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Gaming system including a gaming table and a plurality of user input devices

  • US 9,129,473 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2013
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming table comprising:

  • a table having a table surface;

    a plurality of player stations;

    a common display configured to display gaming content to a plurality of players;

    an interface configured to communicate with a plurality of user input devices; and

    a gaming controller configured to;

    communicate with the plurality of user input devices through the interface,receive location information relating to a location of a detected contact between one of the plurality of user input devices and the table surface at one of the plurality of player stations,analyze the location information relating to the location of the detected contact between the user input device and the table surface at said one of the plurality of player stations,identify a user who caused the detected contact between the user input device and the table surface at said one of the plurality of player stations, andimplement player input instructions contained within the location information relating to the location of the detected contact between the user input device and the table surface at said one of the plurality of player stations, wherein the player input instructions are first player input instructions when the location of the detected contact between the user input device and the table surface at said one of the plurality of player stations is a first location and the player input instructions are second player input instructions different from the first player input instructions when the location of the detected contact between the user input device and the table surface at said one of the plurality of player stations is a second location different from the first location.

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