Methods and systems for facilitating table games
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1. A system for facilitating a card game, comprising:
- a table apparatus, the table apparatus having positioned thereona plurality of player positions, each player position for association with a respective player position antenna; and
at least one shared position antenna associated with a shared player position, the shared player position for placement of chips by one or more players of a plurality of players, each respective placement of at least one chip on the shared player position serving as an indication of a wager being placed by a particular player of the plurality of players;
a processor operable to communicate with each of the respective player position antennas and the at least one shared position antenna; and
a memory accessible to the processor, the memory storing (i) information about RFID-enabled chips usable on the table apparatus for a card game; and
(ii) a program,wherein the processor is operable with the program to;
receive an indication that a first RFID-enabled chip has been acquired at the at least one shared position antenna, the indication including an identifier of the at least one shared position antenna that acquired the first RFID-enabled chip and a unique identifier of the first RFID-enabled chip, thereby determining a first specific RFID-enabled chip and a first acquiring antenna;
access, from the memory, information defining a most recent particular player position associated with the unique identifier of the first specific RFID-enabled chip acquired by the first acquiring antenna;
determine, based on the information, the first specific RFID-enabled chip as being placed as part of a wager to be associated with the most recent particular player position; and
register the wager for the most recent particular player position based on the indication from the first acquiring antenna and the information.
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Abstract
A gaming table provides for use of RFID technology to track chip movement on a table game and to infer an association between a wager and a player position based on a chip identifier of a chip placed on a particular position of the table. In some embodiments, previous position history of the chip is also taken into account in determining a player position associated with a wager.
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1. A system for facilitating a card game, comprising:
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a table apparatus, the table apparatus having positioned thereon a plurality of player positions, each player position for association with a respective player position antenna; and at least one shared position antenna associated with a shared player position, the shared player position for placement of chips by one or more players of a plurality of players, each respective placement of at least one chip on the shared player position serving as an indication of a wager being placed by a particular player of the plurality of players; a processor operable to communicate with each of the respective player position antennas and the at least one shared position antenna; and a memory accessible to the processor, the memory storing (i) information about RFID-enabled chips usable on the table apparatus for a card game; and
(ii) a program,wherein the processor is operable with the program to; receive an indication that a first RFID-enabled chip has been acquired at the at least one shared position antenna, the indication including an identifier of the at least one shared position antenna that acquired the first RFID-enabled chip and a unique identifier of the first RFID-enabled chip, thereby determining a first specific RFID-enabled chip and a first acquiring antenna; access, from the memory, information defining a most recent particular player position associated with the unique identifier of the first specific RFID-enabled chip acquired by the first acquiring antenna; determine, based on the information, the first specific RFID-enabled chip as being placed as part of a wager to be associated with the most recent particular player position; and register the wager for the most recent particular player position based on the indication from the first acquiring antenna and the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for execution by a processor associated with a table for facilitating a card game, the instructions causing the processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving an indication that a first RFID-enabled chip has been acquired at an at least one shared position antenna, the indication including an identifier of the at least one shared position antenna that acquired the first RFID-enabled chip and a unique identifier of the first RFID-enabled chip, thereby determining a first specific RFID-enabled chip and a first acquiring antenna, wherein the at least one shared position antenna is associated with a shared player position of the table, the shared player position for placement of chips by one or more players of a plurality of players, each respective placement of at least one chip on the shared player position serving as an indication of a wager being placed by a particular player of the plurality of players; accessing, from a memory associated with the processor, information defining a most recent particular player position associated with the unique identifier of the first specific RFID-enabled chip acquired by the first acquiring antenna; determining, based on the information, the first specific RFID-enabled chip as being as being placed as part of a wager to be associated with the most recent particular player position; and registering the wager for the most recent particular player position based on the indication from the first acquiring antenna and the information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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