of chance;

a computer configured to receive information about the indicia of each of the plurality of cards and for determining the outcome of the game of chance;

a plurality of local terminals associated with the table surface for receiving a wager on the outcome of the game of chance from a player adjacent the table surface, the plurality of local terminals being in communication with the computer; and

a plurality of remote terminals associated with the table surface for receiving a wager on the outcome of the game of chance from a player located remotely from the table surface, the plurality of remote terminals being in communication with the computer;

wherein the computer is configured to resolve any wagers from the plurality of local terminals and the plurality of remote terminals automatically based on the determined outcome of the game of chance.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes a reader for determining the indicia of each of the plurality of cards of the set of cards.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the reader is disposed adjacent the table surface.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the reader is incorporated into the shuffling machine.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of cards includes a mechanism that allows their indicia to be automatically read and communicated to the computer.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of cards includes a unique RFID tag associated therewith.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein an RFID reader is disposed adjacent the table surface and configured to read the RFID tag associated with each of the plurality of cards to obtain the indicia information as they are removed from the shuffling machine.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the game of chance has rules akin to one or more of the game of roulette, craps, blackjack or baccarat.

9. A gaming system, comprising:

a first table game surface for playing a first game of chance;

a first shuffling device associated with the first table game surface for selecting one or more numbers relevant to determining an outcome of the first game of chance;

a plurality of first local player terminals associated with the first table game surface for receiving wagers on the outcome of the first game of chance;

a first reader for determining the identity of the one or more numbers selected from the first shuffling device, the first reader being in communication with a processor to determine an outcome of the game of chance and resolve any wagers at the plurality of first local player terminals;

a second table game surface for playing a second game of chance;

a second shuffling device associated with the second table game surface for selecting one or more numbers relevant to determining an outcome of the second game of chance;

a plurality of second local player terminals associated with the second table game surface for receiving wagers on the outcome of the second game of chance;

a second reader for determining the identity of the one or more numbers selected from the second shuffling device, the second reader being in communication with the processor to determine an outcome of the game of chance and resolve any wagers at the plurality of second local player terminals;

a plurality of remote player terminals in communication with the processor so that a player at each of the plurality of remote player terminals can wager on the outcome of the first game of chance and the second game of chance.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first shuffling device is a card shuffling device for holding a first set of cards, with each card being indicia relevant to the outcome of the first game of chance.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the second shuffling device is a card shuffling device for holding a second set of cards, with each card being indicia relevant to the outcome of the second game of chance.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the first game of chance and the second game of chance are selected from the games of roulette, craps, blackjack or baccarat.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the first game of chance and the second game of chance are different.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the first reader is incorporated into the first shuffling device.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the first reader is disposed adjacent the first table game surface.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of cards in the first set of cards includes a unique RFID tag associated therewith.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein each of the cards in the second set of cards includes a unique RFID tag associated therewith that can be read by the second card reader.

18. A gaming method comprising:

providing a table game surface for playing a first game of chance;

shuffling a first set of cards, with each of the cards bearing indicia relevant to an outcome of the first game of chance;

selecting one or more cards from the first set of cards;

obtaining information about the indicia of the selected cards;

communicating the obtained information to a computer for determining an outcome of the first game of chance;

receiving wagers from a plurality of local terminals disposed adjacent the table game surface;

receiving wagers from at least one remote terminal disposed away from the table game surface; and

automatically resolving wagers from the plurality of local terminals and the at least one remote terminal based or the determined outcome of the game of chance.

19. The gaming method of claim 18, further comprising:

providing a second table game surface for playing a second game of chance; and

allowing the at least one remote terminal to place wagers on an outcome of the second game of chance.

20. The gaming method of claim 19, wherein the first game of chance and the second game of chance are different.